(19)
(11) EP 2 327 633 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.07.2011 Bulletin 2011/30

(43) Date of publication A2:
01.06.2011 Bulletin 2011/22

(21) Application number: 10191842.3

(22) Date of filing: 19.11.2010
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B65D 50/04(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 25.11.2009 US 625997

(71) Applicant: Stull Technologies, Inc.
Somerset, New Jersey 08873 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Stull, SR., Gene
    Far Hills, NJ 07931 (US)
  • Auer, Robert
    East Stroudsburg, PA 18301 (US)

(74) Representative: McIlroy, Steven David 
Murgitroyd & Company Scotland House 165-169 Scotland Street
Glasgow G5 8PL
Glasgow G5 8PL (GB)

   


(54) Lightweight child-resistant closure


(57) A child-resistant container closure (10) includes a base cap (200) having a top (210), a skirt (220), and a plurality of asymmetric teeth (230) recessed in the skirt (220) below the top (210), and a cover cap (100) having a top (110), a skirt (120), and a plurality of asymmetric downwardly extending teeth (130) adjacent to the skirt (120), the teeth being adapted for asymmetric engagement with the base cap teeth (230), the skirt having a plurality of interspersed vertical legs (122) each spaced apart from adjacent legs by vertical openings (124), the legs being joined at a bottom end (126) of the skirt by a support ring (128), the base cap teeth (230) each having a sloped sliding face (236) to ensure that one of the cover cap teeth (130) will drop into a notch between adjacent base cap teeth (230) when the cover cap (100) is rotated in one direction.







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