| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 215217000 |
Closure guided in simultaneous turning and reciprocating movememnt (e.g., screw threaded)
| 41 |
| 215216000 |
Flexible locking member integral with or attached to closure
| 13 |
| 215206000 |
Having registerable indicia to facilitate closure removal
| 13 |
| 215224000 |
Snap-type closure | 4 |
| 20150014270 | CHILD-RESISTANT CAP AND CONTAINER ASSEMBLY - A cap includes a top wall, an outer peripheral edge, a first section, and a second section. A skirt depends from the outer peripheral edge. The skirt includes an attached end, a free end, a plurality of slots, and a plurality of apertures. Each aperture is spaced-apart from the free end of the skirt. The top wall has a first configuration and a second configuration. When the top wall is in the first configuration, the first section is generally planer and the second section is generally arcuate. When the top wall is in the first configuration, the skirt extends generally perpendicularly to the first section to generally engage at least a portion of a container. When the top wall is in the second configuration, the free end of the skirt extends radially outwardly from the attached end thereof to allow the cap to be removed from the container. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20090020493 | CHILD RESISTANT CROWNED CLOSURE HAVING IMPROVED OPENING FEATURE - A child resistant package comprising a container having a neck finish including an annular locking ring with at least one notch having a locking rib therein and indicium indicating the location of the notch, and a snap-on closure of rigid and stiff material disposed for rotary movement on the neck finish, said closure comprising an end wall, a resilient peripheral skirt, and a crown extending upwardly and outwardly from the end wall and the skirt to form a surface that provides leverage for removal of the closure from the container with a locking lug extending radially inwardly from said skirt in alignment in a fire position with said notch upon rotation of the closure to permit removal of said closure only when in the fire position, and snap beads co-planar with the locking luck and extending inwardly from the skirt, said snap beads being longer than the notch is wide, a finger tab comprising indicium and extending radially outwardly from said skirt in alignment with said locking lug, said snap beads camming over said locking ring and resiliently expanding said skirt and the locking lug passing over the locking ring upon snap locking the closure to the neck finish and upon removal of said closure, said locking lug and said snap beads being interengaged with said locking ring upon snap locking and said snap beads becoming disengaged from said locking ring upon the removal of said closure. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20110114591 | TAB RELEASE CHILD SAFETY FEATURE - A child-resistant container including a container body ( | 05-19-2011 |
| 20120267336 | CHILD-RESISTANT CLOSURE - A child-resistant closure ( | 10-25-2012 |
| 215207000 |
With key-actuated lock | 4 |
| 20090206050 | Lock for preventing unintentional removal of a cap from a bottle by utilizing a conventional padlock - A lock for preventing unintentional removal of a cap from a bottle by utilizing a conventional padlock. The lock includes a stationary portion and a movable portion. The movable portion is hingedly attached to the stationary portion, and has an open position and a closed position. The movable portion is pivoted away from the stationary portion when the movable portion is in the open positioned thereof allowing the cap of the bottle to be nestled against the stationary portion. The movable portion is pivoted from the open position thereof to engagement against the stationary portion forming a hollow and generally cylindrical-shape therewith when the movable portion is in the closed positioned thereof allowing the cap of the bottle to be captured between both the stationary portion and the movable portion and be maintained thereat by the padlock being operatively connected to both the stationary portion and the movable portion, thereby preventing the unintentional removal of the cap from the bottle. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090212001 | Jurado cap assembly - A method for sealing whereby a key locking mechanism is engaged affixing the upper portion of the bottle cap. A key is used to unlock. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20110139741 | Locking Pill Bottle - Embodiments of the disclosed technology comprise a bottle, such as a prescription bottle, with an added safety feature, namely, tabs extending from the cap and bottle itself with portals extending there-through for a shackle of a lock. In this manner, prescription bottles, such as those known in the art of dispensing medicine, including those with safety caps, can be secured to a greater extent by way of a lock holding the cap to the bottle or preventing turning or removal of the cap. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20160030285 | Child Proof Closure - A child proof closure including an outer cap having a set of spaced apart apertures extending through a top surface of the outer cap, an inner cap dimensioned and configured to be assembled within the outer cap having a set of spaced apart receivers corresponding to the at least one set of spaced apart apertures of the outer cap, and a key having a set of spaced apart projections dimensioned and configured to be inserted through the spaced apart apertures of the outer cap to engage the spaced apart receivers of the inner cap when the spaced apart apertures of the outer cap are vertically aligned with the spaced apart receivers of the inner cap for unscrewing the assembled closure from the container by turning the key. | 02-04-2016 |
| 215211000 |
Closure or closure portion engagingly enters receptacle opening | 4 |
