Abstract: A security device for tagging a bottle has a body defining a sleeve into which part of the bottle neck and its closure are received. A housing is defined to one side of the sleeve and first and second catch members are pivoted within the housing for movement between free and locking positions. When in their locking positions, the catch members project into the sleeve to engage behind a shoulder on the bottle neck or the closure, to resist removal of the device. An operating member is also pivoted to the housing for movement between open and closed positions, springs being arranged between the operating member and the first and second catch members to urge the catch members to their respective locking positions. A magnetically-releasable latch is arranged to hold the operating member in its closed position unless the latch member is acted upon by an external magnetic field.

Abstract: The invention features a child resistant, moveable closure member and container device and an overcap and container device. The overcap has opposed end walls and opposed sidewalls, with at least one leading locking pin and at least one trailing locking pin in at least one of said sidewalls. The inner closure may have at least one guiding bar, which extends downwardly from its lower surface, that is compatible in shape with an opening slot that may be in at least one of the sidewalls along the upper body of the container. The container further has a fixed cover portion facing the inner closure with a dispensing opening therethrough. At least one of the container sidewalls may have a closing notch, a stopping notch distal to the closing notch, and an opening notch therebetween.

Abstract: A cap (10) for closing a medicinal container (5) comprises a signal driver for emitting an audible (40) and/or visible (35) signal, a control circuit for timing or calculating a predetermined fixed time interval and then commanding the signal driver to emit its signal; a power source (15) for providing power to the signal driver and the control circuit; and a switch (20) disposed suitably on the cap for sensing the opening and closing of the cap (10). When the switch (20) is first cycled, the control circuit commands the signal driver to emit a verification signal; when the switch (20) is second cycled, the control circuit again commands the signal driver to emit a verification signal; and thereafter, when the switch (20) is opened a third time, the control circuit will begin timing its predetermined fixed time interval. At the end of every interval, the control circuit commands the signal driver to emit its normal alert signal.

Abstract: A security device for securing around a generally cylindrical article such as the neck of a bottle includes a housing which forms a lock compartment and which contains an EAS security device and a magnetically actuated lock mechanism. A ratchet strap have a series of locking teeth and is formed integrally with the housing and extends outwardly therefrom and has sufficient rigidity to assume a generally circular configuration with a curved article contact surface of the housing to facilitate attaching the device around the article. The lock mechanism includes a locking pawl which engages the strap teeth and an actuation strip which biases the pawl toward locking engagement with the strap.

Abstract: A combination lock container (10), suitable for accepting a wine bottle, consisting of an upper housing (12), a lower housing (50), a plurality of tumblers (18A-18E), and externally applied indicia (24). Cylindrical walls, or skirt portions, of each housing nest and engage into one another. Each housing has a key-like feature, consisting of a linear array of tabs with gap spacing between, that projects radially from the outer cylindrical wall surface. The upper housing has a longitudinal slot opening in the cylindrical wall, adjacent to its set of tabs, which can accept the tabs of the lower housing. When the housings are fully assembled, matching tab and gap features on each housing are adjacent and in lateral alignment with respect to each other. A plurality of tumblers, each with an internal annularly formed locking rib, are placed concentrically around the housings.

Abstract: The present invention includes a disposal system for disposal of medicated oral dosage forms comprising: 1) a container having a top, a bottom, and a sidewall, the container having a plurality of apertures located thereon; 2) a uni-directional port for securing a medicated oral dosage form within the container wherein the uni-directional port allows the medicated oral dosage form to be easily inserted into the container, but prevents the medicated oral dosage form from being removed from the container such that the medicated oral dosage form is secured within the container; and 3) a fluid propulsion device and system, such as a dishwasher, for disposing of the medicated oral dosage form, wherein the fluid propulsion device causes or directs a fluid to penetrate the container through a single aperture or the plurality of apertures in the container, thus causing the fluid to dissolve and dispose of the medicated oral dosage form.

Abstract: A child safe container including a base and a cover is provided. The container includes a hinge and latch which cooperate to maintain the container in a locked position. The container is unlocked and can be opened by translating the base and the cover in a preferred direction.

