Child-resistant container

A unitary child-resistant container for pills or the like, comprising:

• (a) a rectangular tray-shaped body member having bottom, side, front and rear end walls;
• (b) a generally rectangular top closure member operable, when in a closed position, to overlie said body member to define a closed chamber;
• (c) integral hinge means pivotally connecting the upper edge of said body rear wall with the adjacent edge of said top closure member, thereby to afford pivotal movement of said top closure member from said closed position to an open position relative to said body member, said top closure member, when in the closed position, including a downwardly extending front wall arranged in face-to-face relation opposite the outer surface of said body front wall;
• (d) latch means for releasably fastening said top closure member to said body member when said closure member is in the closed position, said latching means including at least one horizontal latching projection normally extending from one of said front walls of said top closure and body members for insertion within a corresponding recess contained in the other of said members, respectively;
• (e) latch release means including a release button connected with the outer surface of said body member front wall and extending horizontally forwardly therefrom through, and outwardly beyond, an opening contained in said closure member front wall, said body front wall being resiliently deformable upon depression of said button release said latching projection from said recess;
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• (f) opening resisting means for resisting opening of said top closure member from said body member when said latching projection is release from said recess, including a pair of stiffening ribs arranged on the lower surface of said top closure member when said top closure member is in the closed condition for frictional engagement with the adjacent surfaces of the side walls of said body member, respectively, thereby to frictionally resist pivotal movement of said closure member in the direction from the closed position toward the open position;
• (g) said body member front wall containing a pair of horizontally spaced vertical slots (12,14) extending downwardly from the upper edge thereof, thereby to define a deformable front end wall portion (2c') carrying both said latch release means and one of said latching means, whereby said deformable portion is operable independently of said side walls and said opening resisting means.