Child-resistant closure device
CA 1324985 C · Owner: Merck & Co. Inc. · Inventors: Gibilisco, Kenneth J.
Overview
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A safety closure device for a closeable container is provided which, at the user's option can be, operated in a child-resistant mode of operation or by a, simple one-time action by the user can be placed in a, non-child-resistant mode of operation. An outer cap rotatably and slidingly engages an inner cap that directly closes a container, with an intermediate element biasing the outer and inner caps apart from each other but formed 80 as to take up a first position in which an axially applied force by the user temporarily non-rotatably couples the inner and outer caps for child-resistant operation, and an axially applied force on the intermediate element coupled with a partial turning of …
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- Granted December 7, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 7, 2010.
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