Child resistant dispenser
AssigneeRexam Medical Packaging Inc.
InventorsMark K. Branson, Clifton C. Willis
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Abstract
A child resistant dispenser comprising a double-shelled threaded closure and dual opposed motion child resistant features. The child resistant dispenser comprises a double shelled closure having a first squeeze and turn child resistant feature. Hingeably attached to the closure is a lid. The lid has a squeeze and lift feature used to open the lid and access the dispenser comprising the second child resistant feature. The child resistant dispenser may be disposed on a container and in fluid communication therewith.
Claims38
A child resistant dispenser, comprising:
- a double shelled threaded closure having a first child resistant feature;
- a lid hingeably attached to said closure and having a second child resistant feature;
- wherein said first and second child resistant features are opposed motion child resistant features.
A child resistant dispenser, comprising:
- a double shelled closure having a lid hingeably attached to said closure;
- an outer skirt depending from an outer peripheral edge of a closure top wall and having first and second child resistant diametrically opposed lugs extending from an inner surface thereof;
- an inner skirt depending from said closure top wall and spaced from said outer skirt having a thread helically extending about an inner surface of said inner skirt;
- said closure top wall also including a seal;
- said closure top wall including a dispensing orifice and first and second apertures;
- said lid having a second child resistant feature including first and second prongs depending from a lid top wall and extending through said first and second apertures when said lid is disposed in a closed position;
- said first and second prong each including a finger opposite said lid top wall.
A child resistant dispenser, comprising:
- a closure having a top wall and an annular skirt;
- diametrically opposed pressure points spaced about a lower portion of said annular skirt for a first opposed motion child resistant feature;
- said annular skirt having child resistant lugs disposed about an inner surface of said annular skirt each about 90 degrees from said pressure points;
- and,
- a flip-top lid rotatably attached to said closure having a second opposed motion child resistant feature requiring squeezing of diametrically opposed prongs to open said lid.
A child resistant dispenser, comprising:
- a double-shelled closure having a first opposed motion squeeze and turn child resistant feature;
- a second opposed motion squeeze and lift flip-top lid hingeably attached to said double-shelled closure;
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- a container having an inner seal for disposed on a container neck preventing fluid communication between said closure and said container.
A child resistant dispenser, comprising:
- a closure having a first opposed motion child resistant feature and a second opposed motion child resistant feature.
A child resistant dispenser, comprising:
- a double shelled closure having a first opposed motion child resistant feature and a second opposed motion child resistant feature, said first child resistant feature being a squeeze-and-turn feature, said second child resistant feature is a squeeze and lift feature, said double shelled closure having an inner skirt depending from a closure top wall, a seal depending from said closure top wall, an outer skirt depending from a peripheral edge of said closure top wall, said outer skirt having a pair of diametrically opposed child resistant lugs extending from an inner surface of said outer skirt, a pair of diametrically opposed pressure points on an outer surface of said outer skirt spaced about 90 degrees from said child resistant lugs, first and second apertures diametrically opposed in said closure top wall and a dispensing orifice in said closure top wall, said flip-top lid having a lid top wall and a lid skirt depending from said lid top wall, a first and a second prong depending from said lid top wall, said first and second prongs being spaced apart about 180 degrees along said peripheral edge of said lid top wall and having fingers disposed thereon, said first and second prongs aligned with said first and second aperture of a closure top wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.