| 20090301985 | PUSH TAB VIAL ASSEMBLY AND METHODS - A push tab container assembly includes a container and a lid configured to mate with the container in an unlocked state and in a locked state. The container includes a push tab assembly having a locking member defining a ramped surface and ending at a locking edge. The locking edge is vertically oriented with respect to the ramped surface and is tapered as it extends radially inwardly. The container has exactly one external container thread positioned on an external surface and at least one internal thread positioned on an internal surface. The lid has at least one locking lug positioned on an internal surface of a second skirt. The locking lug has a lug edge that tapers as it extends radially inwardly. When the lid is operably oriented relative to the container in the unlocked state, the external lid thread is mated with the internal container thread. When the lid is operably oriented relative to the container in the locked state, the internal lid thread is mated with the exactly one external container thread, while the locking edge of the locking member is engaged against the lug edge of the locking lug. The push tab assembly is actuatable to release the locking edge of the locking member from the lug edge of the locking lug to permit disengagement of the lid from the container. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20120261377 | STOPPER FOR A CONTAINER - A stopper which engages a neck of a container. The stopper includes a circular bottom section and a head section which rises above the container and encompasses a slide. The rim of the head section has a maximum diameter that does not exceed the external diameter of the opening of the container. The slide can be pushed against the force of a spring device in one direction and, when released, returns to its retracted initial position as a result of the spring force. Opposing sides of the slide each end in circumferential sections. A first one of the circumferential sections forming an outer surface for receiving a first applied force for advancing the slide and causing the second one of the circumferential sections to protrude from the stopper. The second one of the circumferential sections receiving a second different applied force to remove the stopper from the container. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20140166608 | Upwardly Biasing Child-Resistant Closure for Liquid Medicaments - A passive valve closure for liquid medicaments, configured to permit irreversible attachment to a pre-existing bottle and reversible engagement with a dosage cup bearing lugs such that when the dosage cup engages skirt lugs on the closure, a child-resistant closure is effected. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20150367999 | Safety cap with a guarantee element, especially for the pharmaceutical industry - The safety cap, according to the invention, has got, at least, one securing element which engages with the bottle neck and an internal closing element, mounted in the inside of the external element, where, at least, one securing element is connected and meshes—with its thread, made on its lateral side—with the thread of the internal closing element and the external element, movable mounted on the internal closing element, closing the external element. | 12-24-2015 |
| 215203000 |
With exhibitive feature | 4 |
| 20090166311 | Pharmaceutical closure with a laser-applied marking - A pharmaceutical closure is made from rubber or thermoplastic elastomer and has an amount of TiO | 07-02-2009 |
| 20140054256 | ONE PIECE REVERSIBLE CLOSURE AND CONTAINER SYSTEM - A closure having a child resistant mode and a non-child resistant mode includes a circumferential side wall and a divider wall for forming a first section cavity and a second section cavity. The divider is disposed between the first section and the second section for closing an opening of the container when the closure is installed on the container in the non-child resistant mode and the child resistant mode. In certain embodiments, a first liner is disposed in the first section such that the first liner is visible when the closure is installed on the container in the child resistant mode and a second liner is disposed in the second section such that the second liner is visible when the closure is installed on the container in the non-child resistant mode. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20150366755 | HUMIDITY-PROOF AND CHILD-RESISTANT VIAL WITH IMPROVED IDENTIFICATION MEANS - The possibility that a child inadvertently unlocks a child-resistant vial by triggering the latch with his teeth is avoided by preventing access to the latch from under the cap. This is achieved by covering all sides of the latch with the exception of the front face thereof intended to be used to trigger the latch while the cap is lifted. Improvement of the humidity barrier in such a vial is achieved by closing the vial container with a cap including a recess that defines inner and outer peripheral walls in the cap. The inner and outer walls together define an annular gap that is configured to complementary receive the peripheral flange of the container. Both the edge of the inner wall of the cap and the inner peripheral wall of the container are provided with sealing rings that are axially distanced when the cap closes the vial container. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160074280 | Closure Locking Assembly - A locking assembly for a closure system having a first vertical member configured to extend downward along a sidewall of a closure and including a first hook element and a second hook element. A second vertical member having a first hook element and a second hook element is configured to be connected to the first vertical member such that the second vertical member extends downward along an opposite side of the sidewall of the closure from the first vertical member. When the locking assembly is installed on the closure system in a locked position, the first and second vertical members are dimensioned and configured so that the first hook elements are disposed above opposing sides of a top surface of the closure and the second hook elements are disposed beneath opposing sides of the sidewall of the closure for preventing the closure from being removed from the container. | 03-17-2016 |
| 215208000 |
Multidirectional turn or twist type | 3 |