Abstract: A security device for a bottle having a neck fitted with a closure comprises a sleeve adapted to fit over the neck of the bottle and a catch member pivoted to the sleeve for movement between free and locking positions. The catch member has an inner portion which projects through an aperture in the sleeve, into the bore thereof, which inner portion is adapted to engage a shoulder of the bottle neck or an edge of the closure, thereby to resist removal of the sleeve from a bottle neck when the device has been fitted thereto. A magnetic armature is connected to the catch member such that an applied magnetic field will move the armature so as then to move the catch member to its free position and thereafter permit removal of the sleeve from the bottle. A housing encloses the release mechanism and also a radio-frequency or other security responder whereby unauthorized removal of a bottle carrying the security device from a protected area will sound an alarm.

Abstract: A locking neck ring device that is placed over a capped bottle or container and grips the bottle neck ring, and together with a padlock or other securing means, prevents access to the bottle cap. The locking device comprises a clamp member that jackets a capped bottle neck; a cover which fits over the clamp member causing it to clamp on to the neck below the neck ring, and means to hold the clamp member to the cover. Provision is made for attaching a padlock or other securing means which holds the locking ring device in place. The bottle or container cap can then not be accessed for removal. The device is applicable to all sizes of drug containers, wine and liquor bottles for effectively locking access to the container contents.

Abstract: A container assembly includes a container that has an externally threaded finish portion as well as retention structure for preventing upward movement of a tamper evident band. The container assembly further includes a closure having a body portion of a base and an internally threaded downwardly depending sidewall portion that is sized and shaped to screw onto the finish portion of the container. The closure further includes a tamper evident band that is frangibly connected to the sidewall portion and that includes a main band portion and a J-hook retention member. The J-hook retention member includes a plurality of pleated retaining elements, each of which has upper portion for engaging the retention structure.

Abstract: A thin-walled child-proof container is formed entirely in one piece in a molding process. The container has a self-engaging child-proof safety closure between the container and its cover. The cover is attached to the container by a living hinge. A self-aligning tapered self-sealing lip is provided between the cover and the container. The child-proof safety closure comprises a hook retainer with a V-shaped bottom point or edge attached to the container and a flexible tab with a mating bottom V-shaped hook attached to the cover. The cover further comprises a visual indicator on an outer surface of the cover, adjacent to the tab. The visual indicator indicates a compression point to be contacted to compress the cover and the visual indicator further indicates a direction in which the tab must be moved to release the V-shaped hook of the tab from the V-shaped point of the hook retainer.

Abstract: A closure and container combination provide a child resistant package. The closure has a top wall and a skirt depending downwardly from a peripheral edge of the top wall. The container has a bottom, a cylindrical sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom and an open top. An annular flange projects outwardly from the outer surface of the cylindrical sidewall of the container proximate the top of the container. This annular flange has a flexible tab and is positioned below the skirt when the closure and container are mated together. To remove the closure from the container, the flexible tab is pushed upwardly against the skirt thereby lifting the closure off of the container. The flexible tab prevents undesired access through the annular flange and provides leverage to aid removal of the closure. In addition, a child is inhibited by the inflexible flange from using his or her teeth or fingernail to pry open the closure from the container.

Abstract: A safety container has a container body of cylindrical shape and having a cap. Opening of the cap is prevented by a safety cover which surrounds the cylindrical body. The safety cover may be removed only by a user gripping the container body through opposed ends of the safety cover using one hang, and gripping the safety cover itself with the other hand. The. configuration of the safety cover is such that a child's hand does not have sufficient span to grip the container body.

Abstract: A security device for a bottle having a neck fitted with a closure comprises a sleeve (10) adapted to fit over the neck of the bottle and a catch member (26) pivoted to the sleeve (10) for movement between free and locking positions. The catch member has an inner portion (13) which projects through an aperture (12) in the sleeve, into the bore thereof, which inner portion (13) is adapted to engage a shoulder of the bottle neck or an edge of the closure, thereby to resist removal of the sleeve (10) from a bottle neck when the device has been fitted thereto. A magnetic armature (38) is connected to the catch member (26) such that an applied magnetic field will move the armature (38) so as then to move the catch member to its free position and thereafter permit removal of the sleeve from the bottle. A housing (11) encloses the release mechanism and also a radio-frequency or other security responder whereby unauthorised removal of a bottle carrying the security device from a protected area will sound an alarm.

