Reversible child resistant cap and combination of a container and a reversible child resistant cap
AssigneeTri State Distribution, Inc.
InventorsDavid A. Miceli, Joseph A. Miceli
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a reversible child resistant cap and a closure system having two positions, the first being a child resistant position and the other being a non-child resistant position. The cap is characterized in that it has a closure plane, a circumferential outer skirt for engaging a container, and a circumferential resilient depending inner member.
Claims18
A reversible child resistant cap for use with a container, the cap having a child resistant mode when applied to the container in a first child resistant position and having a non-child resistant mode when applied to the container in a second non-child resistant position, the cap comprising:
- a closure plane;
- a circumferential outer skirt comprising an upper portion extending in an upward direction from the closure plane, a lower portion extending in a downward direction from the closure plane, each of the upper and lower portions including an inner surface;
- wherein the inner surface of the upper portion of the circumferential outer skirt comprises a non-child resistant engaging means for engaging the container, and
- wherein the inner surface of the lower portion of the circumferential outer skirt comprises a child resistant engaging means for engaging the container;
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- wherein the non-child resistant engaging means is spaced a first distance in an upward direction from the closure plane, the child resistant engaging means is spaced a second distance in a downward direction from the closure plane, and the first distance is less than the second distance.
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