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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard A Shillington, Leucadia, CA (US);
Assignee:
Med-Safe Systems, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206366 ;
Abstract
A needle removal closure for a disposable container having a circular opening defined by a circular rim comprises a circular closure rotatably mounted on the rim within the circular opening, a ratchet device constraining the closure to rotate in a single direction, and a needle removal slot in the circular closure offset from the rotary axis thereof and oriented in a direction for gripping a needle hub inserted therein and moved in the direction of rotation of the circular closure for unthreading of a needle.