Abstract: A signaling cap device comprises an audible message reproducing means, a switch, a power supply, and a former of an audible message number, whereas the audible message reproducing means is operative upon removal of the cap to reproduce one of N audible messages recorded therein depending on the message number.

Abstract: An article including: a container with an opening which container is adapted to accommodate and dispense the contents therefrom; a closure seal in contact with the container; and a signal module in communication with the closure. When the closure is infringed by an operator, the signal module will be activated causing, for example, the container to vibrate for a set period of time. This container may be sealed by first and second seals.

Abstract: An apparatus for the reusable interim storage of partially consumed medicated oral dosage forms and methods for employing such an apparatus in order to use medicated oral dosage forms in the safest possible manner. The apparatus of the present invention in its broadest terms comprises (1) a container sized to hold a medicated oral dosage form, (2) means for allowing a medicated oral dosage form easy access into the container but substantially preventing the medicated oral dosage form from passing out of the container, and (3) a child resistant means for allowing an adult to remove a medicated oral dosage form from within the container despite the one-way access means. The preferred embodiment comprises an opaque container having one opening, a child resistant closure with an aperture there through that extends over said opening, and a plastic slitted membrane covering said aperture.

Abstract: An apparatus for the reusable interim storage of partially consumed medicated oral dosage forms and methods for employing such an apparatus in order to use medicated oral dosage forms in the safest possible manner. The apparatus of the present invention in its broadest terms comprises (1) a container sized to hold a medicated oral dosage form, (2) means for allowing a medicated oral dosage form easy access into the container but substantially preventing the medicated oral dosage form from passing out of the container, and (3) a child resistant means for allowing an adult to remove a medicated oral dosage form from within the container despite the one-way access means. The preferred embodiment comprises an opaque container having one opening, a child resistant closure with an aperture there through that extends over said opening, and a plastic slitted membrane covering said aperture.

Abstract: An apparatus for the reusable interim storage of partially consumed medicated oral dosage forms and methods for employing such an apparatus in order to use medicated oral dosage forms in the safest possible manner. The apparatus of the present invention in its broadest terms comprises (1) a container sized to hold a medicated oral dosage form, (2) means for allowing a medicated oral dosage form easy access into the container but substantially preventing the medicated oral dosage form from passing out of the container, and (3) a child resistant means for allowing an adult to remove a medicated oral dosage form from within the container despite the one-way access means. The preferred embodiment comprises an opaque container having one opening, a child resistant closure with an aperture there through that extends over said opening, and a plastic slitted membrane covering said aperture.

Abstract: A container closure which can be converted from a child resistant configuration to a non-child resistant configuration. The container closure includes an external cap, an internal cap and a locking element. The locking element is inserted between the external cap and internal cap to form the non-child resistant configuration.

Abstract: A closure cap includes a top wall with recesses therein wherein the recesses have an unpleasant tasting material therein to discourage infants and small children from placing the closure caps in their mouths and biting down on the caps.

Abstract: A container closure which can be converted from a child resistant configuration to a non-child resistant configuration. The container closure includes an external cap, an internal cap and a locking element. The locking element is inserted between the external cap and internal cap to form the non-child resistant configuration.

Abstract: A closure 1 for a container comprises a slidable opening member 3 slidable between a retracted position and an extended position. In the retracted position, substantially no opening force can readily be applied to the opening member 3. In the extended position, an opening force can be applied to the opening member 3 to open the container. A spring or similar device is provided for automatically returning the opening member to the retracted position.

Abstract: A container closure system includes a plurality of equally circumferentially distributed pins extending outwardly from the tubular neck of the container near the opening. A detachable cap consists of nested inner and outer cap members. The inner cap member is dimensioned to receive the container neck and includes a plurality of sidewall openings for receiving the pins. The outer cap member has a plurality of locking wedges disposed on its inner surface. The inner and outer cap members are assembled so as to permit mutual rotation. Thus, when the cap is emplaced over the open end of the container, the pins are received in the openings to thereby inhibit mutual rotation between the inner cap member and the container. Then, a twist of the outer cap member in a clockwise direction brings the ramp portion of each locking wedge into engagement with one of the pins, thereby drawing the cap and the tubular member together to effect a secure closure.

