Chad Allen Rice

US Patent:

20090223985, Sep 10, 2009

Filed:

Mar 5, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/398456

Inventors:

Suzanne M. Carmody - Cranston RI, US
Aidan Petrie - Jamestown RI, US
Daniel Nelsen - Providence RI, US
Margaux Boyaval - Pascoag RI, US
Gerhard Andrew Foelsche - Rehoboth MA, US
Chad E. Rice - Lancaster PA, US
Joseph J. Bruchman - Lancaster PA, US
W. Gordon Beecroft - Leola PA, US
Brian Dombrowski - Lititz PA, US
John Anthony Vassallo - Lititz PA, US

Assignee:

CVS Pharmacy, Inc. - Woonsocket RI

International Classification:

B65D 41/22
B65D 45/00
B65D 41/04

US Classification:

220780, 220315, 220288

Abstract:

A closure construction of the present invention includes a container with male threading on the neck thereof with a pair of locking notches. The cap includes a pair of split arcuate walls with partial threading thereon, which provides, in cooperation with each other, a threaded connection between the cap and the male threading disposed thereby releasably securing the cap to the container. A pair of protrusions are connected to and emanate inwardly from the inner surface of the outer wall. The pair of protrusions are releasably respectively seated in the pair of locking notches when the cap is threaded past a predetermined point onto the neck of the container. When the cap is squeezed in a direction generally perpendicular to a line running through the protrusions, the protrusions lift out of their respective locking notches to permit the cap to be unthreaded from the container.