Patent ID: 8235233

Claim:
A closure adapted for use on a medicine container comprising: a) a ring including structure for securing the ring to the medicine container; the ring having a first side and an opposite second side; and b) a lid with a first and second side; the lid first side hingedly joined to the ring on the ring first side and the ring and the lid including first and second portions of a latch on the second sides of the ring and the lid; the first portion of the latch is attached to one of the ring and lid and the second portion of the latch is attached to an opposite; c) the latch first portion comprises a tongue hingedly attached to the appropriate ring/lid; and d) the latch second portion comprises a closed loop attached to the appropriate ring/lid; e) the tongue is sized and shaped to pass through the closed loop in alternative first and second different locking configurations; in the first locking configuration the tongue includes a lip that is received on and biased toward an edge of the loop, such that in the first locking configuration the tongue must be pushed away from the loop edge to free the tongue from the loop and allow the tongue to pass through the loop for opening in such a manner as to provide resistance to opening by small children; in the second locking configuration, the tongue is secured by a lock placed on the tongue after passage through the loop so that the tongue cannot be passed through the loop until the lock is removed in such a manner as to provide resistance to opening by teenagers and adults; and wherein f) the tongue is also hingedly swingable to a non latched configuration wherein the lid is closeable against the ring and operable in a senior friendly manner.