Abstract: A method of injection moulding an undercut formation on a circular body in which the formation is moulded in a series of arcuate sections alternating with spaces. According to the method, the moulding core, which produces the formation, is extracted by firstly relatively rotating the body and the core so that the body is expanded radially and then ejecting the body off the core. The method is applicable to the manufacture of closure members and coupling elements.

Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-shop lifting device, intended to be passed onto and locked to a bottle-neck having an external circumferential bead. The device comprises an outer socket (15) which can be shifted in relation to an inner socket (10) between two end positions and is locked by latch means (24) in one end position. A number of retainers (21) distributed peripherally on the inner surface of the outer socket, when the outer socket is in said one end position extend into the inner socket through openings (13) in the wall of said inner socket to an engaged position in which the retainers engage behind the bead of the bottle-neck in order to prevent the anti-shop-lifting device form being withdrawn. The latch means (24) is biased to latching position but can be actuated by means of an external element (13) to a disengaged position against the bias in order to allow movement of the retainers from the engaged position and thus withdrawal of the anti-shop-lifting device from the bottle-neck.

Abstract: A tamper-indicating, child resistant closure for a threaded bottle includes an inner cap and an outer driver telescoped over the inner cap. The inner cap includes a top wall having spaced apart upstanding ribs. The outer driver includes a top wall having a pair of top wall segments hinged for pivotal movement to, and being spaced apart from each other by a spacing rib also forming part of the top wall of the driver. Each of the top wall segments initially is secured to contiguous sections of the outer driver by frangible, tamper-indicating tabs, and the top wall segments are moved from a generally horizontal position to a generally vertical position after the tamper-indicating tabs have been broken to form a driving section in the top wall of the driver. This driving section then is directed into the space between the upstanding ribs associated with the top wall of the inner cap by moving the inner cap and outer driver axially toward each other.

Abstract: A container for storing a hazardous product, a lock ring assembled into a neck groove portion of the container and a safety closure threaded over the container to seal the container and encircle the lock ring. An extending tab, on the bottom of the lock ring, is exposed and manually held stationary during the closure removal procedure. The neck groove portion and a mating inside peripheral wall of the lock ring both have equal axis offsets from a central axis of the mating threads on the closure and the container. These offset axes are positioned in alignment to permit closure removal when the extending tab of the lock ring is in contact with an alignment shoulder in the neck groove portion of the container. Serrations on the outside serrated surface of the lock ring and the inside serrated surface of the closure are concentric with the threads on the closure and the container when the offset axes are in alignment.

Abstract: A child resistant dispensing closure having a cap and a spout mounted thereon for rotation about a substantially horizontal axis. The upper surface of the spout is provided with a plurality of ribs, each of which has a distinct energy plane. Only one rib, usually, the rearmost, allows sufficient purchase to produce the force vector necessary to initiate rotation of the spout when a manual force is applied thereto. The cap includes a cylindrical skirt with a frusto-conical section extending upwardly therefrom. A protective flange extends upwardly about the perimeter of the upper end of the frusto-conical section to deter unauthorized access to the spout. The upper wall of said cap is canted at an acute angle to a horizontal plane passing through the cylindrical skirt of the cap, so that the spout is further recessed within the protective flange.

Abstract: A container with a body and a closure which is held captive to the body and which is is disengageable therefrom by urging the closure towards the body to deflect a deformable member on the closure or the body. This opens a pathway along which a retaining member can move, as the closure is rotated relatively to the body.

Abstract: A container for storing a hazardous product, a lock ring and a safety closure placed over the lock ring and threaded to the container. An extending tab portion of the lock ring extends from the bottom of an annular slot in the neck portion of the container. An extending neck portion of the container and a peripheral wall of the lock ring positioned over it, both have an offset axis displaced about the same distance from a central axis of the mating threads on the closure and the container. These offset axes are positioned in alignment to permit closure removal when an alignment bar portion of lock ring is in contact with a shoulder of the annular slot in the neck portion of the container. Serrations on the outside serrated surface of the lock ring and the inside serrated surface of the closure, are concentric with the threads on the closure and the container when the offset axes are in alignment.

