Patent ID: 7967159

Claim:
A reversible child resistant cap apparatus for use with a container, the cap having a child resistant mode when applied to the container in a first child resistant position and having a non-child resistant mode when applied to the container in a second non-child resistant position, the cap comprising: a connecting structure; a circumferential outer skirt comprising an upper portion extending in an upward direction from the connecting structure, and a lower portion extending in a downward direction from the connecting structure, the upper and lower portions including upper and lower inner surfaces, respectively; a circumferential inner skirt inside the circumferential outer skirt, the inner skirt having an upper end and a lower end, the inner skirt being connected to the outer skirt by the connecting structure; a plurality of thread segments defined on the inner surface of the upper portion of the circumferential outer skirt for engaging the container when the cap is applied to the container in the second non-child resistant position, the thread segments being separated circumferentially by gaps; and a plurality of lugs defined on the inner surface of the lower portion of the circumferential outer skirt for engaging the container when the cap is applied to the container in the first child resistant position.