Abbvie Inc.

Berry Global, Inc.

Kelsey M Coffey

Scott Lee Fisher

James J Hughes

Joy Elizabeth Borgardt

Todd Marshall

Jason A Rowe

Marc Plew

Ted Klikuszowian

Samuel G Telschow

Container cap

A closure for a container, and more specifically a closure that is selectively openable and/or lockable providing, for example, one or more child resistant opening features is disclosed.

Selectively openable closure for a container

A container cap configured to couple to an access opening of a container, and the access opening having a seal configured to cover the access opening. The container cap includes a cap body including a cylindrical-shaped side wall having a bottom edge that defines an opening to an interior of the cap body, and a top wall portion integrated with the cylindrical-shaped side wall and at least partially enclosing the interior of the cap body. The container cap further includes a seal opening assembly integrated with the cap body. The seal opening assembly includes a slot defined in the top wall portion of the cap body, and a seal piercing member formed on a first side of the slot. The seal piercing member is configured to pierce the seal covering the access opening.

Container cap and method of piercing a seal covering an opening of a container

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Evansville, IN, United States of America

Kelsey M Coffey