Abstract: A child-resistant container for pills or the like includes a continuous sealing wall that cooperates with a friction fit with the continuous wall that defines the container chamber, thereby to seal the chamber against moisture. In order to maintain the integrity of the seal during the latching and unlatching operations, the latching arrangement between the top closure and body members is structurally independent of the sealing wall.

Abstract: A unitary child-resistant container for pills and the like includes a rectangular tray-shaped body member to which a top closure member is connected by an integral hinge. The top closure member includes a front wall that is normally latched to the front wall of the body member by a latch device that is released by a release button that extends outwardly from the deformable front wall of the body member through a corresponding opening contained in the closure member front wall. Consequently, opening of the container requires the simultaneous depression of the release button and the application of a vertical lifting force on the top closure member. Stiffening ribs may be provided on the underside of the top closure member for frictional engagement with the inner surfaces of the body member side walls, thereby to further retain the closure member in the closed position. Preferably, the container is molded in one step from synthetic plastic material.