Patent ID: 6102223
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A child resistant cap and bottle combination comprising:a bottle having a neck portion and an adjacent opening, the neck portion having at least a first bottle lug extending outward therefrom, the neck portion having an interior bottle thread for receiving a cap thread, the bottle thread being positioned at a location nearer the adjacent opening than the bottle lug;the cap comprising:a. a cap top having a first diameter;b. a cap skirt having an inner surface and extending from said cap top to a cap bottom, said cap bottom having a second diameter greater than said cap top first diameter;c. said cap skirt inner surface having a threaded portion therein, said threaded portion being located toward said cap top, said threaded portion having at least one cap thread, said cap inner surface having at least a first cap lug, said cap lug being located toward said cap bottom;d. said cap being received on the bottle, said at least one cap thread being received by the bottle thread, the first bottle lug and the first cap lug engagably preventing said cap from being removed from the bottle when said cap is in a relaxed condition, said at least one cap thread having an innermost extent in spaced relation with the bottle neck portion, said bottle thread having an outermost extent in spaced relation with said cap skirt, said spaced relation between said outermost extent of said bottle thread increasing from top to bottom of said inner surface of said cap skirt in said relaxed condition, said cap being removable from the bottle by applying pressure to said cap skirt at opposed pressure locations approximately transverse to said cap lug whereby said at least one cap thread moves toward the bottle neck portion at said opposed pressure locations thereby reducing said spacing, said cap thread thereby moving away from the bottle neck portion at said cap lug thereby enlarging said spacing, thereby spacing said cap lug from the bottle lug.