Patent ID: 7451896

Claim:
A child-resistant dispensing closure that includes: a base having a deck, a dispensing opening in said deck and a peripheral skirt extending from said deck, and a lid integrally hinged to said base for movement between a closed position overlying said deck and an open position spaced from said deck, said base having an opening in said deck adjacent to said peripheral skirt opposite from the hinge, and a tab extending from said peripheral skirt adjacent to said opening, said lid having a lug for snap-coupling over an exterior of said tab in said closed position of said lid, said peripheral skirt being resiliently flexibly moveable into said opening to move said tab out of engagement with said lug and permit movement of said lid to said open position, said lid having a skirt with said lug being interiorly disposed on said skirt, and said base having a ledge for engagement by said lid skirt in said closed position of said lid, said ledge having an outside peripheral dimension that is greater than the corresponding outside peripheral dimension of said lid skirt, said peripheral skirt being continuous and imperforate having an exterior thickened pressure pad adjacent to said tab and a pair of parallel interior channels on opposed sides of said pressure pad to localize inward flexing of said skirt and tab upon application of pressure to said pressure pad, said hinge comprising a snap hinge that resiliently biases said lid against said ledge so that inward flexure of said peripheral skirt both releases said tab from engagement with said lid and permits application of opening pressure on an underside of said lid skirt.