Child Resistant Container
OwnerNicholas Patrick Karllinventor
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Abstract
A child-resistant cap assembly for sealing a container having a container body and a container lip. The assembly comprises an inner cap configured to couple with the container body, a metal outer cap that retains the inner cap, and a plate disposed between the inner cap and the outer cap, axially and rotationally fixed to the outer cap. A female coupler can be attached to the top of the inner cap, and a male coupler can be attached to the bottom of the plate for optionally engaging the inner cap to the outer cap. When an adult optionally engages the outer cap with the inner cap, any rotation of the outer cap produces rotation of the inner cap, allowing the coupling or decoupling of the inner cap to or from the container body.
Claims23
A child resistant container, comprising:
- a container body having a central longitudinal axis, a closed base, an open top, and an exterior wall;
- and
- a cap assembly configured to couple to the container body for closing the container;
- wherein the cap assembly comprises
- an inner cap configured to couple to the container body and a metal outer cap coupled to the inner cap, each of the inner and outer caps having a top with a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a plate disposed between the inner cap and the outer cap, wherein the plate is rotationally and axially fixed relative to the outer cap;
- a first coupler coupled to the inner cap, wherein the first coupler comprises sides that extend from the top of the inner cap;
- and
- a second coupler coupled to the plate and configured to optionally engage the first coupler, wherein the second coupler comprises sides that extend from a bottom surface of the plate;
- wherein the inner cap is disposed at least partially within the outer cap;
- wherein at least a portion of the top of the outer cap is configured to optionally move between a first and a second position relative to the inner cap along the central longitudinal axis, the first position being farther away from the top of the inner cap than the second position;
- wherein the outer cap is configured to rotate relative to the inner cap when the top of the outer cap is in the first position;
- and
- wherein the second coupler is configured to engage the first coupler when the top of the outer cap is in the second position for rotationally fixing the inner and outer caps relative to one another.
A child resistant container, comprising:
- a container body having a central longitudinal axis, a closed base, an open top and an exterior wall;
- and
- a cap assembly configured to couple to the container body for closing the container;
- wherein the cap assembly comprises
- an inner cap configured to couple to the container body and a metal outer cap coupled to the inner cap, each of the inner and outer caps having a top with a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a plate disposed between the inner cap and the outer cap, wherein the plate is rotationally and axially fixed relative to the outer cap;
- a first coupler coupled to the inner cap, wherein the first coupler comprises a plurality of sides that extend in the radially outward direction from the central longitudinal axis, each of the plurality of extend from the top of the inner cap;
- and
- a second coupler coupled to the plate and configured to optionally engage the first coupler, wherein the second coupler comprises a plurality of sides that extend from the bottom surface of the plate;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.