Container assembly with child resistant closure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10526115-B1
Application number	US-201816145495-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Sep 28, 2018
Priority date	Sep 28, 2018
Publication date	Jan 7, 2020
Grant date	Jan 7, 2020

Abstract

In one embodiment there is provided a container assembly configured to hold a substance and including a container and closure configured to thread together. The container having a single continuous channel around an exterior region of its sidewall. The assembly further having a sleeve positioned around the secured closure and container and having a sleeve wall extending from an opened bottom end to an opened top end. The sleeve further further having at least one flange extending internally and fitting into the channel on the container, such that the sleeve freely rotates around the closure. The sleeve is thus configured to freely rotate to prevent a user from removing the closure from the container until pressure is applied downwardly on the top of the closure and applied upwardly on the bottom of the container while twisting in opposite directions.

First claim

I claim:

1. A container assembly configured to hold a substance comprising:
a container having a bottom, terminating into a sidewall, that extends upwardly to surround an internal cavity, the container further having a neck with threads about an upper end of the sidewall, the container further having a single continuous channel around an exterior region of the sidewall;
a closure having a top terminating to a downwardly extending skirt, the closure further having threads extending internally on the skirt and corresponding to the threads on the neck of the container such that the closure rotates about the neck to close and open the container, and wherein when the closure is secured onto the container, the secured closure and container together define a full length measured from the bottom of the container to the top of the closure; and
a sleeve positioned around the secured closure and container and having a sleeve wall extending from an opened bottom end to an opened top end, the sleeve further having a length substantially equal to the full length the secured closure and container together, and the sleeve further having at least one flange extending internally and fitting into the channel on the container, the sleeve is configured to freely rotate around the closure when the at least one flange is fit into the channel,
whereby the sleeve is configured to freely rotate to prevent a user from removing the closure from the container until pressure is applied downwardly on the top of the closure and applied upwardly on the bottom of the container while twisting in opposite directions.

2. The container assembly of claim 1 , wherein the channel is positioned about a mid-section of the sidewall between the bottom and the neck.

3. The container assembly of claim 1 , wherein the at least one flange is a single continuous flange extending around an entire internal region of the sleeve wall.

4. The container assembly of claim 1 , wherein a thickness and size of the at least one flange is configured to prevent the sleeve from being removed from the container.

5. The container assembly of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve is further configured with an internal diameter that has a minimum clearance of space between the internal diameter of the sleeve and an external diameter of the container to permit the free rotation of the sleeve about the container and prevent a grasping of an edge of the closure.

6. The container assembly of claim 5 , wherein a percent difference between the internal diameter of the sleeve and the external diameter of the container is less than 1%.

7. The container assembly of claim 5 , wherein a percent difference between the internal diameter of the sleeve and the external diameter of the container is less than 0.5%.

Assignees

• Berlin Packaging Llc

Inventors

• Hawry Liam

Classifications

• B65D50/043 Primary

  the closure comprising a screw cap whose threads are shaped to accommodate blocking elements and the closure is removed after first applying axial force to unblock it and allow it to be unscrewed · CPC title

• B65D2215/02

  requiring the combination of simultaneous actions · CPC title

• B65D1/165

  Cylindrical cans · CPC title

• B65D50/04 Primary

  requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one ({B65D50/061} takes precedence) · CPC title