US 2006/0138145 A1Published application

Child-resistant closure for dispensing containers

AssigneeMcNeil-PPC, Inc.

InventorsMary Toth, Javier Verdura, Craig Pirie, Daniel Sterling, Erik Moses, Peter Michaelian, Richard Gross, Dieter Lay, Roger Rinker, Kristin Recchiuti, Leonard Wojnarowicz, John Spano

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Abstract

A child resistant, moveable closure member and container device having an overcap, and inner closure, and a container, which may have a non-round body. The overcap has opposed end walls and opposed sidewalls, with at least one leading locking pin and at least one trailing locking pin in at least one of said sidewalls. The inner closure may have at least one guiding bar, which extends downwardly from its lower surface, that is compatible in shape with an opening slot that may be in at least one of the sidewalls along the upper body of the container. The container further has a fixed cover portion facing the inner closure with a dispensing opening therethrough. At least one of the container sidewalls may have a closing notch, a stopping notch distal to the closing notch, and an opening notch therebetween. When the moveable closure is in the operative closure position, at least one of the leading locking pins is removably engaged in one of the closing notches and at least one of the trailing locking pins is removably engaged in at least one of the open notches, and the at least one guiding bar lies in the opening slot of the container. As the moveable closure is moved to its operative open position, the guiding bar engages and slidably travels along the opening slot. When the moveable closure is in its operative open position, at least one of the leading locking pins is removably engaged in one of the open notches and at least one of the trailing locking pins is removably engaged in one of the stopping notches.

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Dependent claims

A child resistant, moveable closure member and container device comprising:

a) an overcap having opposed first and second end walls, opposed first and second sidewalls, an upper surface and a lower surface opposite thereto, at least one leading locking pin in at least one of said sidewalls proximate to the second end wall, and at least one trailing locking pin in at least one of said sidewalls distal to the second end wall;
b) an inner closure having a front end and an opposed back end, a first major closure surface and second major closure surface opposite thereto, said first major closure surface facing the lower surface of the overcap, said inner closure and said overcap forming a moveable closure member;
c) a container having a hollow body, a portion of said hollow body being an upper body adjacent to a fixed cover portion, said upper body having a container footprint with opposed first and second container end walls, and opposed first and second container side walls, said fixed cover portion facing the second major closure surface and having a dispensing opening therethrough proximate to the second container end;
wherein at least one of said sidewalls of the upper body has a closing notch proximate to the second container end wall, a stopping notch distal to the second container end wall and proximate to the first container endwall, and an opening notch therebetween;
wherein at least one of the leading locking pins is removably engaged in one of the closing notches and at least one of the trailing locking pins is removably engaged in at least one of the open notches when the overcap is in the its operative closure position;
wherein, when the moveable closure member is in its operative open position, at least one of the leading locking pins is removably engaged in one of the open notches and at least one of the trailing locking pins is removably engaged in one of the stopping notches.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.