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US3790014A
US3790014A US00243807A US3790014DA US3790014A US 3790014 A US3790014 A US 3790014A US 00243807 A US00243807 A US 00243807A US 3790014D A US3790014D A US 3790014DA US 3790014 A US3790014 A US 3790014A
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D50/00Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures
    • B65D50/02Closures 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
    • B65D50/04Closures 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
    • B65D50/041Closures 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 the closure comprising nested inner and outer caps or an inner cap and an outer coaxial annular member, which can be brought into engagement to enable removal by rotation
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D50/00Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures
    • B65D50/02Closures 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
    • B65D50/04Closures 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
    • B65D50/043Closures 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 the closure comprising a screw cap whose threads are shaped to accommodate blocking elements and the closure is removed after first applying axial force to unblock it and allow it to be unscrewed

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  • one or more ramplike ratchets are disposed on the internal thread of the closure for releasably interlocking with corresponding and mating ratchet detents disposed within the groove adjacent to the turns of the external thread on the neck of the container.
  • the configuration of the ratchets and detents is such that the ratchets will easily slide into and out of successive detents and, thus, permits conventional closing of the container by ordinary rotation of the closure relative to the container.
  • Reverse rotation of the closure relative to the container is prevented by corresponding locking side walls on the ratchets and detents which are in planes substantially in alignment with radii to the center of the package.
  • the closure has a side wall and a resilient top wall. The closure is removed from the container by simultaneously rotating the closure relative to the container and pressing on the resilient top wall to dilate the side wall and disengage the ratchets from the ratchet detents.
  • the ratchets are disposed on the groove of the neck of the container and the ratchet detents are disposed within the lateral side of the internal thread of the cap.
  • an object of this invention is to provide a container and safety closure'therefor which is simple in construction and economical to manufacture.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a container and safety closure therefor which can be easily opened by an adult but which requires too'much dexterity and coordination to be readily opened by a young child.
  • a further object of this invention is to provide a container and safety closure therefor which includes means for preventing removal of the closure from the container by either simple turning or simple pulling of the closure relative to the container or a combination of such forces, but which permits easy removal of the closure by simultaneously pressing the top wall of the closure and turning the closure relative to the container.
  • a container having a neck portion provided with.
  • First engaging means disposed on the internal thread of the cap and second engaging means disposed within the groove on the neck of the container, and the first engaging means being adapted to releasably interlock with thesecond engaging means to prevent ordinary removal of the cap from the neck of the container unless force is simultaneously applied to the outer side of the resilient top wall of the cap to dilate the side wall and disengage the first and second engaging means.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an axially separated cap and container illustrating an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a side view of the cap threaded to the container, with the cap in section.
  • FIG. 3 is a partial transverse section through the cap and container of FIG. 2 illustrating engagement of the interlocking means.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the cap threaded to the container and illustrating, in phantom lines, the expansion of the side wall of the cap upon application of force to the resilient top wall of the cap.
  • FIG. 5 is a transverse section through the cap and container of FIG. 4 illustrating disengagement of the interlocking means.
  • FIG. 6 is a side view, in section, of the cap.
  • FIG. 7 is a transverse section through the cap showing diverse configurations for the ratchets and illustrating ratchets with their locking walls on radii to the cen- I ter and as well as ratchets with their locking walls on lines other than to the center of the cap.
  • FIG. 8 is a side view of the threaded neck of the container showing illustrative locations for the ratchet detents.
  • FIG. 9 is a transverse section through the threaded neck showing diverse configurations for the ratchet detents and illustrating ratchet detents with their locking walls on radii to the center as well as ratchet detents with their locking walls on'lines other than to the center of the neck.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a package structure comprising an open mouth container 12 and a closure cap 14.
  • the container has a neck portion 16 which terminates at its outer extremity in an opening 18.
  • the neck of the container is provided with an external spiral thread 20 and a groove portion 22 adjacent to the turns of the thread.
  • the closure cap 14 has a resilient top wall 24 and a side wall 26 which is provided with an internal spiral thread 28 adapted to engage and ride on' the external spiral thread 20 on the neck portion 16 of the container in order to threadedly secure the cap to the neck of the container.
  • the resilient top wall of the closure is, preferably, convex as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 4, it may, optionally, be either flat or concave.
