Child resistant closure for a container

• US 9,840,353 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2016
• Issued: 12/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Dong, Ming, Moharita, Laszlo, Lappine, Richard A., Zielinski, Peter M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chu, King M
• Application Number:
  US15/267,374
• Publication Number:
  US 20170001762A1
• Time in Patent Office: 452 Days
• Field of Search: 215220, 215209, 215221, 2202593, 2202594
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2221/00 Small packaging specially adapted for product samples, single-use packages or échantillons
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 41/04 Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 41/0492 formed by several elements connected together B65D41/0478 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 45/28 Elongated members, e.g. leaf springs, located substantially at right angles to closure axis and acting between the face of the closure and abutments on container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/18 for discharging drops; Droppers droppers in general B01L3/00; pipettes connected to container closures B01L3/0282
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 50/041 the closure comprising nested inner and outer caps or an inner cap and an outer coaxial annular member, which can be brought into engagement to enable removal by rotation

Abstract

The present invention relates to a child resistant closure for a bottle or container. More specifically, the present invention relates to improved two-cap structure assemblies.

Claims

1. A closure comprising:

an inner shell comprising;

a. a first upper portion having an outer surface and comprising one or more inner shell ratchets projecting outwardly from the outer surface of the upper portion; and

b. a first lower portion comprising an annular side wall depending downwardly from an outer periphery formed by the first upper portion, the annular side wall of the first lower portion having an outer surface and a first inner surface, the outer surface of the first lower portion comprising one or more inner shell cams projecting outwardly from the outer surface;

an outer shell rotatably housing the inner shell, the outer shell comprising;

a. a second upper portion having an inner surface;

b. a second lower portion comprising an annular side wall depending downwardly from an outer periphery formed by the second upper portion, the annular side wall having a second inner surface comprising;

i. outer shell side wings projecting inwardly from the second inner surface and disposed substantially within a plane for engaging one or more inner shell cams, the plane defining an acute angle with the second inner surface, the side wings bendable outwardly toward the second inner surface wherein the outer shell is movable from a first non-engagement position to a second engagement position relative to the inner shell; and

ii. wing recess areas disposed within the second inner surface and adjacent to the outer shell side wings to receive the outer shell side wings once the outer shell side wings are bent outwardly toward the second inner surface.