Patent ID: 7017782

Claim:
A child resistant safety cap device for applicator tubes, which consists of: (a) a base element, said base element having a top and a sidewall, and having a container tube attachment mechanism located under said top and adapted to affix said base element to a container tube, said top having a content outlet located thereon and an elongated applicator nozzle at said content outlet and extending upwardly therefrom away from said container tube attachment mechanism; (b) a cap, adapted to fit onto said base ekment, said cap having an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper portion including a top and a sidewall, said lower portion including a downward extension of said sidewall, said upper portion including an applicator nozzle sealing means under its top, and adapted to seal said applicator nozzle when said cap is attached to said base element in a closed position; (c) at least one keyway latching system, said keyway latching system including a track having a downward entry section and an upward locking section, and including a track rider corresponding to said track, one of said track and said track rider being located on the outside of said base element sidewall and the other being located on the inside of said cap lower portion sidewall, and positioned to operate cooperatively; (d) at least one spring connected to said cap and positioned so as to push upwardly against said cap and to bias said cap away from said base element when said cap is in a closed position, wherein said at least one spring is connected inside said sidewall of said cap at its lower portion; wherein, said cap has a closed position when said cap has been pushed downwardly onto said base element and rotated to engage said track rider with said track and to move said track rider into said upward locking section, and further wherein, when said cap is in said closed position, it cannot be removed from said base element by rotation unless it is pushed down and rotated.