  • the cap is provided with one or more protuberances 30 laterally disposed on the internal thread 28'for releasably interlocking with one or more corresponding andmating detents 32 disposed within the groove 22 on the neck portion of the container to prevent ordinary removal of the cap from the neck of the container unless force is applied to the outer side of the resilient top wall of the cap to dilate the side wall and disengage the protuberances from the detents.
  • the protuberance is in the form of a ramplike ratchet as illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 5 and has a locking side wall 34 which is in a plane substantially in alignment with a radius 36 to the center of the cap as illustrated in FIG. 7.
  • the corresponding detent 32 for the ramplike ratchet has a locking side wall 46, which is in a plane substantially in alignment with a radius 48 to the center of the neck of the container, for engaging the locking side wall 34 of the ratchet.
  • protuberances having forms other than ramplike can be used as the laterally projecting engaging means as shown in FIGS. 7, 8, and 9, it should also be noted from FIG. 7 that when the locking side wall is in a non-radius plane 38 there is less effective interlocking with the corresponding and mating detent 40, as shown in FIG. 9.
  • the ratchets may be continuously disposed on the lateral side 41 of the internal thread of the cap as shown in FIG. 1 or they may be spaced or only one may be used to obtain releasable interlocking with the corresponding detents or detent.
  • the cylindrical space separation may be such that two ratchets are cylindrically spaced at 180, or three ratchets cylindrically spaced at 120 or four ratchets cylindrically spaced at 90, etc. In this connection, it should be noted that spacing is not critical and any suitable spacing may be utilized.
  • the outer wall of the neck of the container and the inner side wall of the cap are, typically, cylindrical with each having a substantially constant diameter throughout its length.
  • improved interlocking between the ratchet and ratchet detent is obtained when the outer wall of the neck portion of the container converges towards the container opening at an angle up to about or higher with respect to the vertical 42 as shown in FIG. 8, and the inner wall of the cap converges towards the cap top wall at a corresponding angle 44 as shown in FIG. 6.
  • the angular relationship between the engaging walls of the neck and the cap is from 0.0 to about I5.0 or higher with respect to the vertical or longitudinal plane.
  • the closure cap is secured to the neck of the container by rotating the cap in a conventional manner, as, for example, in a clockwise direction relative to the container.
  • the ramplike configuration of the ratchets and corresponding ratchet detents permit the ratchets to easily slide into and out of successive detents in the groove during the step of securing the cap to the container.
  • the neck of the container can be made of any material such as glass, metal, plastic or the like which is normally hard enough to serve its intended purpose.
  • the cap is preferably made of a resilient and yieldable plastic as, for example, a polyolefin such as polyethylene, although a resilient metal could be employed for the purpose.
  • the ramplike ratchets and ratchet detents are reversed with respect to location.
  • the ramplike ratchets are disposed on the groove of the neck of the container and the corresponding and mating ratchet detents are disposed within the lateral side of the internal thread of the cap.
  • An open mouth container and safety closure cap therefor comprising in combination:
  • a container having a neck portion provided with an external spiral thread and a groove adjacent to the turns of the spiral thread with the neck portion terminating in an opening;
  • a cap closure for said container having a side wall and a resilient top wall, said side wall being provided with an internal spiral thread adapted to engage and ride on the external spiral thread on the neck of the container inorder to threadedly secure the cap to the neck of the container;
  • first engaging means disposed on the internal thread of the cap, second engaging means disposed within the groove on theneck of the container, said first engaging means being adapted to releasably inter lock with said second engaging means to prevent ordinary removal of the cap from the neck of the container unless force is simultaneously applied to the outer side of the resilient top wall of the cap to dilate the side wall and disengage the first and second engaging means.
  • said first engaging means is at least one protuberance extending laterally from the internal thread of the cap and said second engaging means is at least one correspending and mating detent in the groove on the neck of the container.
  • said first engaging means comprises a plurality of protuberances extending laterally from the internal thread of the cap and said second engaging means comprises a plurality of corresponding and mating detents in the groove on the neck of the container.
  • said first engaging means is a ramplike ratchet extending laterally from the internal thread of the cap and said second engaging means is a corresponding and mating ratchet detent in the groove on the neck of the container.
  • first engaging means comprises a plurality of ramplike ratchets extending laterally from the internal thread of the cap and said second engaging means comprises a plurality of corresponding and mating ratchet detents in the groove on the neck of the container.
