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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1998
Filed:
May. 21, 1997
Marc A Briere, Newburgh, IN (US);
Christopher B Clodfelter, Evansville, IN (US);
William D Sprick, Evansville, IN (US);
Rexam Plastics, Inc., Evansville, IN (US);
Abstract
A safety closure and container assembly provided with a safety closure having a top wall and a downwardly-depending annular skirt. A pair of opposed, inwardly-projecting locking lugs are disposed on an inner surface of the annular skirt towards the lower end thereof. The locking lugs are radially offset from the squeeze pads by about 90.degree. and are furthermore sized to engage a pair of cooperating locking tabs provided on the container neck. The locking lugs are back-angled and form an interior angle of at least 30.degree. with an imaginary line extending inwardly and normally from the inner surface of the annular skirt at respective base ends of the locking lugs. The safety closure further includes annular slots disposed at an approximate axial midpoint of the annular skirt. The annular slots are located unsymmetrically between the locking lugs and the squeeze pads and are disposed through an arcuate distance of about 75.degree. beginning about 13.degree. from a centerpoint of each squeeze pad and extending in the direction of each respective locking lug. A safety closure is even further provided with a retaining bead projecting inwardly and downwardly from the inner surface of the annular skirt near a top end thereof. Within a recess created between the retaining bead and the top wall, a sealing gasket may be positioned to provide an enhanced liquid-impervious seal between the safety closure and the container.