Patent ID: 7971738

Claim:
A squeeze and lift child resistant safety closure for attachment to a container having a conventional container closure on its top, comprising: an inner member having attachment means for attachment to said one of said container and said container closure, said inner member having an outer member interlocking component, being one of a circular track and a circular rail, said circular track having inside and outside ledges with a track space between said inside and outside ledges, said track space having a predetermined track space width, said circular rail having inside and outside protrusions adapted to ride inside said track space and under said ledges, said protrusions having widths greater than one half said track space width; an outer member being an outer closure having a circular bottom that is semi-flexible, and at its circular bottom, having the other of said one of a circular track and a circular rail, said circular track having inside and outside ledges with a track space between said inside and outside ledges, said track space having a predetermined track space width, said circular rail having inside and outside protrusions adapted to ride within said track space and under said ledges, said protrusions having widths greater than one half said track space width, and having squeeze indicia above said outside protrusions; wherein, when said inner member is attached to a container under its conventional closure and said inner member and said outer member are interconnected, a user cannot lift said outer member from said inner member nor lift said inner member from said container so that access to said conventional closure is denied, except, if a user squeezes said outer member at said squeeze indicia to flex said outer member from circular to oval, said outside protrusions are positioned inwardly to clear said ledges and said inside protrusions are positioned outwardly to clear said ledges so as to enable lift removal of said outer member from said inner member to expose said conventional container closure for normal opening.