Patent ID: 8002149

Claim:
A child-resistant closure for a container comprising: (i) a dispensing nozzle comprising a nozzle body with a first end and a second dispensing end and with a conduit defined therein for delivering product from the first end to the dispensing end, said body having an outer wall; said nozzle includes an annular ring supported from and positioned about said nozzle body, said annular ring having an inner wall spaced from said body outer wall and defining a space between the body outer wall and annular ring inner wall and open toward the nozzle body second end, said ring including a retaining slot formed therein; and (ii) a cap attachable to the dispensing nozzle, the cap having a closed end and an annular skirt depending therefrom to an open end, an inner wall of the skirt defining a nozzle-receiving housing, said cap including an annular resiliently deformable element extending from said closed end toward said open end and spaced inwardly from the skirt inner wall and defining a space between the inner wall and the annular element open toward the cap open end, said annular element insertable into said nozzle body space wherein said deformable element is resiliently biased against said outer wall of said nozzle body; said cap further including a retainer extending outwardly from said skirt for insertion into a receiving slot of said ring; wherein said resiliently deformable element biases said cap and said nozzle apart; and wherein the retaining slot is formed with a first slot portion with an opening, a second return slot portion radially displaced with respect to the first slot portion and with a blind end, and a connecting slot portion for connecting the first slot portion to the second slot portion, the retaining slot, retainer and resiliently deformable element being arranged so that the cap and the nozzle are retained interengaged by the bias from the resiliently deformable element which biases the retainer into the blind end of the retaining slot and wherein release of said interengagement is achieved by applying sufficient pressure axially to the assembly to overcome the bias of the resiliently deformable element, and sufficient turning force to move the retainer from the blind end through the connecting portion and into the first slot portion, whereby the cap can be released by movement of the retainer out through the opening.