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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2017
Csp Technologies, Inc., Auburn, AL (US);
Jean-Pierre Giraud, Auburn, AL (US);
Herve Pichot, Chennevieres-sur-Marne, FR;
John Belfance, Phenix City, AL (US);
Mark Ostrowski, Greenville, SC (US);
Michael Bucholtz, Blaston Spa, NY (US);
Joseph W. Rogers, Lafayette Hill, PA (US);
CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Auburn, AL (US);
Abstract
A cap and container assembly includes a container having a base and a side wall extending upward from the base. The base and the side wall define an interior, and the side wall defines an opening leading to the interior. A cap moves with respect to the container between an opened position in which the opening is exposed, and a closed position in which the cap covers the opening. A tab projects outward from the cap and has a bottom surface. A spacer projects from the container side wall at a location beneath the tab when the assembly is in the closed position. The spacer bends inward towards the container in response to application of a sufficient force, to move from a locked position that blocks the bottom surface of the tab, to an unlocked position to expose at least a portion of the bottom surface of the tab.