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Safety closure and container package

CA 1285525 C · Owner: Sunbeam Plastics Corporation · Inventors: Montgomery, Gary; Hawkins, H. Gene

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A safety closure and container package including an internally threaded closure cap and a container having a threaded neck. A retention flange is located on the container neck below the threads, having a gradually sloping upper surface and an abrupt, inwardly directed lower surface extending downwardly toward the neck at 44 ° - 90° . A coacting inwardly projecting retention bead on the cap completes this child-resistant feature requiring considerably more force for removal of the closure than application. The safety package can also include a second container flange and cap bead located between the retention flange and bead and the threads to provide a non-backoff feature. The non-backoff …

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  • Granted July 2, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 2, 2008.
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FiledApril 27, 1987
GrantedJuly 2, 1991
Term endedJuly 2, 2008
Patent numberCA 1285525 C
Classification (IPC)B65D55/02 +1 more

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1988199119941997200020032006Application filedApril 27, 1987Patent grantedJuly 2, 1991Term endedJuly 2, 2008

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