Patent ID: 7861873

Claim:
A child resistant dispensing closure comprising: a lid hingedly connected to a body having an outer skirt, said body also having a dispensing orifice on an upper deck; a latch projecting towards said body outer skirt from a depending push button on said lid of said closure, wherein said latch has a latch catch surface; said depending push button on said lid formed in a lid side wall and connected to said lid by a deflectable hinge along an upper edge, said deflectable hinge allowing said push button to be deflected inwards relative to said lid side wall; a latch retainer on said body of said closure; and a biasing cam on said body of said closure below a latch receiving opening which receives said latch when said lid is in a closed position relative to said body, said biasing cam positioning said latch catch surface from a first radial position to a second radial position, said second radial position is at a larger radial distance than said first radial position, said latch catch surface is in operable engagement with said latch retainer on said body when in said second radial position.