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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1997
Gary V Montgomery, Evansville, IN (US);
Elizabeth Rudolph, Evansville, IN (US);
Mark K Branson, Newburgh, IN (US);
Jeffrey C Minnette, Evansville, IN (US);
C Ed Luker, Evansville, IN (US);
Rexam Plastics, Inc., Evansville, IN (US);
Abstract
The present closure and container combination comprises a child resistant squeeze and turn closure having a tamper indicating band which is removed from the closure after the first removal of the closure from the container. The closure has dual squeeze pads located opposite one another on the outer wall of the closure. Formed at 90 degrees from the squeeze pads are two child resistant lugs which extend inwardly from the closure lower skirt wall. The child resistant lugs extend downwardly below the lowermost edge of the annular skirt of the closure. Frangible webs are positioned at 45 degrees from the external tabs and the squeeze pads and retain the tamper indicating band onto the closure side wall. A first and a second child resistant container lug contacts the closure lugs and are placed on the neck of the container above the tamper indicating bead. The child resistant feature of the closure needs to be overcome before the tamper indicating band is fractured from the closure. After removal of the tamper indicating band, the child resistant lugs extend below the closure side wall to provide a visual cue as to the child protective feature of the closure.