  • first engaging means is provided with a locking side wall which is in a plane substantially in alignment with a radius to the center of the cap and the second engaging means is provided with a corresponding locking side wall which is in a plane substantially in alignment with a radius to the center of the neck of the container, said locking side wallsof said first and second engaging means cooperating to prevent disengagement of the cap from the neck of the container by simple rotation.
  • the second engaging means is at least one protuberance extending laterally from the groove on the neck of the container and the first engaging means is at least one corresponding and mating detent disposed within the laterally extending side of the internal thread of the cap.
  • the second engaging means comprises a plurality of protuberances extending laterally from the groove on the neck of the container and the first engaging means comprises a plurality of corresponding and mating detents disposed within the laterally extending side wall of the internal thread of the cap.
  • the second engaging means is at least one ramplike ratchet extending laterally from the groove on the neck of the container and the first engaging means is at least one corresponding and mating ratchet detent disposed within the laterally extending side of the internal thread of the cap.

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In an internally threaded closure for a container having an externally threaded neck, one or more ramplike ratchets are disposed on the internal thread of the closure for releasably interlocking with corresponding and mating ratchet detents disposed within the groove adjacent to the turns of the external thread on the neck of the container. The configuration of the ratchets and detents is such that the ratchets will easily slide into and out of successive detents and, thus, permits conventional closing of the container by ordinary rotation of the closure relative to the container. Reverse rotation of the closure relative to the container is prevented by corresponding locking side walls on the ratchets and detents which are in planes substantially in alignment with radii to the center of the package. The closure has a side wall and a resilient top wall. The closure is removed from the container by simultaneously rotating the closure relative to the container and pressing on the resilient top wall to dilate the side wall and disengage the ratchets from the ratchet detents. In a variational embodiment, the ratchets are disposed on the groove of the neck of the container and the ratchet detents are disposed within the lateral side of the internal thread of the cap.

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United States Patent [191 Mucsi [451 Feb. 5, 1974 SAFETY CLOSURE AND CONTAINER [76] Inventor: Michael Mucsi, 2474 S. Centinela Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90064 [22] Filed: Apr. 13, 1972 21 Appl.No.:243, 807
Primary Examiner-Donald F. Norton Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Donald Diamond [5 7 ABSTRACT In an internally threaded'closure for a container having an externally threaded neck, one or more ramplike ratchets are disposed on the internal thread of the closure for releasably interlocking with corresponding and mating ratchet detents disposed within the groove adjacent to the turns of the external thread on the neck of the container. The configuration of the ratchets and detents is such that the ratchets will easily slide into and out of successive detents and, thus, permits conventional closing of the container by ordinary rotation of the closure relative to the container. Reverse rotation of the closure relative to the container is prevented by corresponding locking side walls on the ratchets and detents which are in planes substantially in alignment with radii to the center of the package. The closure has a side wall and a resilient top wall. The closure is removed from the container by simultaneously rotating the closure relative to the container and pressing on the resilient top wall to dilate the side wall and disengage the ratchets from the ratchet detents.
In a variational embodiment, the ratchets are disposed on the groove of the neck of the container and the ratchet detents are disposed within the lateral side of the internal thread of the cap.
11 Claims, 9 Drawing Figures PATENTEU FEB 51974 PRESS BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates generally to threaded, open moutn containers and threaded closures therefor and, more particularly, to an improved safety closure for such containers. I
Chemicals and medicin'als encountered in the houshold are frequently packaged in open mouth containers having a threaded neck and a corresponding threaded closure therefor. Since the threaded closure can be easily removed from the container, it enables a young child to gain access to the contents of the container, often with serious consequences, by simply rotating and twisting the closure until it is disengaged from the container. Thus, it is highly desirable to provide a closure for a container which can be readily opened by an adult butwhich requires more coordination and dexterity to open than can usually be achieved by a young child.
2. Prior Art The problem of providing a simple and economical container and safety closure therefor that cannot be readily opened by a child has been a long continuing one and a number of safety packages have been developed in an effort to meet this problem. See, for example, U. S. Pat. No. 3,181,718 (R. D. Chancellor, 1965);
U. S. Pat. No. 3,233,769 (P. M. .lessop, 1966); U. S. Pat. No. 3,339,770 (B. Weigand, 1967); U. S. Pat. No. 3,376,991 (D. L. Deaver, 1968); US. Pat. No. 3,398,848 (F. W. Donovan, 1968); U. S. Pat. No. 3,435,975 (B. Weigand, 1969); U. S. Pat. No. 3,441,159 (L. S. Turner, 1969); U. S. Pat. No. 3,445,022 (F. A. Cilluffo, 1969); and U. S. Pat. No.
