Child resistant package
DCFirst Claim
1. A child resistant package comprisinga plastic container having an open end,multiple threads on the external surface of the container adjacent the upper end,a plastic closure having a base wall and a first peripheral skirt,said skirt having an inner surface formed with multiple threads corresponding in number to the multiple threads on the container for engaging the threads on the container,a release element formed integrally on the exterior surface of the container below the threads,said release element including an integral axial lug extending upwardly toward the open end of the container,means mounting said release element on said container for radial and axial movement relative to said container,said closure having a second skirt radially outwardly of said first skirt,said second skirt having a plurality of circumferentially spaced stops on an inner surface of said second skirt of the closure below the threads corresponding in number to the threads on the closure and the number of threads on the container,said lug on said release element normally extending upwardly for engagement with at least one of said stops such that when the release element is pressed radially inwardly and axially downwardly, the lug is disengaged from engagement with a stop and the closure can be removed by unthreading the closure from the container.
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Abstract
A child resistant package including a container having an open end and multiple threads on the external surface of the container adjacent the upper end. A closure having a base wall and a peripheral skirt has an inner surface formed with multiple threads corresponding in number to the multiple threads on the container for engaging the threads on the container. A release element formed integrally on the exterior surface of the container below the threads. The release element includes an integral axial lug extending upwardly toward the open end of the container. The closure has a plurality of circumferentially spaced stops on the inner surface of the skirt of the closure below the threads corresponding in number to the threads on the closure and the number of threads on the container. The lug on the release element normally extends upwardly for engagement with at least one of the stops such that when the release element is pressed radially inwardly, the lug is disengaged from engagement with a stop and the closure can be removed by unthreading the closure from the container.
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1. A child resistant package comprising
a plastic container having an open end, multiple threads on the external surface of the container adjacent the upper end, a plastic closure having a base wall and a first peripheral skirt, said skirt having an inner surface formed with multiple threads corresponding in number to the multiple threads on the container for engaging the threads on the container, a release element formed integrally on the exterior surface of the container below the threads, said release element including an integral axial lug extending upwardly toward the open end of the container, means mounting said release element on said container for radial and axial movement relative to said container, said closure having a second skirt radially outwardly of said first skirt, said second skirt having a plurality of circumferentially spaced stops on an inner surface of said second skirt of the closure below the threads corresponding in number to the threads on the closure and the number of threads on the container, said lug on said release element normally extending upwardly for engagement with at least one of said stops such that when the release element is pressed radially inwardly and axially downwardly, the lug is disengaged from engagement with a stop and the closure can be removed by unthreading the closure from the container.
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