Convertible child-resistant closure assembly

Details Convertible child-resistant closure assembly Convertible child-resistant closure assembly

Filed on

1990-12-11

Date issued

1992-05-26

Examiner

Marcus, Stephen

Patent Class

Bottles and jars

SubClass

Closures

SubSubClass

Having warning means or means impeding closure removal

Other Related Categories

215216, 215218, 215220, 215221, B65D 5502

Type

Patent

Status

active

Patent number

051159287

Description

ABSTRACT:
A convertible child-resistant closure assembly is described herein. It includes a closure and shell. The shell mounts a latching key and the closure provides a complementary latch. An alignment structure provides for aligning the latch and key for movement of the latching key from a mode in which the key is inactive to a mode in which it engages the latch to inactive the child-resistant function of the closure. In that position the shell and closure are corotatable in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions. Spring fingers may be provided to elevate the shell relative to the closure to provide an additional child-resistant function. The latching key may be hingedly or slideably secured to the shell.

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