Patent ID: 6202876
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A push and twist locking child-resistant cap and container, which comprises:(a) a container having a neck and a dispensing orifice at an outer end of said neck, said neck having one of a locking track and a locking lug; and,(b) a cap having at least three components and being assembled to move together as a single unit, said cap including:(i) an outer shell having a sidewall and a top, said outer shell being adapted to receive and contain an inner top member and an inner collar member;(ii) an inner top member inserted into said outer shell, having a top, and having a sealing protrusion located at its center and extending downwardly therefrom for sealing said dispensing orifice of said container, and having a sidewall extending downwardly therefrom to abut an inner collar, wherein said inner top is in contact with said top of said outer shell and said sidewall abuts an inner collar; and,(iii) an inner collar member fixedly inserted into said outer shell below said inner top member and abutting said inner top member sidewall, and having the other of said locking track and said locking lug;wherein said locking track is generally ""U""-shaped with one side of the ""U""-shape being an open side for entry and removal of said locking lug, the base of said ""U""-shape being at right angles to a central axis of said neck and the other side of said ""U""-shape being a truncated, closed side with a locking position for said locking lug.