IP Library Granted Patent US 6,926,161
Granted Patent B2
US 6,926,161 · App. 10/302,954 · Granted Aug 9, 2005

Reversible child resistant cap and combination of a container and a reversible child resistant cap

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Patent No.
US 6,926,161
App. No.
10/302,954
Granted
Aug 9, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a reversible child resistant cap and a closure system having two positions, the first being a child resistant position and the other being a non-child resistant position. The cap is characterized in that it has a closure plane, a circumferential outer skirt for engaging a container, and a circumferential resilient depending inner member.

Claims (9)

1. A reversible child resistant cap for use with a container, the cap having a child resistant mode when applied to the container in a first child resistant position and having a non-child resistant mode when applied to the container in a second non-child resistant position, the cap comprising:

a closure plane;

a circumferential outer skirt comprising an upper portion extending in an upward direction from the closure plane, a lower portion extending in a downward direction from the closure plane, each of the upper and lower portions including an inner surface;

wherein the inner surface of the upper portion of the circumferential outer skirt comprises a non-child resistant engaging means for engaging the container, and wherein the inner surface of the lower portion of the circumferential outer skirt comprises a child resistant engaging means for engaging the container; and

an inner skirt inside the circumferential outer skirt, the inner skirt having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end being closed and the lower end being open;

wherein the upper portion of the circumferential outer skirt has an upper end, and the closed upper end of the inner skirt is positioned at substantially the same distance from the closure plane as the upper end of the circumferential outer skirt.

2. The cap in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising:

an annular gap between the closed upper end of the inner skirt and the inner surface of the upper portion of the circumferential outer skirt.

3. The cap in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the closed upper end of the inner skirt is circular.

Assignments (5)
NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF FIRST LIEN SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Jun 12, 2024
From: BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS RESIGNING COLLATERAL AGENT
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067702/0592 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 30, 2020
From: TRI STATE DISTRIBUTION, INC.
To: ALTIUM HEALTHCARE INC.
Reel/Frame 051761/0246 →
FIRST LIEN PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 27, 2019
From: TRI STATE DISTRIBUTION, INC.
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 050565/0021 →
ABL PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 26, 2019
From: TRI STATE DISTRIBUTION, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 050525/0498 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2005
From: MICELI, DAVID A.; MICELI, JOSEPH A.
To: TRI STATE DISTRIBUTION, INC.
Reel/Frame 016395/0633 →