Programmable safety container and closure means

• US 5,284,262 A
• Filed: 11/19/1992
• Issued: 02/08/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Rocky Kk O'Nan
• Original Assignee: Rocky Kk O'Nan
• Inventors: O'Nan, Rocky K. K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Garbe, Stephen P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): STUCKER, NOVA E
• Application Number:
  US07/978,772
• Time in Patent Office: 446 Days
• Field of Search: 215/206, 215/217, 215/221, 215/230, 206/1.5, 220/253, 222/153, 70/63, 70/77, 70/158, 70/163, 70/165, 70/167, 70/232, 70/286, 70/287, 70/288, 70/329, 70/330, 70/331, 70/332
• US Class Current: 215/206
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 55/145 of permutation locks
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5867 Encased

Abstract

Improved safety devices comprising a container; a closure means for the container having a plurality of annular bands rotatably mounted on the closure means, each of these bands being formed with a plurality of elements which are selectably removable for programming the closure means and which must be aligned in the selected manner in order to gain access to the contents of the container; and indicia carried by the container for indicating when the selected elements are aligned in the selected manner.

Claims

1. A safety container comprising:

a container having a neck,

closure means for said neck having a plurality of annular bands rotatably mounted on said closure means,

each of said bands being formed with a plurality of elements which are selectably removable for programming said closure means and which must be positioned in a selected manner in order to gain access to the contents of said container, and

an index mark carried by said container for indicating when the selected elements are aligned in said selected manner.

2. The safety container of claim 1 wherein:

said bands carry a plurality of indicia spaced about the exterior thereof, and

said elements project inwardly from said bands and each of said elements corresponds in rotational position with a respective one of the indicia carried by said bands.

3. The safety container of claim 1 further comprising:

a plurality of flanges projecting outwardly from said neck in spaced vertical alignment and in alignment with said index mark and engageable by unremoved ones of said elements to prevent unauthorized access to the contents of said container.

4. The safety container of claim 1 wherein:

said closure means is a cap removably securable to close said neck.

5. The safety container of claim 1 further comprising:

a shaft extending axially within said container and rotatably supporting said annular bands.

6. The safety container of claim 1 further comprising:

an opening in said closure located in vertical alignment with said index mark, and

a plurality of discs each carrying said annular bands and serving to prevent passage of fluid from within said container except through an area where a selected one of said elements has been removed.