| 20090145873 | OPENABLE AND CLOSABLE SAFETY CONTAINER FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS - An openable and closable safety container for a hazardous material is provided. The safety container comprises a container part, a lid part coupled to the container part, and a safety locking part installed in the lid part such that the lid part is opened or closed upward after being turned. The lid part is turned horizontally to unlock the locked state and pushed upward to open the lid part. Therefore, the safety container is very safe. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20140061149 | Child Resistant Package - The present invention discloses a maze type package that may be child resistant. The package includes a cylindrical container member that includes a plurality of mazes thereon. The coaxial closure member includes studs for engaging the mazes and to releasably secure the closure to the container. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20150353246 | Lockable Closure Device - The present invention relates to a closure for a container or a fluid outlet or inlet comprising a retention means operable to engage a region of the interior surface of the container, outlet or inlet. The closure further comprises an actuation means operable to cause the retention means to engage said region. The closure further comprises a cap housing movable between a first position in which the actuation means may be operated and a second position in which operation of the cap housing is prevented. The closure further comprises a lock means moveable between a first unlocked position in which movement of the cap housing is allowed and a second locked position in which movement of the cap housing is prevented. | 12-10-2015 |
| 215223000 |
Closure guided in sequential turning and reciprocating movement | 3 |
| 20090194500 | Child resistant package - The present invention discloses a maze type package that may be child resistant. The package includes a cylindrical container member that includes a plurality of mazes thereon. The coaxial closure member includes studs for engaging the mazes and to releasably secure the closure to the container. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20130168347 | SAFETY CONTAINER - A safety container comprising a bottom member and a lid member where the lid member has a plurality of inward projections that fit into corresponding detents in the bottom member so that the lid member may be snapped into position on the bottom member in such a way where the forces required to disengage the projections from the detents are sufficiently large to protect against unauthorized access by young minors but sufficiently small to permit opening by adult users with diminished strength or dexterity. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20140291274 | BOTTLE ASSEMBLY - A bottle assembly is disclosed having a container component and a lid assembly. The lid assembly includes an outer lid and an inner lid that are aligned with each other and with a rim section of the bottle assembly in order to be removed. The bottle assembly advantageously provides that no complex threading, ratcheting mechanism or push tabs are required to provide locking functionality while still providing beneficial child-resistant safety features. | 10-02-2014 |
| 215215000 |
With provision for opening tool | 1 |
| 20120080399 | TAMPER EVIDENT CAP - The present invention is an integrated hinged cover and locking snap to detect tampering of the bung plugs on plastic drums. The locking snaps will break upon an unauthorized attempt to remove the cap from the drum finish. The hinged cover also provides an annular locking ring on the inside surface for engaging an annular ring on the plastic drum finish. The living hinge allows the cap to fit over the annular ring on the drum finish. The living hinge also provides a tear tab member (pull-tab) to remove the cap from the annular locking ring. | 04-05-2012 |
| 215209000 |
Closure removal includes receptacle deformation | 1 |
| 20160167844 | Unitary Child-Resistant Containers Configured for Attachment to Identifier Cap, and Identifier Cap | 06-16-2016 |
| 215204000 |
Receptacle opening sealed by each of plural closures | 1 |
| 20090272713 | CHILD-PROOF CAPSULE WITH A SYRINGE DOSER - The capsule comprises: an internal capsule ( | 11-05-2009 |
| Entries |
| Document | Title | Date |
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| 20080223810 | Multipurpose Lid, Especially for Liquids, Including Paint Cans - The invention concerns a lid ( | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080223811 | Reversible Child Resistant Cap And Combination Of A Container And A Reversible Child Resistant Cap - The present invention relates to a reversible child resistant cap and a closure system having two positions, the first being a child resistant position and the other being a non-child resistant position. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090101616 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A CLOSURE DEVICE AND A CONTAINER - A method for forming a closure device for a container is disclosed including providing a first mold component having a first annular groove. The first annular groove is configured to form a skirt of the closure device. A plurality of ejector blades are provided and are positioned within the mold component. The blades include a notch for forming a lug on an inner surface of the skirt. The lug is back-locked relative to the mold component. A moldable material is introduced into a mold cavity to form the closure device. The device is removed from the mold component by moving the blades along a path defined by tracks formed in the mold component that is generally along a vertical axis of the mold component, wherein the path includes a radially outward component, and the moving of the blades relieves the back-lock of the lug formed on the closure device. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090145872 | Bottle closure device - The closure device (D) for closing a bottle ( | 06-11-2009 |
