Safety cap assembly and container system
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a safety cap assembly and corresponding container. The container may feature recessed projections which have notches and the cap may feature a flexor and lugs wherein the lugs interact with the notches under a force from the flexor to prevent removal of the cap by pulling or twisting.
1. A container system comprising:
a container comprising:
a body operationally configured to house a substance;
a dispensing adapter for dispensing said substance from said body, said dispensing adapter having:
a lug path having a notch, and
an outlet;
a safety closure comprising:
a removable outer cap having:
a skirt, and,
a lug disposed on an interior surface of said skirt, said lug configured to cooperate with said notched lug path;
an inner cap having:
a compressible end having six tessellatedly and mirroredly positioned vents, and said compressible end is a flexor, and
a lower end configured to engage said outlet;
a spring configured to resist compressing said compressible end;
wherein coupling the closure to the container requires engaging said removable outer cap with said dispensing adapter to close said outlet and compressing said compressible end to move the lug along the lug path into the notch; and,
wherein uncoupling the closure from the container requires compressing said flexor to release the lug from the notch of the notched lug path.
2. The container system of claim 1 , wherein said safety closure is removable.
3. The container system of claim 1 , wherein the spring is positioned within the compressible end of the inner cap.
4. The container system of claim 1 , wherein said notched lug path is tapered.
5. The container system of claim 1 , wherein said association of the lug and the notch of the notched lug path is configured to prevent a disengagement of said inner cap from said dispensing adapter by pulling or twisting.
6. The container system of claim 1 , wherein said vents are positioned around the periphery of the compressible end.