Patent ID: 8875877

Claim:
A child resistant container for tobacco or a tobacco substitute product comprising: a base that comprises a bottom wall and a peripheral base flange extending from said bottom wall; a detachable and re-attachable separate lid comprising a top wall and a peripheral lid flange extending from said top wall, wherein said peripheral lid flange is adapted to be attached over and around at least an upper portion of said peripheral base flange; a first pair of releasable latching arrangements and a second pair of releasable latching arrangements, wherein each of said releasable latching arrangements comprises a latching element, a cooperating latching element, and a release actuation surface, wherein said release actuation surface of each of said first pair of latching arrangements is provided on said peripheral base flange, and said release actuation surface of each of said second pair of latching arrangements is provided on said peripheral lid flange, wherein a split line between said peripheral lid flange and said peripheral base flange is visible along the edge of said actuation surfaces of said first pair of latching arrangements and is concealed along said base at least at said second pair of latching arrangements, wherein said latching elements are adapted to interlock with said cooperating latching elements when said lid is pushed onto said base to retain said lid to said base, wherein said latching elements are further adapted to disengage from said cooperating latching elements when an inward force is exerted on said release actuation surfaces, and wherein simultaneous force exerted on all of said releasable latching arrangements by at least four fingers of a user is required to open said child resistant container.