Child resistant package
AssigneeBristol-Myers Company
InventorsWalter G. Berghahn, Martha L. Berghahn
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Abstract
A child resistant package is provided which comprises a container body and removable cap. The cap is only removable by applying pressure to the underside of the cap. Access to the underside of the cap is had through a channel which is longer than the length of the finger of an average child but not longer than the length of the finger of an adult.
Claims14
A child resistant package comprising in combination a container body having an upper free margin and removable cap means having an upper surface ;
- said container body being open at the top and being provided with a closed bottom and outer side wall;
- support means on said container body for supporting said cap means below said upper free margin of said container body when positioned on said container body whereby said upper surface of said cap means is spaced below said upper free margin of said container ;
- a passageway through said body having an opening to the outside of said container body and extending from a point on an outside wall thereof remote from said cap to a point adjacent said cap means whereby access may be had to said cap means from outside said container body through said passageway;
- said passageway being wide enough to just about accommodate an average adult finger but longer than the average child's finger;
- the distance from said passage opening to the point on the cap means on which pressure may be applied to pop the cap means off the container being longer than the average child's finger but about as long as an average adult finger.
A child resistant package comprising in combination a container body and removable flexible cap means;
- said container body being open at the top and closed at the bottom and formed around a vertically extending passageway which is open at the top and bottom;
- said container body being provided with inner and outer walls each having inner and outer surfaces;
- said outer wall also being provided on its inner surface with support means for said cap;
- said flexible cap means being arcuate in shape and convex upwardly and being provided around its outer margin with a deformable member, said flexible cap means being adapted to be seated on said support means and flexed inwardly into a dished-in position by applying pressure to its top surface;
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- said pressure also deforming said deformable member outwardly whereby an air tight seal is formed between said deformable member and the inner surface of said outer container wall.
A child resistant package comprising in combination a container body having inner and outer walls with inner and outer surfaces and removable cap means;
- said container body being open at the top and being provided with a closed bottom;
- support means on said container body for supporting said cap means when positioned on said container body;
- a passageway through said body having an opening to the outside of said container body and extending from a point on an outside wall thereof remote from said cap to a point adjacent said cap means whereby access may be had to said cap means from outside said container body through said passageway;
- said passageway being wide enough to just about accommodate an average adult finger but longer than the average child's finger;
- the distance from said passage opening to the point on the cap means on which pressure may be applied to pop the cap means off the container being longer than the average child's finger but about as long as an average adult finger;
- said package including a separator provided with a dispensing opening cut therethrough, said separator being positioned and removably supported between said inner surface of said outer wall and said outer surface of said inner wall at the upper portion of said container body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.