3,472,411 (L. s. Turner, 1969). .oBJEcTs Thus, an object of this invention is to provide a container and safety closure'therefor which is simple in construction and economical to manufacture.
Another object of this invention is to provide a container and safety closure therefor which can be easily opened by an adult but which requires too'much dexterity and coordination to be readily opened by a young child. a I
A further object of this invention is to provide a container and safety closure therefor which includes means for preventing removal of the closure from the container by either simple turning or simple pulling of the closure relative to the container or a combination of such forces, but which permits easy removal of the closure by simultaneously pressing the top wall of the closure and turning the closure relative to the container.
SUMMARY or THE INVENTION In accordance with this invention there is provided an open mouth container and safety closure cap therefor comprising in combination:
a. A container having a neck portion provided with.
ral thread adapted to engage and ride on the external spiral thread on the neck of the container; and
c. First engaging means disposed on the internal thread of the cap and second engaging means disposed within the groove on the neck of the container, and the first engaging means being adapted to releasably interlock with thesecond engaging means to prevent ordinary removal of the cap from the neck of the container unless force is simultaneously applied to the outer side of the resilient top wall of the cap to dilate the side wall and disengage the first and second engaging means.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an axially separated cap and container illustrating an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the cap threaded to the container, with the cap in section.
FIG. 3 is a partial transverse section through the cap and container of FIG. 2 illustrating engagement of the interlocking means.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the cap threaded to the container and illustrating, in phantom lines, the expansion of the side wall of the cap upon application of force to the resilient top wall of the cap.
FIG. 5 is a transverse section through the cap and container of FIG. 4 illustrating disengagement of the interlocking means.
FIG. 6 is a side view, in section, of the cap.
FIG. 7 is a transverse section through the cap showing diverse configurations for the ratchets and illustrating ratchets with their locking walls on radii to the cen- I ter and as well as ratchets with their locking walls on lines other than to the center of the cap.
FIG. 8 is a side view of the threaded neck of the container showing illustrative locations for the ratchet detents.
FIG. 9 is a transverse section through the threaded neck showing diverse configurations for the ratchet detents and illustrating ratchet detents with their locking walls on radii to the center as well as ratchet detents with their locking walls on'lines other than to the center of the neck.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION Referring now to the drawings and, in particular to FIG. 1, there is shown a package structure comprising an open mouth container 12 and a closure cap 14. The container has a neck portion 16 which terminates at its outer extremity in an opening 18. The neck of the container is provided with an external spiral thread 20 and a groove portion 22 adjacent to the turns of the thread.
The closure cap 14 has a resilient top wall 24 and a side wall 26 which is provided with an internal spiral thread 28 adapted to engage and ride on' the external spiral thread 20 on the neck portion 16 of the container in order to threadedly secure the cap to the neck of the container. Although the resilient top wall of the closure is, preferably, convex as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 4, it may, optionally, be either flat or concave.
The cap is provided with one or more protuberances 30 laterally disposed on the internal thread 28'for releasably interlocking with one or more corresponding andmating detents 32 disposed within the groove 22 on the neck portion of the container to prevent ordinary removal of the cap from the neck of the container unless force is applied to the outer side of the resilient top wall of the cap to dilate the side wall and disengage the protuberances from the detents.
In a preferred embodiment, the protuberance is in the form of a ramplike ratchet as illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 5 and has a locking side wall 34 which is in a plane substantially in alignment with a radius 36 to the center of the cap as illustrated in FIG. 7. The corresponding detent 32 for the ramplike ratchet has a locking side wall 46, which is in a plane substantially in alignment with a radius 48 to the center of the neck of the container, for engaging the locking side wall 34 of the ratchet. Although protuberances having forms other than ramplike can be used as the laterally projecting engaging means as shown in FIGS. 7, 8, and 9, it should also be noted from FIG. 7 that when the locking side wall is in a non-radius plane 38 there is less effective interlocking with the corresponding and mating detent 40, as shown in FIG. 9.
