Patent ID: 8091709
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A child-resistant package that includes: a rectangular tray having a base including an endless wall, a pair of sidewalls, a back wall extending between said sidewalls, a pair of laterally opposed spring arms extending from opposed ends of said back wall away from said sidewalls, a finger tab on each said spring arm, a locking lug adjacent to each said finger tab and a lid integrally hinged to said back wall, wherein said lid is openable with respect to said base when said tray is in a fully extended position and said lid closes with respect to said base when said tray is pushed into said shell, and a rectangular shell having an open front end, a closed back end, a pair of sidewalls, a slot extending longitudinally along each of said sidewalls and terminating short of said open front end of said shell, and a locking pocket extending from each said slot at a position spaced from said open front end, said tray being slidably received in said shell with said spring arms interiorly adjacent to said shell sidewalls and said finger tabs slidably received in said slots, said locking lugs being receivable in said locking pockets in a closed position of said tray within said shell with said lid being closed against said sidewalls of said tray, said lid having an endless seal wall interference fit with said endless wall on said tray to seal said package when said lid is closed, said spring arms being resiliently movable, wherein the package is opened by squeezing said finger tabs toward each other to release said locking lugs from said locking pockets and permit sliding of said tray out of said shell and by pushing said finger tabs along said slots until said finger tabs engage ends of said slots adjacent to said open front end of said shell to retain said tray within said shell in an open position of said tray extending from said open front end of said shell.