| 20100044335 | DRINKS PACKAGING - The invention relates to a drinking vessel for a drinks packaging product wherein the drinking vessel comprises at least two parts. The two parts include a main vessel part and a part adapted to seal a bottle or similar container. The part adapted to seal the bottle includes a threaded portion and a seal. The threaded portion can comprise part of a base, or it can be a threaded sleeve or cap configured to engage with the base. The drinking vessel is sized and shaped to fit at least partially over the bottle and to provide a vessel from which the contents of the bottle can be consumed. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100059471 | Latch mechanism for a closure for a container - A container for over-the-counter drugs or the like that includes a cylindrical plastic bottle with a closure. The closure including a cap and a ring that mates with the mouth of the bottle. The cap ring has a tongue that mates with a capture structure on the cap in a child resistant configuration. The tongue being lockable by a pad lock to block access by unwanted adults and teenagers. The tongue having a senior friendly configuration also. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100084364 | Container Closure Comprising a Cable Tie - A tamper evident lid assembly ( | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100181279 | WATER BOTTLE WITH DOSAGE IN A DISPENSER CAP - A solid dosage preparation is provided with a bottle of water. The solid dosage preparation is housed in a compartment of a closure applied to the bottle of water. The solid dosage preparation is capable of being dispensed in a single-handed manipulation of a roller-like chamber. The roller-like chamber is provided with a means for indicating any tampering of the enclosed solid dosage preparation, which is maintained in a protective environment between the chamber and the compartment. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100200532 | LOW WEIGHT CONTAINER CLOSURE - A container closure comprising a top wall portion and a skirt portion depending from the top wall portion is provided. The skirt portion can include corrugation on an interior and exterior thereof, and the corrugation can reduce the weight of the container closure and provide strength of the skirt portion. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100243598 | CLOSURE - A child resistant closure for a container ( | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100288720 | Security Device for Use with a Bottle - A security device ( | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110049079 | Lockable Cap for Medical Prescription Bottle - A lockable cap, is a security feature for a medical prescription bottle. There is a dial locking mechanism that is attached to the cap. The dial locking mechanism and the cap can be attached or removed from the bottle only when the user has the correct combination on the dial lock. When the combination is incorrect a mechanism, including a dog plate within a housing, is disengaged and the inner cap cannot be removed from the bottle. The housing has pieces that snap together for a tamper proof connection between the inner components and the housing. The dog plate has a flat circular set of gear teeth, each of which allows for a single point of contact to exert enough tension to apply and remove the cap. These teeth are set away from a side wall with a gap that allows the dog plate to spin freely within the housing. Above the dog plate is the dial lock including a set of dial lock wheels containing both numeric cogs and standard cams each having one flat secant section. The cams are spring held into the numeric cogs. The flat sections on the cams work in unison with each other. Only when all the flat sections of the cams line up will the unit become unlocked. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110049080 | LOCKABLE CAP FOR A BOTTLE - A lockable cap, is a security feature for a medical prescription bottle. There is a dial locking mechanism that is attached to the cap. The dial locking mechanism and the cap can be attached or removed from the bottle only when the user has the correct combination on the dial lock. When the combination is incorrect a mechanism, including a dog plate within a housing, is disengaged and the inner cap cannot be removed from the bottle. The housing has pieces that snap together for a tamper proof connection between the inner components and the housing. The dog plate has a flat circular set of gear teeth, each of which allows for a single point of contact to exert enough tension to apply and remove the cap. These teeth are set away from a side wall with a gap that allows the dog plate to spin freely within the housing. Above the dog plate is the dial lock including a set of dial lock wheels containing both numeric cogs and standard cams each having one flat secant section. The cams are spring held into the numeric cogs. The flat sections on the cams work in unison with each other. Only when all the flat sections of the cams line up will the unit become unlocked. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110056904 | TAMPER-EVIDENT BOTTLE CLOSURE - A tamper-evident bottle closure has a ring element affixable to a bottle neck and a cap unit manufactured separately from the ring element and being coupled with the ring element externally to a bottle. The ring element of a coupled closure is affixable to a bottle neck prior to a first time opening of the bottle to retain a contained product in a confirmed sealed condition, yet the cap unit is irreversibly separable from the ring element when unscrewed for a first time to indicate that the bottle has been opened. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110259844 | TAMPER-EVIDENT CLOSURE - A tamper-evident closure for a container is provided. The closure comprises a first portion including inner and outer parts, and a second portion. The outer part is movable relative to the inner part from a first position in which at least part of the first and second portions are adjacent each other, to a second position in which there is a gap therebetween. The first portion comprises locking means for irreversibly locking the closure in the second position upon first opening so that the gap cannot be closed. The outer part includes a top plate and at least part of the locking means is carried on or by the plate. