US 11,745,922 B2
Selectively openable closure for a container
Jordan Robert French, Evansville, IN (US); Seth A. Tempel, Evansville, IN (US); John A. Vassallo, Lititz, PA (US); and Steven Daniel Gift, Lititz, PA (US)
Assigned to Berry Global, Inc., Evansville, IN (US)
Filed by Berry Global, Inc., Evansville, IN (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/850,013.
Application 17/850,013 is a continuation of application No. 16/855,325, filed on Apr. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,401,085.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/837,541, filed on Apr. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0324621 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 50/04 (2006.01); B65D 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 50/043 (2013.01) [B65D 1/0246 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A closure for forming a child-resistant package when combined with a container, the closure comprising:
a cover;
a skirt depending downwardly from the cover adjacent an outer periphery of the cover, wherein the outer periphery is radially outward of a center of the skirt in a radial direction;
a skirt thread disposed on an inner surface of the skirt and configured to releasably engage a thread of the container;
a key coupled to the skirt, wherein the key is movable by a user input from a locked position to an unlocked position;
wherein the key is moved in a vertical direction that is transverse to the radial direction when moved between the locked position and the unlocked position;
wherein the key includes a key grip configured to allow a user to provide the user input by pushing the key grip in the vertical direction;
wherein the key includes at least one flexible member that allows movement of the key from the locked position to the unlocked position, wherein the at least one flexible member of the key biases the key toward the locked position when in the unlocked position to provide a key that tends toward the locked position in the absence of the first user input; and
wherein the at least one flexible member includes at least two key arms interposed between the key and the skirt of the closure.