| 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 |
| 20090084751 | CLOSURE MEANS - A container comprises a neck provided with a thread arrangement on which a cap can be screwed as well as a contrast arrangement for interacting with an opening indicating device of the cap the contrast arrangement being provided along a helix arrangement of the thread arrangement; cap comprises a thread arrangement suitable for interacting with a further thread arrangement of a neck of a container, and an opening indicating device provided with a stop arrangement, the stop arrangement being provided along a helix arrangement of the thread arrangement. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090095699 | Convertible child-resistant vial - The convertible child-resistant vial comprises a container having and aperture and a peripheral wall and being provided with a first connection element in the form of contiguous locking and freeing housings provided in a collar extending from the peripheral wall; and a cap hingedly mounted to the container integrally thereof and including a second connection element for cooperating with the first connection element to close the vial in a child safe-manner. The second connection element is in the form of a tooth which is easily removable to convert the child-resistant vial into a non-child-resistant vial. The vial can be molded in a one piece body. The integral mounting of the cap to the container allows easing the distribution and handling of the vial. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090120896 | CONVERTIBLE CLOSURE FOR A CONTAINER - Convertible closure for a container includes an outer closure member having a first child-resistant portion on an inner surface, a first inner closure member having an inner surface arranged to engage with a neck of the container and a second child-resistant portion arranged to selectively engage with the first child-resistant portion on the outer closure member, and a second inner closure member arranged to engage with both the outer closure member and the first inner closure member. The selective engagement of the first and second child-resistant portion is designed so that when engaged, the closure has a non-child resistant configuration (only grasping and rotation of the outer closure member is sufficient to twist the closure out of engagement with the container) and when not engaged therewith, the closure has a child-resistant configuration (grasping, rotation and downward pressure is required to remove the closure from engagement with the container). | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090200259 | PLASTIC PLUG WITH OVERCAP, INCLUDING WRENCH AND METHOD - A closure for a container opening according to one embodiment comprises a plug including a series of projections and being constructed and arranged to be received within the container opening and an overcap constructed and arranged for being attached to the plug so as to close off an interior of the plug and create an assembly. The projections being constructed and arranged for interfit with a specialized wrench socket for threadedly advancing the plug into the container opening. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20110094990 | Child Resistant Closure - A closure includes a cup shaped overcap having a depending sidewall. The sidewall is provided with a lug having a plurality of inwardly facing teeth. Each one of the inwardly facing teeth has a gently sloping face and steeply sloping face. The slopes of the gently sloping faces and the steeply sloping faces of at least two of the inwardly facing teeth differ respectively one from another. The closure also includes a cup shaped undercap having a depending sidewall. The sidewall is provided with a plurality of outwardly facing teeth around its periphery. Each one of the teeth has a steeply sloping face and a gently sloping face. The steeply sloping faces and the gently sloping faces of the outwardly facing teeth are adapted to abut respectively, at least two of the steeply sloping faces and the gently sloping faces of the inwardly facing teeth. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20130015157 | CHILD-RESISTANT CAP HAVING INNER AND OUTER CAPS AND A SEAL REMOVING UNIT - A child-resistant cap, which includes an inner cap mounted at a vessel inlet of a vessel; an outer cap disposed at an outer circumferential surface of the inner cap so as to perform an idling with the inner cap; a rotation force transmitting portion formed between the inner cap and the outer cap for transmitting a rotation force of the outer cap to the inner cap; and a sealing member punching unit formed at the inner cap for forming a hole at the sealing member and thereby discharging contents stored in the vessel outwardly through the hole, is disclosed. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130134121 | LOCKING CAP APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS - A locking cap apparatus includes a cap assembly having an outer cap and an inner cap received within the outer cap, and further includes lock setting members. The outer cap includes an actuator coupled with a plunger. The plunger and the actuator are movable within and relative to the outer and inner cap. The cap assembly is rotatably and releasably coupled with external threads of a bottle. The plunger has a locked position, an unlocked position, and a lock change position, where the outer cap is rotatable relative to the bottle when the plunger is in the locked position, unlocked position, and optionally in the combination change position. Lock setting members are interactively coupled with the shaft of the plunger. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130220965 | SIDE-PRESSURE TYPE SAFETY CAP - According to the present invention, a side-pressure type safety cap is threaded onto an upper portion of a container body containing contents therein, so as to open/close the outlet of the container. The safety cap of the present invention is configured to be opened only when a joint protrusion and a rotating protrusion contact each other by pressure being applied to the sides of an outer cap. Thus, a child unable to perceive such a configuration cannot open the cap, thereby preventing the child from ingesting harmful substances, and the contents in the container from being unnecessarily wasted. