Child-resistant closure

A dispensing package comprising:

• a container with a closed and an open end for storing a product;
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• a cap fitting across the open end of the container, the cap comprising:
• a base portion with a means to fittingly engage across the open end of the container;
• a top portion over the base portion having a deck along an upper surface thereof with front and rear edges;
• a skirt wall surrounding the deck;
• at least one dispensing orifice formed in the deck for allowing the product to be dispensed therethrough;
• a locking aperture formed in the deck having a wide first area and a narrow second area;
• a lid with a front and a rear end, the rear end being hingedly attached to the base portion;
• a flexible post with first and second ends, the first end being attached to the lid, the second end being formed with an enlarged section with a size too wide to fit laterally within the narrow second area of the locking aperture, the post being adapted to move resiliently in a flexing direction as the lid is closed to reach a locked position wherein the enlarged section is lockingly received below the narrow second area;
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• a release means along the skirt for deflecting the enlarged section in the flexing direction to disengage same from below the landings.