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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
May. 01, 1996
Timothy J Fuchs, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Owens-Illinois Closure Inc., Toledo, OH (US);
Abstract
A child resistant package including a plastic container having a body portion and a finish with internal threads. The plastic container has a radial flange extending outwardly from the finish and an upwardly extending axial wall extending axially upwardly from the periphery of the radial flange. The axial wall has at least one lug extending radially inwardly from the axial wall. A plastic closure has a base wall and a peripheral skirt having external threads engaging said internal threads on the container. The closure has a radial flange engaging the radial flange on the finish when the closure is threaded on the finish and a finger engaging tab thereon having a flexible portion which engages the lug on the container when the closure is fully threaded on the finish to prevent the closure from being removed. Radial inward deflection of the tab permits the closure to be rotated past the lug in order to remove the closure from the container.