US 12,187,508 B2
Child resistant cap for fluid dispensing containers
Michael James McDonald, Lafayette, CA (US); Robert William Ferguson, Oakland, CA (US); Ron Abraham Gershoni, Oakland, CA (US); Nathan Charles Ferguson, Oakland, CA (US); Katherine Alexander McWilliams, Carlsbad, CA (US); and Ryan Artale, Crested Butte, CO (US)
Assigned to Jetty Marketing, LLC, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed by Jetty Marketing, LLC, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/819,722.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/232,801, filed on Aug. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0047468 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 50/04 (2006.01); A24F 7/00 (2006.01); A24F 40/49 (2020.01)
CPC B65D 50/046 (2013.01) [A24F 7/00 (2013.01); A24F 40/49 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A child-resistant cap system comprising:
a dispensing tip adapted for dispensing a fluid, the dispensing tip comprising a dispensing aperture located at a first end of the dispensing tip;
a circumferential groove in an outer surface of the dispensing tip, the circumferential groove is offset from the first end of the dispensing tip toward a second end of the dispensing tip;
the dispensing tip further comprising a keyway extending longitudinally from the circumferential groove toward the first end of the dispensing tip, the keyway comprises a lateral width;
a cap comprising a first end and an open second end, wherein the cap has a hollow form configured to receive the first end of the dispensing tip therein through the second end of the cap;
the cap further comprises a first key, and a second key, each of the keys extending radially inward from an inner surface of the cap, the keys each comprising a lateral width, wherein the lateral width of the first key is equal to the lateral width of the second key, and wherein a sum of the lateral width of the first key and the lateral width of the second key is less than the lateral width of the keyway; and
the cap further comprising a longitudinal split extending from the second end of the cap toward the first end of the cap, wherein the longitudinal split extends between the keys,
wherein in a locked configuration, the dispensing tip is disposed within the hollow form of the cap, the keys of the cap are engaged with the circumferential groove, and the first key of the cap is misaligned with the keyway of the dispensing tip.