Child safety covers for use with various packaging or containers including without limitation packaging and containers shaped to correspond to a characteristic of the contents contained therein

A cover or lid assembly for closing an opening of a container, the container having a storage area for storing a content that is accessed through the opening when the cover or lid is removed, the opening having an internal wall, comprising:

• a locking member having an outer periphery, the locking member having a first locking portion connected at one end to a first tab member and a second locking portion connected at one end to a second tab member, in a fully extended position an outer end of the first locking portion and an outer end of the second locking portion are both positioned beyond the outer periphery of the locking member, the first locking portion and the second locking portion are retractable by squeezing the first tab member and the second tab member inward towards each other;
• a bottom member having an outer periphery and a sidewall extending along the bottom member outer periphery, the sidewall having a first slot or opening and a second slot or opening, the bottom member having a first peg member attached as at or near a bottom edge of the bottom member and a second peg member attached at or near the bottom edge of the bottom member, the bottom member secured to the locking member such that in the fully extended position the outer end of the first locking portion and the outer end of the second locking portion are both positioned beyond the outer periphery of the bottom member;
• a top member having a first top opening and a second top opening, the top member secured to the locking member such that the first tab member is accessible to a user through the first top opening and the second tab member is accessible to a user through the second top opening and the first tab member and second tab member can be moved inward towards each other by a user when securing or releasing the cover or lid assembly to or from the container;
• a first locking section disposed on an internal wall of a container at a container opening, the first locking section having a first receiving area and a second receiving area;
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• a second locking section disposed on the internal wall of the container at the container opening, the second locking section having a third receiving area and fourth receiving area;
• wherein in a container closed position the cover or lid assembly is secured to the container at the container opening;
• wherein in the container closed position, the first locking portion is fully extended and inserted through the first slot or opening in the bottom member sidewall and the outer end of the first locking portion is disposed within the first receiving area and the first peg member is disposed within the second receiving area and the second locking portion is fully extended and inserted through the second slot or opening in the bottom member sidewall and the outer end of the second locking portion is disposed within the third receiving area and the second peg member is disposed within the fourth receiving area.