Abstract: A child proof container and safety closure comprising a container, a cap for closing the open end of the container storing a hazardous product and a safety closure placed over the cap and threaded to the container. An extending tab on the top of the cap, extending through a hole in the center of the top of the closure, is manually held stationary during removal of the closure. An extending neck portion of the container and a peripheral wall of the cap, positioned over the extending neck portion, both have an offset axis displaced about the same distance from a central axis of the mating threads on the closure and the container. The offset axes of the container and the cap are positioned in alignment to permit closure removal when an alignment lug, on the outside of the extending neck portion of the container, is in contact with a shoulder of an annular slot on the inside of the peripheral wall of the cap.

Abstract: A condition indicating child-resistant cap assembly including an inner cap and an outer cap rotatably mounted on the inner cap. An indicating post is connected to the top wall of the inner cap in alignment with an opening in the top wall of the outer cap. When the cap assembly is in the child-resistant mode, the outer cap is spaced upwardly from the inner cap and is freely rotatable in one direction thereon. The post is wholly contained within the space between the inner and outer caps and therefore not visible outside the cap assembly to indicate the cap assembly is in the child-resistant mode. When the cap assembly is in the non-child-resistant mode, the outer cap is rotated in the opposite direction until it snaps, and is moved downwardly toward the inner cap and rotated in the first mentioned direction, whereby the inner and outer caps are interlocked for removal from a container.

Abstract: A child resistant closure comprising an outer shell having a base wall and a peripheral skirt and an inner shell having a base wall and a peripheral skirt telescoped within the outer shell. The inner surface of the base wall of the outer shell and the outer surface of the base wall of the inner shell have circumferentially spaced radial projections which are adapted to interengage upon relative axial movement between the shells. The top wall of the inner shell includes indentations or grooves between the projections which are at a small acute angle with respect to the plane of the top wall of the inner shell. The inner surface of the outer shell has at least one inclined indentation or surface which extends radially and is also at an acute angle to the plane of the base wall of the outer shell.

Abstract: A push-pull dispensing closure for a container includes a child-resistant sleeve which is slidably retained between the closure dispensing cap and the closure base member. In its NORMAL position, the sleeve obstructs opening access to the cap. When the sleeve is pushed toward the base member to a READY position, the cap can be gripped for opening movement. The sleeve is molded with a resiliently deformable plastic into which a return force is introduced as the sleeve is pushed toward ists READY position.

Abstract: A medicine container for sounding an audible alarm when the cap for the container is partially removed. The manipulation of the cap relative to the medicine bottle initiates the operation of an electrical audible alarm mounted on the cap.

Abstract: A tamper evident closure apparatus is described in which a closure sensing switch is positioned inside of a container for nonprescription drugs and the like for producing a lid removal signal upon the removal of the lid from the container. A sound signal generator responds to the lid removal signal and generates an auditory sound of safety signal informing the person opening the container that the lid has not been previously removed. A safety circuit also responds to the removal of the lid and inhibits the sound signal generator from responding to a second or subsequent lid removal signal so that the replacement and subsequent removal of the lid will not trigger the generation of a second sound of safety signal.

Abstract: A container for a product, the container having means for electronically generating an audible signal relating to the product in the container, which means are activated by a user.

Abstract: A child resistant flip-top closure. The base of the closure is provided with an upwardly projecting rib which lies alongside the lid or movable element of the closure when the lid is in the closed position. The rib impedes access to the lid and hence opening of the closure. The rib includes a resilient portion which can be manually engaged and flexed outwardly, away from the lid to provide access to the lid. The resilient portion of the rib may be curved inwardly along its top edge.

Abstract: A tamper proof cap is set forth including a base for interconnection to a container of pills or the like to be dispensed. An intermediate portion is rotatably mounted between said base and an upper portion said upper portion is keyed for a non-rotating interfitting relationship with respect to said base portion. An integrally formed downwardly projecting tab formed to said upper portion is positioned within a circular groove formed within said intermediate portion. A first channel formed within said base portion communicates with a second channel on said intermediate portion to enable a capsule to be rotatably repositioned to an exit opening within said upper portion. An effort to reintroduce a capsule to said container is precluded due to said positioning of said downwardly projecting tab relative to said first channel ratcheting of said intermediate portion relative to said base portions enabling unidirectional rotation only.

