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Child resistant container

  • US 5,791,504 A
  • Filed: 08/19/1996
  • Issued: 08/11/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
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1. A child resistant container comprising:

  • a container body wherein said container body has a means to rotatably couple a ring to said container body;

    said container body has a guide which forms part of the container body'"'"'s rotatable means;

    a ring, said ring having a means for rotatably coupling itself to said container body;

    a support forming part of said ring'"'"'s rotatable means, said support traversing a path along an inner surface of said ringa protrusion disposed on an outer surface of said ring to form a ring protrusion, said ring protrusion traversing a path along the outer surface of said ring, said ring protrusion has a plurality of gaps therein, wherein each gap in said ring protrusion divides the protrusion into segments;

    a closure, said closure sized to be coupled to said ring, said closure having a protrusion, said protrusion traversing a path along an inner surface of said closure to form a closure protrusion, said closure protrusion has a plurality of gaps therein, wherein each gap in said closure protrusion divides the protrusion into segments;

    a first pair of gaps from said plurality of gaps in said ring protrusion, said first pair of gaps having a same arc length and being adjacent to each other;

    a first pair of gaps in said ring protrusion having different arc lengths, said first pair of gaps in said ring protrusion having different arc lengths being adjacent to each other, said first pair of gaps in said ring protrusion having the same arc length being exclusive of said first pair of gaps in sail ring protrusion having different arc lengths;

    an amount of segments disposed on said closure equal in number to an amount of gaps in said ring protrusion;

    an amount of gaps in said closure protrusion equal in number to an amount of segments disposed on said ring;

    said closure and said ring, when coupled, having a position relative to one another so that upon uncoupling of the closure from the ring each segment of said amount of segments disposed on said closure will pass through a different one of said amount of gaps in said ring protrusion, and each gap of said amount of gaps in said closure protrusion will allow passage of a different one of said amount of segments disposed on said ring.

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