Patent ID: 8011525

Claim:
A container for a child-resistant package, said container including: a plastic container body having an outer wall surface, at least one external thread segment, a deflectable release element cantilevered from said outer wall surface beneath said thread segment and deflectable in an arc downwardly and inwardly toward said outer wall surface, and stop means between said deflectable release element and said outer wall surface to limit deflection of said release element, said stop means including: laterally spaced lugs on an underside of said deflectable release element, said lugs extending toward said outer wall surface and having inside edges normally spaced from said outer wall surface such that deflection of said release element brings said inside edges of said lugs into abutment with associated laterally spaced points of contact on said outer wall surface, and a first pair of stops on said outer wall surface respectively positioned laterally outwardly of said points of contact such that further deflection of said release element after contact of said inside edges with said outer wall surface spreads said lugs laterally outwardly until said inside edges abut said first pair of stops.