The ratchets may be continuously disposed on the lateral side 41 of the internal thread of the cap as shown in FIG. 1 or they may be spaced or only one may be used to obtain releasable interlocking with the corresponding detents or detent. When the ratchets are spaced on the internal thread, the cylindrical space separation may be such that two ratchets are cylindrically spaced at 180, or three ratchets cylindrically spaced at 120 or four ratchets cylindrically spaced at 90, etc. In this connection, it should be noted that spacing is not critical and any suitable spacing may be utilized.
The outer wall of the neck of the container and the inner side wall of the cap are, typically, cylindrical with each having a substantially constant diameter throughout its length. However, improved interlocking between the ratchet and ratchet detent is obtained when the outer wall of the neck portion of the container converges towards the container opening at an angle up to about or higher with respect to the vertical 42 as shown in FIG. 8, and the inner wall of the cap converges towards the cap top wall at a corresponding angle 44 as shown in FIG. 6. Thus, the angular relationship between the engaging walls of the neck and the cap is from 0.0 to about I5.0 or higher with respect to the vertical or longitudinal plane.
The closure cap is secured to the neck of the container by rotating the cap in a conventional manner, as, for example, in a clockwise direction relative to the container. The ramplike configuration of the ratchets and corresponding ratchet detents permit the ratchets to easily slide into and out of successive detents in the groove during the step of securing the cap to the container. When the cap is threaded to the neck of the container and the ratchets are disposed within the detents, the locking side walls of the ratchets 34 are in engagement with the locking side walls of the detents 46 as shown in FIG. 3 and the cap cannot be disengaged from the container by ordinary rotation.
In order to remove the cap from the container, it is necessary to apply force to the top of the cap and simultaneously rotate the cap in counterclockwise direction relative to the container. The application of force to the outer side of the resilient top wall of the cap dilates the side wall of the cap as shown in phantom lines in FIG. 4 and disengages the ratchets from the detents as illustrated in FIG. 5.
Since the coordinated movements of simultaneously pressing and rotating are, in general, beyond the capability of a young child, it would be most difficult for a young child to accidentally open the safety package described herein.
The neck of the container can be made of any material such as glass, metal, plastic or the like which is normally hard enough to serve its intended purpose. The cap is preferably made of a resilient and yieldable plastic as, for example, a polyolefin such as polyethylene, although a resilient metal could be employed for the purpose.
In a variational embodiment of the present invention, the ramplike ratchets and ratchet detents are reversed with respect to location. Thus, the ramplike ratchets are disposed on the groove of the neck of the container and the corresponding and mating ratchet detents are disposed within the lateral side of the internal thread of the cap.
While in the foregoing description and accompanying drawing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it will be understood, of course, that minor changes may be made in the details of construction as well as in the combination and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.
That which is claimed is:
1. An open mouth container and safety closure cap therefor comprising in combination:
a container having a neck portion provided with an external spiral thread and a groove adjacent to the turns of the spiral thread with the neck portion terminating in an opening;
a cap closure for said container having a side wall and a resilient top wall, said side wall being provided with an internal spiral thread adapted to engage and ride on the external spiral thread on the neck of the container inorder to threadedly secure the cap to the neck of the container; and
first engaging means disposed on the internal thread of the cap, second engaging means disposed within the groove on theneck of the container, said first engaging means being adapted to releasably inter lock with said second engaging means to prevent ordinary removal of the cap from the neck of the container unless force is simultaneously applied to the outer side of the resilient top wall of the cap to dilate the side wall and disengage the first and second engaging means.
2. A structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein said first engaging means is at least one protuberance extending laterally from the internal thread of the cap and said second engaging means is at least one correspending and mating detent in the groove on the neck of the container.
3. A structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein said first engaging means comprises a plurality of protuberances extending laterally from the internal thread of the cap and said second engaging means comprises a plurality of corresponding and mating detents in the groove on the neck of the container.
4. A structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein said first engaging means is a ramplike ratchet extending laterally from the internal thread of the cap and said second engaging means is a corresponding and mating ratchet detent in the groove on the neck of the container.
5. A structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein the first engaging means comprises a plurality of ramplike ratchets extending laterally from the internal thread of the cap and said second engaging means comprises a plurality of corresponding and mating ratchet detents in the groove on the neck of the container.
6. A structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein the outer wall of the neck portion of the container coverges towards the container opening at an angle up to about l5.0 with respect to the vertical and the inner wall of the cap converges towards the cap top wall at a corresponding angle.
