Squeeze-and-turn child resistant closure
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a squeeze-and-turn child resistant closure in accordance with one exemplary presently preferred embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the closure, the bottom of the closure being without ornamentation and forming no part of the claimed design;
FIG. 3 is a side elevational view from the bottom in FIG. 2, the opposing side elevational view being substantially a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 4 is a side elevational view taken from the right in FIG. 3, the opposing side elevational view being substantially a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a squeeze-and-turn child resistant closure in accordance with a second exemplary embodiment of the invention, the top plan view of which is substantially the same as FIG. 2 and the bottom being without ornamentation and forming no part of the claimed design;
FIG. 6 is a side elevational view of the closure in FIG. 5, the opposing side elevational view being substantially a mirror image thereof; and,
FIG. 7 is an end elevational view of the closure in FIGS. 5-6, the opposing end elevational view being substantially a mirror image thereof.
Claims
We claim the ornamental design for a squeeze-and-turn child resistant closure, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 9, 2002
Date of Patent: Jul 1, 2003
Assignee: Owens-Illinois Closure Inc. (Toledo, OH)
Inventors: Brian J. Brozell (Maumee, OH), Stephen A. Eilertson (Perrysburg, OH), Philip J. Robinson (Sylvania, OH)
Primary Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas
Assistant Examiner: Gregory Andoll
Application Number: 29/167,174
International Classification: 0709;
