Container cover and safety closure

A safety container comprising:

• a. a container body having a side wall and a top wall, said top wall having a material dispensing aperture;
• b. a closure member hingedly mounted on said top wall;
• c. means on said closure member for closing the material dispensing aperture when said closure member is in covering relation with said material dispensing aperture;
• d. a latch member on one of said closure member and container;
• e. cooperating means on the other of said closure member and said container and on said latch member and engageable one with the other for retaining said closure member in covering relation with said material dispensing aperture;
• f. resilient means on one of said closure member and said container for urging said cooperating means into retaining engagement, a portion of said closure member being movable toward said container against resistance of said resilient means to permit separation of said cooperating means on said latch member and other of said closure member and container;
• g. means defining a guide way in said container body side wall and intersecting the guide way in said container body top wall;
• h. means on said closure member defining a wall portion with opposite end edges, said latch member extending from one of the opposite end edges of said closure member and being received in said guide way in said container body side wall;
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• i. said cooperating means for retaining said closure member in covering relation with said material dispensing aperture including:
• 1. means defining a downwardly inclined shoulder within the guide way in said container body side wall;
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• 2. means defining an upwardly inclined shoulder on said latch member and engageable with said downwardly inclined shoulder within the guide way in said container body side wall whereby said resilient means urge said latch member shoulder into engagement with said shoulder within the guide way in said container body.

A safety container comprising:

• a. a container body having a side wall and a top wall, said top wall having a material dispensing aperture;
• b. a closure member hingedly mounted on said top wall;
• c. means on said closure member for closing the material dispensing aperture when said closure member is in covering relation with said material dispensing aperture;
• d. a latch member on one of said closure member and container;
• e. cooperation means on the other of said closure member and said container and on said latch member and engageable one with the other for retaining said closure member in covering relation with said material dispensing aperture;
• f. resilient means on one of said closure member and said container for urging said cooperating means into retaining engagement, a portion of said closure member being movable toward said container against resistance of said resilient means to permit separation of said cooperating means on said latch member and other of said closure member and container;
• g. said side wall of said container body includes an inner wall portion and an outer wall portion;
• h. one portion of said container body top wall is hingedly connected to a remaining portion of said container body top wall thereby defining said closure member;
• i. the one portion of said container body top wall defining said closure member includes a peripheral edge and a flange extending from the peripheral edge of said closure member and engageable with the inner wall portion of said container body side wall;
• j. said resilient means extend from the inner wall portion of said container body side wall and are engageable with said closure member;
• k. means defining a guide recess in said container body side wall and extending between the outer wall portion and the inner wall portion of said container body side wall, the guide recess in said container body side wall being aligned with said resilient means, said latch member extending from said closure member and having a portion received in said guide recess in said container body side wall;
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• l. said cooperating means for retaining said closure member in covering relation with said material dispensing aperture including:
• 1. means defining a downwardly inclined shoulder on said container body side wall and aligned with said guide recess in said container body side wall;
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• 2. means defining an upwardly inclined shoulder on said latch member and engageable with said downwardly inclined shoulder on said container body side wall whereby said resilient means urge said latch member shoulder into engagement with said shoulder on said container body side wall.

A safety container comprising:

• a. a container body having a side wall and a top wall, said top wall having a material dispensing aperture;
• b. a closure member hingedly mounted on said top wall;
• c. means on said closure member for closing the material dispensing aperture when said closure member is in covering relation with said material dispensing aperture;
• d. a latch member on one of said closure member and container;
• e. cooperating means on the other of said closure member and said container and on said latch member and engageable one with the other for retaining said closure member in covering relation with said material dispensing aperture, said cooperating means including:
• 1. a downwardly inclined shoulder on said container body side wall;
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• 2. an upwardly inclined shoulder on said latch member and engageable with said downwardly inclined shoulder on said container body whereby said resilient means urge said latch member shoulder into engagement with said container body shoulder;
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• f. resilient means on one of said closure member and said container for urging said cooperating means into retaining engagement, a portion of said closure member being movable toward said container against resistance of said resilient means to permit separation of said cooperating means on said latch member and other of said closure member and container.

A safety container comprising:

• a. a container body having a side wall and a top wall, said top wall having a material dispensing aperture;
• b. a closure member hingedly mounted on said top wall;
• c. means on said closure member for closing the material dispensing aperture when said closure member is in covering relation with said material dispensing aperture;
• d. a latch member on one of said closure member and container;
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• e. cooperating means on the other of said closure member and said container and on said latch member and engageable one with the other for retainer said closure member in covering relation with said material dispensing aperture, said cooperating means including:
• 1. a first inclined shoulder on the latch member;
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• 2. a second inclined shoulder on the other of the closure member and container from the one on which the latch is on, said first and second inclined shoulders being opposite with one inclined downwardly and the other upwardly whereby said resilient means urge said first inclined shoulder into engagement with said second inclined shoulder.