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US 5,353,946 AGranted
Container with reclosable lid latch
AssigneeChurch & Dwight Co., Inc.
InventorGrace A. Behrend
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Abstract
A container with a reclosable lid is disclosed as including upper and lower frames and a childproof latching device having finger grips operable to release a retainer from a keeper to open the lid wherein the finger grips require a movement to free the retainer and a movement to displace the retainer away from the keeper.
Claims8
A container comprising a reclosable lid having a lower frame secured to a top of the container and an upper frame mating with said lower frame to close the container,
- hinge means connecting rear portions of said upper and lower frames for relative movement therbetween,
- a childproof latch having a keeper means for engaging a latching means fixed to a front portion of said lower frame, and said latching means fixed to a front portion of said upper frame,
- said latching means including a projection extending from a front edge of said upper frame and having top and bottom finger grips extending in opposite directions from said projection, and a retainer block on said bottom finger grip placed to interfere with movement of said keeper means whereby said upper and lower frames are locked in a closed position on said container top,
- said latch being operable by flexing the top and bottom finger grips in a direction generally toward the rear portions of said upper and lower frames and thence upwardly to displace said retainer block past said keeper means.
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