Patent ID: 8141729
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A convertible closure for a container, comprising: an outer closure member having a first child-resistant portion on an inner surface; a first inner closure member having an inner surface arranged to engage with a neck of the container and a second child-resistant portion arranged to selectively engage and cooperate with said first child-resistant portion such that when engaged and cooperating therewith, the closure has a non-child resistant configuration and when not engaged and cooperating therewith, the closure has a child-resistant configuration; and a second inner closure member arranged to engage with both said outer closure member and said first inner closure member to enable said first inner closure member to be moved between a first position in which said first and second child-resistant portions are in engagement and cooperating with one another and a second position in which said first and second child-resistant portions are not in engagement and cooperating with one another and retain said first inner closure member in a fixed position relative to said outer closure member when said first inner closure member is in said first position, said first inner closure member being configured to be moved in an axial direction of the closure between the first position in which said first and second child-resistant portions are in engagement and cooperating with one another and the second position in which said first and second child-resistant portions are not in engagement and cooperating with one another.