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20140014611 | Child-Resistant Cap for Liquid Medicaments - An improved child-resistant closure for dispensers of liquid medicaments, the closure being of a two-part construction. The closure has an outer cap with a quantity of shoulder lugs and skirt lugs and an inner cap with a quantity of shoulder lugs and flexible beams. The closure has equal quantities of shoulder lugs on the inner and outer caps, equal quantities of skirt lugs and flexible beams, flexible beams having an arcuate underside, shoulder lugs having a depth to prevent hyper-flexion of the flexible beams, and an ideal overlap when the faces of the shoulder lugs are aligned. Additionally, provided are methods for attaching and removing the cap from a pre-existing bottle. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140360970 | CHILDPROOF PERFUME BOTTLE - A childproof perfume bottle including a bottle body and a bottle cap covering the bottle body. The bottle body includes an upper connection part including an external wall including a male screw. The bottle cap includes an internal wall including a female screw matching the male screw of the external wall. The external wall of the upper connection part includes a bulge, and a stop piece is disposed at one end of the bulge. The internal wall of the bottle cap includes a clamping block which is capable of tightly fitting the bulge of the external wall after revolving the bottle cap to a certain angle. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20160152386 | A CAP WITH A CUTTING ELEMENT | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160251127 | A CHILD-RESISTANT CLOSURE | 09-01-2016 |
| 20190144176 | CHILD-RESISTANT CLOSURE DEVICE FOR A CONTAINER HAVING A TAPERED NECK PORTION | 05-16-2019 |
| 215218000 | Closure threaded to receptacle and/or rotatable closure removal obstruction | 5 |
| 20090078670 | MEDICINE CAP TIMING APPARATUS - A medicine cap with a timing mechanism that automatically resets upon the removal of the cap from a medicine bottle. A timing device is housed within a medicine camp, with a diaphragm housed below the timing device. The diaphragm has a rod extending upward from a central location, and fastening the cap onto a bottle or container causes the rod to be pushed up into contact with, and activate, the timing device. Upon removal of the cap from the bottle or container, the rod loses contact with the timing device, and the timer is reset. The cap may comprise multiple pieces, so the cap may be used in child-proof mode by the engagement and disengagement of splines on the cap housing and a cap insert. Means are supplied for enabling the constant engaging of the splines. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20100096354 | Rotate, squeeze and lift child resistant safety cap with dispensing actuator - A rotate, squeeze and lift child resistant safety cap with a dispenser actuator for attachment to a pressurized container having a dispenser stem on its top includes: an inner member for attachment to either the container or its closure, the inner member having an outer member interlocking component, being one of a circular track and a circular rail, the circular track having inside and outside ledges with a track space between the inside and outside ledges, the track space having a predetermined track space width, the circular rail having inside and outside protrusions adapted to ride inside the track space and under the ledges, the protrusions having widths less than the track space width and greater than one half the track space width; and an outer member being an outer closure having a circular bottom that is semi-flexible, and at its circular bottom, having the other of the one of a circular track and a circular rail. When a user squeezes the outer member at the squeeze indicia to flex the outer member from circular to oval, the outer member can be removed to expose the dispenser stem for use. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20140014612 | UPWARDLY BIASING CHILD-RESISTANT CLOSURE FOR LIQUID MEDICAMENTS - A child-resistant closure for liquid medicaments consisting of two parts, a dosage cup and a bottle adapter. Dosage cup is configured to have cap lugs which reversibly engage helical locking lugs. In thread-on bottle adapter embodiments, helical locking lugs are located on the bottle adapter. In press-in bottle adapter embodiments, helical locking lugs are located on the neck finish of the bottle. A downward force is required to close the system, said force deforming a flexible shoulder, which in turn, creates an upwardly biasing force acting on the dosage cup to lock it in place in a child-resistant manner. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20150041425 | PHARMACY BOTTLE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A container includes a bottle, a closure, and a ring. The bottle includes a body, a neck extending away from the body and defining an opening, and a pair of opposed ledges. Threads extend around the neck. The ledges extend radially outwardly from the neck spaced from the body and the threads. Each ledge defines a surface facing away from the body and includes an extension extending from the surface. The closure is secured over around the neck. The closure is positioned on an opposite side of the surface of each ledge as compared to the body and includes internal ramps interfacing with the extensions to maintain the closure in place. The ring is positioned between the body and the ledges. The ring is entirely maintained below the surfaces of the ledges, and each ledge interacts with the ring to maintain the ring in place relative to the bottle. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20160176591 | CHILD-RESISTANT CONTAINER | 06-23-2016 |
| 215219000 | Encompassing closure removal obstacle and closure engaging for concurrent movement | 17 |
