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US 6,161,711 AGranted
Container and closure system
AssigneeTri State Distribution, Inc.
InventorsDavid A. Miceli, Joseph A. Miceli
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Abstract
A closure and container system for storing prescription or over-the-counter medications is disclosed that is reversible between child-resistant and non-child resistant modes of use. The system includes a pair of endless beads, one on each of the container neck and closure, to improve moisture-barrier protection.
Claims24
A child resistant closure and container system comprising:
- (a) a closure having
- 1) a first downwardly depending skirt on which is located a first annular closure bead,
- 2) an endless annular closure snap bead, and
- 3) a projection extending radially inwardly from said first skirt;
- and
- (b) a container having a mouth defined by a neck on which are located
- 1) a first annular neck bead defining an opening for receiving said projection, and
- 2) an endless annular neck snap bead,
- wherein, when said closure and container are joined together in a child resistant configuration, at least a portion of said first closure bead underlies said first neck bead and said endless closure snap bead snaps over said endless neck snap bead to form a moisture-impeding seal.
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The system of claim wherein said non-child resistant retaining bead displacement structure is a dome.
A child resistant closure for use with a container having an endless annular neck snap bead comprising:
- (a) a first downwardly depending skirt on which is located a first annular closure bead;
- (b) an endless annular closure snap bead;
- and
- (c) a projection extending radially inwardly from said first skirt;
- wherein, when said closure and container are joined together in a child resistant configuration, said endless closure snap bead snaps over said endless neck snap bead to form a moisture-impeding seal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.