Patent ID: 7513384

Claim:
A container assembly comprising: an open ended container having outwardly directed threads on an outer exterior wall surface of the container and a groove in the exterior wall surface of the container; a lid having a downwardly extending outer wall having inwardly directed threads and at least one stop connected to an interior surface of the lid, said inwardly directed threads of said lid configured to cooperate with the outwardly directed threads of said container to secure the lid relative to the container in a closed configuration and said at least one stop of the lid is located at least partially radially internal to the inwardly directed threads; a locking mechanism operably coupled to the container, said locking mechanism having an abutment with an engaged and a disengaged configuration; and an operator operably coupled to the abutment with a slide and movement of the operator a predetermined distance moves the abutment to the disengaged position with the slide moving at least partially within the groove; wherein when the lid is rotated from the closed configuration the abutment is biased to contacts at least one of the at least one stop in the engaged configuration, and movement of at least a portion of the locking mechanism to place it in the disengaged position moves the abutment out of contact with the at least one of the at least one stop.