| 20090321378 | Anti-Tamper Closure - The present invention relates to an anti-tamper closure ( | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100320168 | CHILD-RESISTANT CLOSURE - A child-resistant, squeeze-and-turn closure for a container is provided. The closure comprises a body having a side skirt and locking means carried on or by the skirt for releasably locking the closure on to the container. The closure further comprises one or more regions of reduced stiffness in the vicinity of the locking means. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110147334 | Child resistant closure with improved assembly - The present invention relates to child-resistant closures, and more particularly to child-resistant closures with multiple caps, engaged by two oppositely acting locking system, which offer advantages over the prior art by enabling easier opening, yet remains child-resistant. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20120187070 | Child resistant container with inverting cap bottom lift - A child resistant container with inverting cap bottom lift features has a container main body adapted to receive a sprayer container with a top-positioned spray activator, and has at least one lift rod slot on its bottom; an inner cap for permanent connection to the open top of the container after a spray container is placed therein; and an outer cap with at least one downwardly projecting lift rod. The inner cap has a spray activator orifice large enough to permit a spray activator of a spray container to pass therethrough and small enough to prevent a spray container connected to the spray activator from passing therethrough. A user removes the outer cap, inverts it and pushes up through the bottom to raise up the spray container enough to expose the spray activator and its nozzle for spray use. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20130026126 | Child Proof Closure Cap For Container With Spring And Tamper Elements - A child-proof closure cap for containers having an inner cap and an outer cap assembled for tilting with respect to each other. The inner cap includes an outer surface with notches for engagement with internal teeth on an inner surface of the outer cap to facilitate removal of the closure cap from the container with either left hand or right hand operation according to user's natural ability. The outer cap has a spring that is adapted to spring load the outer cap in a non-tilt arrangement relative to the inner cap. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130161281 | DISPENSING CLOSURE - A dispensing closure ( | 06-27-2013 |
| 215220000 | Axially movable closure removal obstacle or obstacle portion | 11 |
| 20090014404 | CONVERTIBLE CONTAINER CLOSURE - A convertible closure includes a lid and a lid-mover ring coupled to the lid. The lid is adapted to mate with a filler neck of a container to close an opening into the filler neck. The lid-mover ring can be used to rotate the lid in clockwise and counterclockwise directions to mate and unmate the lid and the filler neck. The convertible closure can be modified by a user to function in a child-resistant (CR) mode or a non-CR mode. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090032486 | Two-piece child-resistant closure and package - A child-resistant closure includes a plastic inner shell having a base wall with a peripheral skirt, at least one internal thread segment on the peripheral skirt and a plurality of internal lugs on the base wall adjacent to the skirt. A plastic outer shell has a base wall with a peripheral skirt and a plurality of internal L-shaped lugs at a juncture of the base wall and the peripheral skirt. Each of the L-shaped lugs includes a first portion extending radially inwardly along an undersurface of the base wall of the outer shell for engaging the external lugs on the inner shell, and a second portion extending axially along an inner surface of the peripheral skirt of the outer shell for slidably engaging the inner shell and aligning the inner shell within the outer shell. The second portions of the L-shaped lugs preferably have rounded radially inwardly facing surfaces for reduced sliding friction with the skirt of the inner shell. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090095700 | Safety Cap and Container System - This invention is generally a safety cap with a corresponding container wherein the cap cannot simply be removed by pulling or twisting due to an inherent resistive force tending to hold the cap in its position. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20100264108 | SCREW CAP FOR CONTAINERS FOR LIQUIDS - A screw cap ( | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110006030 | Child Resistant Closure with a Stacking Position - A child resistant closure having an outer cap and an inner cap combined together. The caps are provided with complementary engaging ratcheting teeth making it possible to turn the caps as a unit in a closing direction but permits relative rotation of the caps upon rotation of the outer cap in an opening direction unless the outer cap is simultaneously deflected axially relative to the inner cap. Complementary load bearing surfaces are provided on the caps to prevent axial deflection when the caps are in a predetermined position and the caps resist rotation from this predetermined position. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110100947 | Anti-Backoff Closure - The invention generally relates to a closure assembly for use with a container. The closure includes a generally cylindrical cap portion and an annular skirt extending from, and frangibly coupled to, the cap portion. The annular skirt includes a number of lugs extending inward from an inner portion of the annular skirt. At least one lug of the number of lugs extends circumferentially along the inner portion and includes a top portion, a bottom portion and a generally flat portion that extends therebetween. The generally flat portion is structured to engage a corresponding portion that extends outward from a neck of the container. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110139742 | CHILD-RESISTANT CLOSURE SHELL, CLOSURE, AND PACKAGE - A plastic shell for a two-piece push-and-turn child-resistant closure in accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure includes a peripheral skirt, and a base wall from which the peripheral skirt depends. The base wall has a peripheral portion having a first thickness, a plurality of lugs disposed at least in part on the peripheral portion adjacent to the peripheral skirt, and a central portion having a second thickness less than the first thickness, and including a plurality of ribs having a third thickness greater than the second thickness and substantially equal to the first thickness and extending from the first peripheral portion toward a center of the base wall. