Patents Assigned to Medex Packaging Inc.
  • Patent number: 6095364
    Abstract: A unitary child-resistant closure for pill containers, comprises a substantially rectangular base having an opening therein. A first fixed cover portion overlies more than 50% of the opening. There is a moveable closure member, and a hinge--usually, a living hinge--connecting the moveable closure member to the rectangular base. The moveable closure member has first and second major surfaces, which are its upper surface and lower surface when the moveable closure member is in its operative closure position. A camming member is upstanding from the second major surface of the moveable closure member at a first end thereof, and presents a sliding cam surface which is sloped in a direction towards the second major surface and away from the hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Medex Packaging Inc.
    Inventors: Robert G. Dickie, Maurice Tousson