US3667637A - Safety device for flip cap closure - Google Patents

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US3667637A
US3667637A US97573A US3667637DA US3667637A US 3667637 A US3667637 A US 3667637A US 97573 A US97573 A US 97573A US 3667637D A US3667637D A US 3667637DA US 3667637 A US3667637 A US 3667637A
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Richard B Bagguley
Carmen T Mascia
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D50/00—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures
    • B65D50/02—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions
    • B65D50/04—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one
    • B65D50/045—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one where one action elastically deforms or deflects at least part of the closure, the container or an intermediate element, e.g. a ring

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  • INVEN TORS RICHARD B. BAGGULEY #1 g. CARMEN 7T, MASC/A ATT'Y.
  • the safety closure device of the present invention is intended primarily for use with caps of the type which are hingedly connected to a neck as to be insertable and removable from an axial opening in the tubular neck that serves as a product dispensing opening.
  • caps are generally identified as flip caps.
  • a flexible shield which is snuggly and removable seated within an upstanding peripheral wall at the upper end of the container.
  • the shield includes means overlying portions of the flip cap which prevent opening of the latter until removal of the shield by flexing of the shield out of seating engagement with the wall.
  • FIG. 1 is a prespective view of a container having a flip cap closure and a safety shield thereon embodying the structure of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the container shown in FIG. 1 with a safety shield in its removed position;
  • FIGURES there is shown a container including a container body 1 1 having a bottom end closure 12 and a top end closure 13. Seated in an axial opening 14 formed in a recessed panel 16 of the top end closure 13 is a flip cap 17.
  • the cap top 24 includes a peripheral skirt 26 and an outwardly projecting nose 27 diametrically opposite the hinge strap 25.
  • the nose 27 provides a lifting latch for lifting the cap.
  • the cap skirt 26 defines a recess 28 which is bounded at its lower end by an inwardly projecting annular flange 29.
  • An outer annular flange 30 on the skirt 26 lies coplanar with the flange 29.
  • the flange 29 Underlies the annular shoulder 23 so that the cap 18 is snuggly and firmly seated about the tapered end 22.
  • To lift the cap it is only necessary to grasp the nose 27 and pull the cap 17 upwardly to release the ledge 29 from the shoulder 23.
  • a recessed circular opening 33 is axially formed in the dome l1 and is defined by a downwardly depending flange 34. Projecting into the opening 33 is a horizontal ledge 35.
  • a radially extending slot 36 extends into the opening 33 and accommodates the width of the hinged flap 24.
  • a second radial slot 37 disposed diametrically opposite the slot 36 accommodates the nose 27.
  • the ledge 35 is located in close proximity to the flange 29 along the lower edge of the cap 17. Moreover, the come 31 extends sufficiently high so that the lower portion of the cap 17 is recessed therein. In fact, the lower edge of the nose 27 is disposed in the slot below the dome 31 so that it is not possible to gain gripping access on the nose 27. The cap in this manner is retained, locked or latched on the neck 15.
  • the dome 31 which is made from a flexible material may be flexed and manipulated by depressing downwardly so that the dome clears the underside of the cap flange 30 bounding the nose 27.
  • the nose 27 may then be grasped by the fingers so as to be lifted from latching engagement with the flange 29 whereby the contents may be emptied from the container.
  • a container flip cap closure assembly including a neck attached at one end of a container and closure cap hingedly connected to the neck, a safety device comprising a shield seated in the end of said container, an opening in said shield through which said closure cap extends, said shield being in the form of a dome having a height so that said closure cap is recessed therein to prevent access to said closure cap and thereby hinging movement of said closure cap from a closed position on said neck, said shield being flexible whereby said dome may be depressed so that said closure cap is accessible and may be hingedly displaced out of said closed position.

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US3826394A (en) * 1972-12-19 1974-07-30 M Stull Safety cap
US3830393A (en) * 1972-07-28 1974-08-20 Pennwalt Corp Snap-on safety closure for flexible containers
US4385706A (en) * 1982-01-04 1983-05-31 Carlisle Corporation Child resistant container and closure
US5038454A (en) * 1988-12-29 1991-08-13 The Procter & Gamble Company Injection blow molding process for forming a package exhibiting improved child resistance
US5186344A (en) * 1990-10-02 1993-02-16 The Procter & Gamble Company Container and closure having means for producing an audible signal when a seal has been established
US5230433A (en) * 1992-01-28 1993-07-27 The Procter & Gamble Company Adult friendly child-resistant attachment for containers used to store potentially dangerous materials
US7185776B1 (en) 2004-02-16 2007-03-06 Owens-Illinois Prescription Products Inc. Closure and container package
US7591394B1 (en) * 2005-05-12 2009-09-22 Rexam Prescription Products Inc. Child-resistant package, closure and container
WO2017139529A1 (en) * 2016-02-12 2017-08-17 Csp Technologies, Inc. Container with child resistant closure and methods of making the same

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JPS4884217U (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) * 1972-01-14 1973-10-13
JPS4928417U (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) * 1972-06-15 1974-03-11

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US3584760A (en) * 1969-07-22 1971-06-15 William A Grinker Safety caps for containers
US3603470A (en) * 1970-01-02 1971-09-07 Monsanto Co Compressible safety closure

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US3584760A (en) * 1969-07-22 1971-06-15 William A Grinker Safety caps for containers
US3603470A (en) * 1970-01-02 1971-09-07 Monsanto Co Compressible safety closure

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3830393A (en) * 1972-07-28 1974-08-20 Pennwalt Corp Snap-on safety closure for flexible containers
US3826394A (en) * 1972-12-19 1974-07-30 M Stull Safety cap
US4385706A (en) * 1982-01-04 1983-05-31 Carlisle Corporation Child resistant container and closure
US5038454A (en) * 1988-12-29 1991-08-13 The Procter & Gamble Company Injection blow molding process for forming a package exhibiting improved child resistance
US5186344A (en) * 1990-10-02 1993-02-16 The Procter & Gamble Company Container and closure having means for producing an audible signal when a seal has been established
US5383564A (en) * 1992-01-28 1995-01-24 The Procter & Gamble Company Adult friendly child-resistant attachment for containers used to store potentially dangerous materials
US5230433A (en) * 1992-01-28 1993-07-27 The Procter & Gamble Company Adult friendly child-resistant attachment for containers used to store potentially dangerous materials
US5562218A (en) * 1992-01-28 1996-10-08 The Procter & Gamble Company Adult friendly child-resistant attachment for containers used to store potentially dangerous materials
US5564580A (en) * 1992-01-28 1996-10-15 The Procter & Gamble Company Adult friendly child-resistant attachment for containers used to store potentially dangerous materials
US7185776B1 (en) 2004-02-16 2007-03-06 Owens-Illinois Prescription Products Inc. Closure and container package
US7591394B1 (en) * 2005-05-12 2009-09-22 Rexam Prescription Products Inc. Child-resistant package, closure and container
WO2017139529A1 (en) * 2016-02-12 2017-08-17 Csp Technologies, Inc. Container with child resistant closure and methods of making the same
US10737853B2 (en) 2016-02-12 2020-08-11 Csp Technologies, Inc. Container with child resistant closure and methods of making the same

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