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20120085725 | CHILD RESISTANT SCREW CAP - The present invention relates to a child resistant cap assembly having an outer cap and an inner cap assembly that is difficult to be opened by children, and at the same time is simple and easy to use by adults. At the time of locking, the outer cap block and the inner cap block is stuck and after locking, are immovable. The cap is difficult to open by children. To open the cap, one must push the outer cap down and then turn the cap. The child resistant cap assembly has an outer cap, an inner cap assembly that is difficult to be opened by children and at the same time is simple and easy to use by a grownup. The child resistant cap assembly has an outer cap and an inner cap assembly that is difficult to be opened by children and at the same time is simple and easy to use by a grownup. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120138561 | PUSH-AND-TURN CHILD-RESISTANT CLOSURE, SHELLS, AND PACKAGE - An inner shell for a child-resistant closure includes radial driven lugs extending in a radially outward direction from an inner skirt and extending axially along the inner skirt, radial abutments extending in a radially outward direction from the inner skirt and extending axially along the inner skirt adjacent to and spaced apart from the radial driven lugs in a counterclockwise direction around the inner skirt, and pockets disposed between the radial driven lugs and the radial abutments. An outer shell for the closure includes radial driving lugs extending in a radially inward direction from an outer skirt. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20150076103 | CONTAINER ASSEMBLY WITH ONE-PIECE CHILD RESISTANT CLOSURE - A container and child-resistant closure assembly includes a cap formed from a single piece, a cup shaped inner member having a top wall, an outer wall, and a depending sidewall. The sidewall includes a threaded interior surface. The outside wall of the inner member includes connection members for securing to an outer member. The outer member has a ring-shape with a plurality of inwardly facing lugs. Each of the plurality of inwardly facing lugs is cylindrically-shaped and protrudes radially inwardly from the outer member. The container assembly also includes a container including a neck forming an opening. The neck has a threaded exterior surface and a plurality of ramps. Each of the plurality of ramps faces radially outwardly from the neck and has a gently sloping face and a steeply sloping face. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150122767 | Child resistant closure with improved assembly - The present invention relates to child-resistant closures, and more particularly to child-resistant closures with multiple caps, engaged by two oppositely acting locking system, which offer advantages over the prior art by enabling easier opening, yet remains child-resistant. | 05-07-2015 |
| 215221000 | Closure removal obstacle movable to unobstructive position | 4 |
| 20090152230 | Bottle security device - A bottle security device locks onto a bottle neck to prevent theft of the bottle or its contents. The device includes a housing and a cap which receives a portion of the bottle neck and rotates relative to the housing. A spiraling cam surface provides a mechanism during rotation of the cap to move a securing member between a secured position to engage the bottle neck and an unsecured position to disengage from the bottle neck. A locking mechanism is provided to prevent rotation of the cap to keep the device locked on the bottle neck. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20110174759 | Senior-Friendly Child-Resistant Cap - A senior-friendly child-resistant cap includes an inner cap having an axis and an outer cap having a periphery defining an outside diameter. The outer cap coaxially surrounds the inner cap and the outer cap is rotatable and axially movable with respect to the inner cap so that axial pressure and rotation of the outer cap rotates of the inner cap. The outer cap includes lugs extending outwards from the periphery to improve grip and at least some of the lugs extend radially outward from the periphery a distance within the range of 3% to 6% of the outside diameter to offer a user improved rotational leverage. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20120138562 | TAMPER EVIDENT, CHILD RESISTANT CONTAINER - A molded plastic container/closure combination providing a tamper evident feature, a child resistant feature and a removal facilitation feature. The closure has radially extending bayonets extending from the outer skirt which fit into horizontal slots in a beam molded integrally with the sidewall of the container. Rotation of the closure in one direction brings the bayonets into the slots for locking purposes. Rotation in the opposite direction unlocks the closure and continued rotation lifts the closure relative to the container to facilitate removal. A resiliently mounted release tab must be depressed before unlocking rotation is permitted. A latch prevents depression of the release tab until anchors on the sides of the latch are fractured. Serrations acting between the tab and the bayonets provide an audible indication of rotation. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20220135292 | PILL CONTAINER AND METHODS - A child resistant pill container includes a base having individual compartments. A lid rotatably fits over the base and has a closed cover defining one open section. A releasable lock arrangement is between the base and the lid. The lid can be rotated relative to the base to position the open section in the lid over one of the individual compartments in the base. | 05-05-2022 |
| 215222000 | Quick removal (e.g., bayonet) | 2 |
| 20080257849 | Container with Securement for a Cap - A beverage container ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20120061343 | Childproof closure for a dispensing apparatus - A childproof closure for a dispensing apparatus ( | 03-15-2012 |