7. A structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein the first engaging means is provided with a locking side wall which is in a plane substantially in alignment with a radius to the center of the cap and the second engaging means is provided with a corresponding locking side wall which is in a plane substantially in alignment with a radius to the center of the neck of the container, said locking side wallsof said first and second engaging means cooperating to prevent disengagement of the cap from the neck of the container by simple rotation.
8. A structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein the second engaging means is at least one protuberance extending laterally from the groove on the neck of the container and the first engaging means is at least one corresponding and mating detent disposed within the laterally extending side of the internal thread of the cap.
9. A structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein the second engaging means comprises a plurality of protuberances extending laterally from the groove on the neck of the container and the first engaging means comprises a plurality of corresponding and mating detents disposed within the laterally extending side wall of the internal thread of the cap.
10. A structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein the second engaging means is at least one ramplike ratchet extending laterally from the groove on the neck of the container and the first engaging means is at least one corresponding and mating ratchet detent disposed within the laterally extending side of the internal thread of the cap.
11. A structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein the second engaging means comprises a plurality of ramplike ratchets extending laterally from the groove on the neck of the container and the first engaging means comprises a plurality ofcorresponding and mating ratchet detents disposed within the laterally extending side of the internal thread of the cap.

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1. An open mouth container and safety closure cap therefor comprising in combination: a container having a neck portion provided with an external spiral thread and a groove adjacent to the turns of the spiral thread with the neck portion terminating in an opening; a cap closure for said container having a side wall and a resilient top wall, said side wall being provided with an internal spiral thread adapted to engage and ride on the external spiral thread on the neck of the container in order to threadedly secure the cap to the neck of the container; and first engaging means disposed on the internal thread of the cap, second engaging means disposed within the groove on the neck of the container, said first engaging means being adapted to releasably interlock with said second engaging means to prevent ordinary removal of the cap from the neck of the container unless force is simultaneously applied to the outer side of the resilient top wall of the cap to dilate the side wall and disengage the first and second engaging means.
2. A structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein said first engaging means is at least one protuberance extending laterally from the internal thread of the cap and said second engaging means is at least one corresponding and mating detent in the groove on the neck of the container.
3. A structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein said first engaging means comprises a plurality of protuberances extending laterally from the internal thread of the cap and said second engaging means comprises a plurality of corresponding and mating detents in the groove on the neck of the container.
4. A structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein said first engaging means is a ramplike ratchet extending laterally from the internal thread of the cap and said second engaging means is a corresponding and mating ratchet detent in the groove on the neck of the container.
5. A structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein the first engaging means comprises a plurality of ramplike ratchets extending laterally from the internal thread of the cap and said second engaging means comprises a plurality of corresponding and mating ratchet detents in the groove on the neck of the container.
6. A structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein the outer wall of the neck portion of the container coverges towards the container opening at an angle up to about 15.0* with respect to the vertical and the inner wall of the cap converges towards the cap top wall at a corresponding angle.
7. A structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein the first engaging means is provided with a locking side wall which is in a plane substantially in alignment with a radius to the center of the cap and the second engaging means is provided with a corresponding locking side wall which is in a plane substantially in alignment with a radius to the center of the neck of the container, said locking side walls of said first and second engaging means cooperating to prevent disengagement of the cap from the neck of the container by simple rotation.
8. A structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein the second engaging means is at least one protuberance extending laterally from the groove on the neck of the container and the first engaging means is at least one corresponding and mating detent disposed within the laterally extending side of the internal thread of the cap.
9. A structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein the second engaging means comprises a plurality of protuberances extending laterally from the groove on the neck of the container and the first engaging means comprises a plurality of corresponding and mating detents disposed within the laterally extending side wall of the internal thread of the cap.
10. A structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein the second engaging means is at least one ramplike ratchet extending laterally from the groove on the neck of the container and the first engaging means is at least one corresponding and mating ratchet detent disposed within the laterally extending side of the internal thread of the cap.
11. A structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein the second engaging means comprises a plurality of ramplike ratchets extending laterally from the groove on the neck of the container and the first engaging means comprises a plurality of corresponding and mating ratchet detents disposed within the laterally extending side of the internal thread of the cap.
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