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US 4,048,050 AGranted
Child-proof container for medicines and the like
OwnerErnest C. Hillmaninventor
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Abstract
A container for medicines and the like that is not readily openable by children, including an enclosure and a cover that is movable both pivotally and longitudinally on the enclosure. A pivot latch will not permit the cover to be pivoted to an open position unless it has first been moved longitudinally, which requires that the sides of the enclosure be pressed inwardly to release a slide latch.
Claims22
A closable container that is not readily openable by children comprising:
- an enclosure;
- a cover for said enclosure;
- hinge means for connecting said cover to said enclosure while permitting both pivotal opening movement and longitudinal sliding movement of said cover relative to said enclosure;
- pivot latch means for preventing said pivotal movement of said cover prior to longitudinal movement thereof;
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- slide latch means for restraining longitudinal movement of said cover.
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A closable container that is not readily opened by children comprising:
- a box-like enclosure having at least two bendable, parallel sidewalls;
- a cover for said enclosure having at least two parallel sidewalls that are outwardly disposed from and opposing said enclosure sidewalls;
- hinge means for connecting said cover to said enclosure while permitting pivotal opening movement of said cover and permitting longitudinal sliding movement of said cover between first and second closed positions;
- pivot latch means for preventing said pivotal movement of said cover when in said first closed position and permitting said pivotal movement of said cover when in said second closed position;
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- slide latch means for restraining longitudinal movement of said cover from said first closed position to said second closed position.
3 more elements
A closable container for medicines or the like that is not readily openable by children comprising:
- a generally rectangular, box-like enclosure having at least two parallel sidewalls;
- a cover for said enclosure having at least two parallel sidewalls outwardly disposed from and opposing said enclosure sidewalls;
- hinge means for connecting said cover to said enclosure permitting longitudinal sliding movement of said cover between first and second closed positions and pivotal opening movement of said cover, said hinge means comprising a pair of slots formed in said sidewalls and extending in the direction of longitudinal movement of said cover and a pair of hinge pins carried by said sidewalls that are rotatably and slidably received by said slots;
- pivot latch means for preventing said pivotal movement of said cover from said first closed position and permitting said pivotal movement of said cover from said second closed position, said pivot latch means being formed by a pair of elongated slots formed in said enclosure and extending in the direction of said longitudinal movement of said sidewalls, each slot having an open end and a closed end, and a pair of dogs each slidably and pivotally received by one of said slots;
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- slide latch means for restraining longitudinal movement of said cover from said first closed position to said second closed position, said slide latch means including a pair of notches formed on the top edges of said enclosure sidewalls, and a pair of detents carried by said cover sidewalls and positioned to be received by said notches when said cover is in said first closed position, said detents being tapered to bend said enclosure sidewalls inwardly in response to pivotal movement of said cover toward said second closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.