# US 2021/0340792 A1 · Locking cap with push button reset > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0340792 A1 - Document ID: US20210340792A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/322,830 - Filed: 2021-05-17 - Published: 2021-11-04 - Earliest claimed: 2014-03-26 - Assignees: Gatekeeper Innovation, Inc. - Applicants: Gatekeeper Innovation, Inc. - Inventors: Joseph C. Simpson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210340792A1 ## CPC - E05B 37/0058: {by axial disengagement between hub and rim of tumbler discs or rings} - B65D 50/00: Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures - B65D 55/145: {of permutation locks} - E05B 37/0048: {with changeable combination} - E05B 37/02: with tumbler discs or rings arranged on a single axis, each disc being adjustable independently of the others - B65D 2215/04: requiring the combination of different actions in succession - E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES ## Abstract A locking cap having a push button reset and method for operating the locking cap having a push button reset are disclosed. The locking cap with a push button reset system is a deterrent to keep medications in the correct hands. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device, comprising: a housing having a cap portion that has an upper surface with an opening, the cap portion being capable of being removable attached to a bottle; a set of wheels and cams in mechanical relationship with each other aligned on an axle, each wheel having a plurality of symbols thereon and the set of wheels being settable to a plurality of combinations, the set of wheels and cams being housed in the housing so that the set of wheels protrude through the opening in the cap portion; a push button reset located on the cap portion that is capable of sliding the cams along the axle to reset the combination of the set of wheels; and a lock plate having an unlocked position and a locked position, wherein the lock plate in the locked position prevents the cap portion from being removed from a bottle and prevents the cams from being slid along the axle so that the push button reset cannot reset the combination of the set of wheels and wherein the lock plate in the unlocked position allows the cap portion to be removed from the bottle and move out of a path of the push button reset to allow the cams to slide along the axle by the push button reset so that the combination of the set of wheels is resettable. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the push button reset further comprises a first and second element that engage the housing, wherein the first and second elements have a shoulder element that prevents the push button reset from being removed from the housing once installed in the housing. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the lock plate limits movement of the push button reset. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the lock plate is vertically above the set of wheels and cams. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1 further comprising a lower cap that engages the bottle and wherein the lock plate in the unlocked position engages with the lower cap to permit the cap to be removed from the bottle and the lock plate in the locked position is disengaged from the lower cap so that the cap cannot be removed from the bottle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the push button reset is positioned on one of a side of the cap portion and a top of the cap portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the cap portion has a plurality of different shapes and sizes wherein each cap portion fit onto a bottle having a predetermined size. ### Claim 8 A method, comprising: providing a locking cap having a housing having a cap portion that has an upper surface with an opening, the cap portion being capable of being removable attached to a bottle, a set of wheels and cams in mechanical relationship with each other aligned on an axle, each wheel having a plurality of symbols thereon and the set of wheels being settable to a plurality of combinations, the set of wheels and cams being housed in the housing so that the set of wheels protrude through the opening in the cap portion, a push button reset located on the cap portion that is capable of sliding the cams along the axle to reset the combination of the set of wheels and a lock plate pivotably mounted in the single piece housing having an unlocked position and a locked position; preventing the push button reset from being removed from the housing once the push button reset is installed into the housing; preventing, when the lock plate is in the locked position, the cap portion from being removed from a bottle in the locked position and preventing the cams from being slid along the axle by the push button reset so that the push button reset cannot reset the combination on the set of wheels; and moving the lock plate out of a path of the push button reset and allowing the cams to slide along the axle by the push button reset so that the combination on the set of wheels is resettable. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8 further comprising inserting the push button reset into the housing wherein the push button reset has a shoulder element that prevents the push button reset from being removed from the housing once installed in the housing. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein preventing the push button reset from being removed from the single piece housing further comprises expanding a shoulder element of the push button reset to engage the single piece housing once the push button reset is installed in the single piece housing and expanding a second shoulder element of the push button reset to engage the single piece housing once the push button reset is installed in the single piece housing. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8 further comprising pressing the push button reset to reset the combination on the set of wheels when the lock plate is in the unlocked position. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein pressing the push button reset further comprises depressing the push button reset while the combination on the set of wheels are reset. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12 further comprises releasing the push button reset when the reset of the combination on the set of wheels is completed.