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.

Abstract: A pressure vessel which includes a door operating apparatus which enables a door to the pressure vessel to be moved between open and closed positions quickly and easily is provided. The door operating apparatus includes a translation rod supported on the pressure vessel for sliding movement relative to the housing of the pressure vessel such that the sliding movement of the translation rod guides the door in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the door opening in the housing between the open and closed positions. The translation rod further being supported on the pressure vessel for pivotal movement with respect to the pressure vessel housing so as to enable the door to pivot about an axis defined by the translation rod into a fully open position.

Abstract: A tamper-indicating closure of integrally molded plastic construction that includes a base wall having a peripheral skirt with internal threads for engaging external threads on the finish of a container. A tamper-indicating band is connected to the lower or free edge of the skirt by a plurality of circumferentially spaced integral bridges. At least one of the bridges has a greater circumferential dimension than other of the bridges. A thin integral membrane is disposed in the band immediately circumferentially adjacent to the one bridge, and extends both axially and circumferentially of the band. A stop flange is positioned on the band for engaging a bead on a container to inhibit removal of the closure, such that the membrane and the other bridges rupture upon removal of the closure but the band remains connected to the closure by the one bridge of enlarged circumferential dimension.

Abstract: A sealing arrangement is provided having a container neck having a sloped land surface. The sloping land surface is configured to prevent the liner from slipping across the land surface when the cap is applied to the container. The cap has depending downwardly from its inner surface an annular bead positioned relative to the land surface such that, when the cap is applied to the container, the bead extends down into the mouth of the container radially inwardly of the land surface. The land surface, together with the bead, stabilize and stretch the liner upon application of the cap, urging the liner to conform to the land surface. At least one sealing rib depends downwardly from the lower surface of the cap to provide additional sealing force between the liner and the land surface.

Abstract: A lidded container for lobsters or like crustacean comprises a container formed of plastics material having sidewalls, endwalls and a bottom wall and a lid formed of plastics material which is adapted to be hingedly secured to the container sidewalls to move between an open position and a close position. The lid has a top wall formed of a series of upwardly projecting ribs defining wells to receive and retain therein ice which, when melted, passes through perforations in the bottom faces of the wells to circulate about the lobsters. The water then exits through apertures in the sidewalls, endwalls and bottom wall of the container.

Abstract: A child resistant closure is used with an associated container. The closures includes a closure cap having a circular top wall portion and a depending annular skirt portion. The skirt portion has an edge region spaced from the top wall portion. The cap includes at least one pivotal release tab extending from the skirt portion and connected thereto by a connector. The connector extends between the tab and the skirt portion at about the edge region. The tab further includes a ratchet extending therefrom to engage the container. The closure is removed from the container by urging the release tab inwardly of the closure to disengage the ratchet from the container. The closure can include a tear away tamper-evident band overlying the release tab to provide visibly discernible evidence that the closure has been removed from the container.

Abstract: A lid for a cooking vessel includes a substantially planar member, a raised periphery and a beveled portion. The substantially planar member has top and bottom surfaces and at least one opening formed therein proximate an edge thereof. The beveled portion is coupled to the edge of the substantially planar member and offsets the substantially planar member from the raised periphery, which lies generally in a plane parallel to the substantially planar member. The lid further includes a vent member coupled to the substantially planar member. The vent member has at least one aperture formed therein and is rotatable to align the at least one aperture with the at least one opening in the substantially planar member for venting or straining of contents placed in the interior cooking region.

Abstract: A compressed gas cylinder safety cap and valve seal retainer comprising a cap having a floor, a wall and a stem, the wall extending perpendicularly from and circumferentially around the floor, the stem extending perpendicularly from the floor at the central axis of the floor; a second strap connected at its proximal end to the cap, the second strap having a pair of bendable areas, a tear tab and perforations, a second strap angled portion attached at its proximal end to the second strap and at its distal end to a clasp tab, the clasp tab having a double ridged portion extending perpendicularly away from the clasp tab, the double ridged portion having a first set of ridges and a second set of ridges offset from the first set of ridges; a first strap, the first strap being connected at its proximal end to the cap, the first strap having at its distal end a clasp receptacle, the clasp receptacle having a hollow interior, the hollow interior having mounted therein on an interior surface a series of ridges and on

Abstract: A container cap with tamper-evident band formed with a detent ring and a tearband, forming a tamper ring. When the cap is installed on the container neck, the detent ring engages an abutment shoulder on the neck to force latch tabs formed on the detent ring to engage a tamper band formed on the cap. Detent tabs formed on the detent ring engage a tamper projection shoulder on the container neck to prevent the detent ring from removal from the container neck when the cap is removed from the container.