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120152883 | SECURITY DEVICE - An anti-theft security device is particularly useful with bottles and is typically secured to a bottle neck. The device may carry an onboard alarm. The device typically includes a catch member which engages the bottle neck to secure the device to the bottle and a blocking structure to help block access to the catch member. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120168398 | SECURITY DEVICE - An anti-theft security device is particularly useful with bottles and is typically secured to a bottle neck. The device may carry an onboard alarm. The device typically includes a catch member which engages the bottle neck to secure the device to the bottle and a blocking structure to help block access to the catch member. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120298613 | Closure with Obliquely Angled Cam Surfaces On Inner and Outer Parts - A closure ( | 11-29-2012 |
| 20130153528 | SAFE SEALING CAP FOR CONTAINER - The present invention directs a safe sealing cap for container, having a sealing cap body and at least a secure component, the secure component includes a curved part, a swinging support and a retaining plate, the swinging support is fixed on the outer wall of the sealing cap body, the back end of the curved part is fixed on the bottom side of the front end of the swinging support, the back end of the retaining plate is fixed on the inner wall of the back end of the curved part, and the front end of the retaining plate is extended towards the sealing cap body; the safe sealing cap further comprises at least two protection components, the protection components are connected to the sealing cap body respectively, and the protection components are successively arranged on the sealing cap body in the circumferential direction thereof. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20140346133 | Childproof Closure for a Dispensing Apparatus - A childproof closure for a dispensing apparatus having first bayonet fastening means, wherein the closure has second bayonet fastening means. One of the two bayonet fastening means has bayonet lugs which can be introduced into corresponding socket elements of the other bayonet fastening means. Both bayonet fastening means moreover have coding elements for a preset alignment of the closure and of the dispensing apparatus. The closure has a closure element having first engagement elements and a securing cap which at least partly covers the closure element and has second engagement elements. The securing cap and the closure element are connected cohesively strongly, but rotatably with respect to one another, by means of shape-matched elements. The securing cap is configured at least partly elastically deformably such that the first and second engagement elements can be brought into engagement with one another by pressing the securing cap toward the closure element. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20150048045 | ONE PIECE REVERSIBLE CLOSURES WITH CUSTOM REMOVABLE LINERS - A closure is provided having a first section and a second section. The first section includes a first circumferential side wall and a non-child resistant engaging mechanism disposed adjacent the first circumferential side wall. The second section includes a second circumferential side wall and a child resistant engaging mechanism disposed adjacent the second circumferential side wall. A divider wall is disposed between the first circumferential side wall and the second circumferential side wall for closing an opening of the container when the closure is installed on the container. The divider wall forms a first section cavity and a second section cavity. A liner is disposed in at least one of the first section cavity and the second section cavity adjacent the divider wall, the liner including liner indicia printed thereon and a tab element extending away from the divider wall for enhancing removal of the liner from the closure. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150090686 | SAFE CONTAINER - Novel lockable safe containers for dispensing valuable, dangerous and potentially dangerous goods via a main opening that is easy for adults to open and difficult for children to open, using a finger pressure on a sliding closure with a deflectable extension operable by finger pressure to enable. The novel safe containers have many additional advantages including human factors, ergonomics, manufacturing, supply chain and distribution, warehousing, retail, tamper resistance advantages, and labeling. The slidable closure exits the main opening zone via an auxiliary opening but wholly without exiting the container in normal usage. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150129531 | DISPENSING CAP - A dispensing cap including a closure having a top pivotably mounted to a base by a hinge. The closure is rotatably mounted to a ring. The top of the dispensing cap is opened only when the hinge is aligned with a notch formed in the ring and pressure is applied to flexible areas of the ring to disengage mating members of the ring and the top. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20160009463 | Child-Resistant Flip-Top Closure | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160130049 | Closure with Sequenced Double Release - A child-resistant closure for a container. The closure has a first groove and a second groove formed into a base. A cap covers an opening in the base. The cap can rotate between a closed position, a primed position and an open position. The cap has a nub that engages the first groove on the base, when in its closed position, engages the second groove on the base when in its primed position, and is free of any groove when in its open position. A mechanical activator is coupled to the base with a teeter connection. The mechanical activator displaces the cap from the closed position to the primed position when a first section of the mechanical activator is depressed. The mechanical activator displaces the cap from the primed position to the open position when a second section of the mechanical activator is depressed. | 05-12-2016 |
