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Safety cap and container

  • US 5,938,055 A
  • Filed: 03/12/1997
  • Issued: 08/17/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A sealable container comprising:

  • a cap having a circumferential outer skirt for engaging a container and having a circumferential resilient depending inner member spaced from and extending substantially parallel to said outer skirt, wherein the cap is substantially light-transmissive over at least a portion of the visible spectrum, so as to permit viewing through the cap;

    a container having a rigid side wall for engagement with the resilient inner member of said cap internally thereof, said side wall having an end fitting within the resilient inner member of said cap and spaced radially inwardly therefrom when the cap is secured to the container, said side wall being tapered; and

    means disposed on said container remotely from said end of said rigid wall and cooperative means on said cap for preventing said cap from being removed from said container without depression of said cap on said container and rotation of said cap on said container;

    wherein the container is a vial having a closed end and an open end, and wherein the side wall is substantially cylindrical, wherein the means disposed on said container is at least one lug on the cylindrical wall substantially proximate to the open end; and

    wherein the cap comprises a substantially flat top portion formed integrally with said circumferential outer skirt, wherein said circumferential resilient depending inner member is formed integrally with said top portion and extends therefrom; and

    wherein said cooperative means comprises at least one retaining structure formed on the outer skirt for cooperating with the lug to retain the cap in engagement with the vial; and

    wherein the top portion includes an internal surface substantially adjacent to the open end of the vial, and wherein the top portion includes molded indicia formed on the internal surface, which can be viewed from an external surface of the top portion.

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