Child resistant dispenser

• US 9,889,976 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2016
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CVS Pharmacy Incorporated (CVS Health Corporation)
• Original Assignee: CVS Pharmacy Incorporated (CVS Health Corporation)
• Inventors: Miller, Michael David, Wan, Jacquelyn Hui-Yan, Daley, Bennett P., Rezac, Peter, Coker, Timothy Bernard, Hall, Ryan Neil Peter, Vanderpoel, Timothy Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Hicks, Robert J
• Application Number:
  US15/251,680
• Publication Number:
  US 20170057711A1
• Time in Patent Office: 532 Days
• Field of Search: 215224, 215201, 215216, 215305, 215295, 215243, 215237, 215235, 2202545, 2202543, 2202591, 2202561, 220264, 220263, 220262, 220326, 220324, 220315, 220810, 220827, 220837, 220836, 206528
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2251/04 Orienting or positioning means
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/0809 and elastically biased towards both the open and the closed positions
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 50/045 where one action elastically deforms or deflects at least part of the closure, the container or an intermediate element, e.g. a ring B65D50/041, B65D50/043 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 50/046 and such deformation causes the disengagement of locking means, e.g. the release of a pawl-like element from a tooth or abutment, to allow removal of the closure by simultaneous rotation
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/04 for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills

Abstract

Various embodiments include a child resistant and senior friendly dispenser. The dispenser can be used to hold or retain medicine such as, for example, pills. The dispenser can include a bottle and a bottle cap. The cap can restrict access to the contents of the bottle based on one or more incorporated child resistant features. The cap can include a base and a lid. The base can be coupled to a top portion or neck of the bottle to secure the cap to the bottle. The lid can include one or more snaps for securing to the base when in a closed positioned. The base can include one or more corresponding recesses or slots for accepting and securing the snaps.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a base; and

a lid coupled to the base by a flexible hinge, the lid comprising;

a first primary snap;

a second primary snap; and

a secondary snap, each snap extending from a bottom surface of the lid, each snap including an angled portion at an end of each snap,

the base comprising;

a first slot to receive the first primary snap;

a second slot to receive the second primary snap; and

a third slot to receive the secondary snap, wherein a front of the base is coupled to a back of the base on a first side by a first bar and the front of the base is coupled to the back of the base on a second side by a second bar, wherein the first bar and the second bar secure the angled portions of the first primary snap and the second primary snap, respectively, when the lid is in a closed position.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a user pushes the first primary snap and the second primary snap to release the angled portions of the first primary snap and the second primary snap from under the first bar and the second bar, respectively, to open the lid.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lid includes a sealing ring extending from the bottom surface of the lid.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the base includes an opening for positioning over a top of a bottle.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first slot comprises a first open space between an inner portion of the base and the first bar and the second slot comprises a second open space between the inner portion of the base and the second bar.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the base comprises a first cap to bead snap and a second cap to bead snap, each cap to bead snap extending from a surface of the base.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the first cap to bed snap and the second cap to bead snap are symmetrically arranged around a perimeter of an opening of the base.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lid comprises a top surface comprising a raised portion around a perimeter of the top surface.

9. An assembly, comprising:

a cap comprising;

a base;

a lid coupled to the base by a flexible hinge, the lid comprising;

a first primary snap;

a second primary snap; and

a secondary snap, each snap extending from a bottom surface of the lid, each snap including an angled portion at an end of each snap,

the base comprising;

a first slot to receive the first primary snap;

a second slot to receive the second primary snap; and

a third slot to receive the secondary snap, wherein a front of the base is coupled to a back of the base on a first side by a first bar and the front of the base is coupled to the back of the base on a second side by a second bar, wherein the first bar and the second bar secure the angled portions of the first primary snap and the second primary snap, respectively, when the lid is in a closed position; and

a bottle coupled to the base of the cap.

10. The assembly of claim 9, wherein the bottle comprises a base portion, a top portion, and a transition portion between the base portion and the top portion.

11. The assembly of claim 10, wherein a diameter of the bottle at the top portion is smaller than a diameter of the bottle at the base portion.

12. The assembly of claim 10, wherein the base of the cap comprises a cap to bottle snap, and the top portion of the bottle comprises a snap bead configured to operate in conjunction with the cap to bottle snap.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the lid includes a sealing ring extending from the bottom surface of the lid.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the base includes an opening for positioning over a top of the bottle.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the first slot comprises a first open space between an inner portion of the base and the first bar and the second slot comprises a second open space between the inner portion of the base and the second bar.

16. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the base comprises a first cap to bead snap and a second cap to bead snap, each cap to bead snap extending from a surface of the base.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first cap to bead snap and the second cap to bead snap are symmetrically arranged around a perimeter of an opening of the base.

18. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the lid comprises a top surface comprising a raised portion around a perimeter of the top surface.