Child-resistant dispensing closures and closure components
AssigneeRexam Healthcare Packaging Inc.
InventorsDonald Paul Delagrange, Philip D. Bourgeois, Gregory A. Geisinger, Maurice R. Gnepper, Darin M. Pugne
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Abstract
A child-resistant dispensing closure for a container may include one or the other or both of a dispensing cover non-removably securable to a container, or an outer cover non-removably securable and rotatable with respect to the inner cover and cooperable with the dispensing cover to render the closure child-resistant. According to another embodiment, an outer cover may include a flange to aid users in pushing and turning the outer cover with their fingers.
Claims53
A child-resistant dispensing package that includes:
- a container having an open end,
- an inner cover non-removably secured to said container over said open end, said inner cover having a deck with a dispensing opening, a peripheral skirt secured to said container in a non-removable manner, a lid hinged to said deck for pivotal movement between a closed position closing said dispensing opening and an open position spaced from said dispensing opening, and an external shoulder with an annular array of under-notches, and
- an outer cover with a base wall and a peripheral skirt with internal lugs for receipt over said shoulder within said under-notches of said inner cover, at least one internal spring for engaging said inner cover and biasing said outer cover away from said inner cover and releasably registering said internal lugs on said outer cover within said under-notches of said inner cover, a central opening surrounding said lid and defined by lobes and scallops, and cam surfaces on said lobes,
- wherein downward pressure on said outer cover against said at least one internal spring releases said outer cover for rotation with respect to said inner cover and at least one of said cam surfaces engages said lid and cams said lid from said closed position toward said open position so that said lid can be manually further moved to said open position and medication can be dispensed through said dispensing opening.
A child-resistant dispensing closure securable to a container, which includes:
- an inner cover securable to said container and including a base having a deck with a dispensing opening, a lid coupled to said base for movement between a closed position closing said dispensing opening and an open position spaced from said dispensing opening, a skirt depending from said deck, a shoulder with an annular array of under-notches, and
- an outer cover rotatably coupled to said inner cover and including a peripheral skirt with internal lugs for receipt over said shoulder of said inner cover and within said under-notches of said shoulder, and further including a base wall from which said peripheral skirt depends and which includes a central opening at least partially surrounding said lid and at least partially defined by lobes having cam surfaces to cooperate with said lid.
An outer cover of a child-resistant dispensing closure securable and rotatable with respect to an inner cover of said closure having a flip-top lid, which includes:
- a peripheral skirt with internal lugs for receipt over said inner cover and within under-notches of said inner cover, and
- a base wall from which said peripheral skirt depends and including a central opening.
A cover of a child-resistant dispensing closure securable to a container having locking projections disposed about an open end thereof, which includes a plurality of lugs and stops cooperable with the locking projections of the container to render the cover non-removable with respect to the container.
A push-and-turn cover for a container, which includes:
- a base wall;
- a peripheral skirt depending from said base wall;
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- a flange extending from and larger in outer diameter than said peripheral skirt to aid users in pushing and turning said cover with their fingers.
A child-resistant dispensing package, which includes:
- a container having an open end;
- and
- a closure non-removably secured to said container, and including:
- a dispensing cover non-removably secured to said open end of said container;
- and
- an outer cover non-removably secured to said inner cover and cooperable with said dispensing cover to render said closure child-resistant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.