초록 ▼

A child resistant container for pills and the like has a tray which slidably engages a lid and is locked in a fully closed position as a spring arm on the tray urges a locking detent on the arm into engagement with a locking aperture located in an adjacent side wall of the lid. Manual depression of

A child resistant container for pills and the like has a tray which slidably engages a lid and is locked in a fully closed position as a spring arm on the tray urges a locking detent on the arm into engagement with a locking aperture located in an adjacent side wall of the lid. Manual depression of the detent releases the tray for opening as an exposed front wall thereof is pulled.

대표청구항 ▼

1. A child resistant container for pills and the like, comprising a lid of one-piece construction having an open front, a top wall and connecting side walls integrally joined thereto, a wall integrally joined to and depending from said top wall lying parallel to and spaced inwardly of one of said si

1. A child resistant container for pills and the like, comprising a lid of one-piece construction having an open front, a top wall and connecting side walls integrally joined thereto, a wall integrally joined to and depending from said top wall lying parallel to and spaced inwardly of one of said side walls, a tray of one-piece construction having a bottom wall and connecting side walls and end walls integrally joined thereto forming a receptacle, said side walls of said tray being in sliding engagement with said depending wall and the other of said side walls of said lid, means on said depending wall and said other wall in engagement with said tray for slideably supporting and guiding said tray within said lid between closed and open positions of said tray, one of said end walls defining a closure for said open front of said lid, a spring arm integrally connected only at one end to said closure and extending toward the other of said end walls, said arm being spaced inwardly of an adjacent end edge of said closure, lying between said one side wall and said depending wall of said lid and being spring biased for movement toward and away from said one side wall, an outwardly extending lock button on said arm adjacent the free end thereof and spaced a predetermined distance from said closure, and said one side wall of said lid having an aperture therein spaced from said closure equal to said predetermined distance in said closed position for the reception of said button under the spring bias of said arm for locking said lid and said tray together in the closed position, said button being manually depressible for movement out of said aperture against the spring bias of said arm into a release position to facilitate the opening of said tray while continuing to manually depress said button. 2. The container according to claim 1, wherein said engagement means comprise confronting surfaces on said lid and said tray. 3. The container according to claim 1, wherein said engagement means comprise inwardly directed flanges on said other side wall of said lid and on said depending wall, and outwardly directed flanges on said side walls of said tray in engagement with said inwardly directed flanges. 4. The container according to claim 1, wherein said one wall of said lid has a cutout therein at said open front of said lid to ensure a positive manual grasp of said one end wall for pulling open said tray.