Abstract: A tamper proof package for determining whether or not a package has been opened or tampered with before opening the package is provided. The package has an electrical conductor of known resistance which is so positioned that any attempt to open the package or to tamper with the contents destroys all or part of the conductor. The resistance of the conductor can be measured at the time of sale or during the shelf life of the package to determine whether or not the package has been opened or tampered with.

Abstract: A safety closure is disclosed for containers of potentially harmful substances. The safety closure includes an inner cap threaded over the container and an outer cap which encloses and is rotatably supported by the outer cap which tracks in a groove in the inner cap. The groove includes an inner section in which the lug is free to move, an outer section including two abutments, and sections interconnecting the inner and outer section. When the driving lug engages either of the abutments, the outer cap can rotate the inner cap.

Abstract: An aerosol dispenser container includes a blocking tab receivable between the cap actuator element and the nozzle for permitting the depression of the nozzle by the actuator element only upon removal of the blocking tab. The blocking tab is formed, at one end, with a bifurcation straddling the nozzle for blocking its depression, and with a pair of laterally-extending projections engageable with the inner face of the tab for securely holding the blocking tab in place until forcefully removed, these projections being severed upon the forceful removal of the tab to thereby render the container tamper-proof.

Abstract: A closure assembly comprises two separable closure members which are pre-assembled in coaxially stacked relationship, with their top panels aligned in the same direction. The lower closure member of the stack assembly comprises locking elements which are engagable with cooperating locking elements on a container, thereby providing a child-resistant closure. The upper closure is a simple snap cap, plug cap, or other closure which is not child-resistant. The upper closure is removably attached to the lower child-resistant closure by an interference fit between resilient attachment members integrally formed as parts of the upper and lower closures. The assembly can be separated, for use of the upper closure only for sealing the container, thereby providing a choice between a child-resistant and non child-resistant closure.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to releasable locking mechanism for a hollow circular member such as a fill pipe for an oil tank and cup-shaped closure cap of non-magnetic material which is connectable to the hollow circular member, in combination with a locking member of ferrous material supported by said cap for axial movement vertically relative to the cap and hollow circular member but non-rotatable relative to the cap, one end of the locking member having a configuration that is engageable with the hollow circular member in non-rotatable relationship to prevent rotation of the cap with respect to the hollow circular member when the locking member is in the latter position, the locking member being adapted to be raised from said locking engagement with the hollow circular member by a magnet which may be mounted within a wrench for use with the cap to remove the same from the hollow circular member.

Abstract: A secure bottle for storing of pills, or the like, wherein the novel cap member comprises a rotatable member and a stationary member positioned for relative rotation with one another; the rotation being opposed by a biasing means between said members; and the rotation also being opposed by a locking construction engaging the member until the upper member is lifted free thereof.

Abstract: A childproof container for particulate substances such as pills, tablets or the like, air being expelled from the interior of the container when the container is closed whereupon atmospheric pressure prevents the container from being opened again until the interior is vented to atmosphere in the prescribed manner.

Abstract: A closure for a container is disclosed which prevents accidental openings or opening by children. The closure is attached to a hollow container having a wall across the dispensing end with an opening therethrough to allow removal of the contents. The wall also has a central opening and a slot extending away from the dispensing opening. The closure has a plug extending through the central opening, the plug having an enlarged end to prevent removal of the closure from the container. To open the container, the closure is manually depressed and rotated to align the plug with the slot, and the closure is manually slid laterally across the container to uncover the dispensing opening.

Abstract: A container for medicines and the like that is not readily openable by children, including an enclosure and a cover that is movable both pivotally and longitudinally on the enclosure. A pivot latch will not permit the cover to be pivoted to an open position unless it has first been moved longitudinally, which requires that the sides of the enclosure be pressed inwardly to release a slide latch.

Abstract: A container closure which indicates the number of times which a container is opened comprises a counting screw cap for a container three members arranged for rotation relative to one another, the first member threadedly engaging the neck of the container, the second member being arranged to be manually grasped for removing the cap from the container, there being provided a lost motion drive between the first and second members so that the second member is enabled to rotate through a predetermined angle in each direction without causing rotation of said first member while rotation of the second member beyond the predetermined angle causes rotation of the first member to screw the latter onto, or remove it from, the neck of the container.