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A child-resistant package includes a tray with a compartment therein for receiving articles to be packaged, and a cover member slideably received on the tray and movable relative to the tray between opened and closed positions. The cover member is a flexible member having a top wall and peripheral s

A child-resistant package includes a tray with a compartment therein for receiving articles to be packaged, and a cover member slideably received on the tray and movable relative to the tray between opened and closed positions. The cover member is a flexible member having a top wall and peripheral sidewalls. The peripheral sidewalls of the cover member overlie peripheral sidewalls of the tray and latching members on the sidewalls of the cover member and tray cooperate to retain the cover member in a closed position relative to the tray. The latching members are released by applying an inward pressure to the top wall of the cover member, to thereby bias the sidewalls of the cover member outwardly relative to the sidewalls of the tray. An abutment member on the tray prevents such inward deflection of the top wall of the cover member in the event that a child bites down on the package in the forward region thereof. Preferably a peripheral skirt is provided on the tray for overlying lower marginal surfaces of the peripheral walls of the cover member, to thereby prevent a child from wedging his or her teeth between the peripheral walls of the cover member and tray, and thereafter prying the cover member off of the tray.

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A child-resistant package including: a tray having a bottom wall and peripheral rear, front and sidewalls defining a compartment for receiving articles to be packaged; a cover member slideably retained on said tray and movable between an opened and closed position relative to said tray, said cover m

A child-resistant package including: a tray having a bottom wall and peripheral rear, front and sidewalls defining a compartment for receiving articles to be packaged; a cover member slideably retained on said tray and movable between an opened and closed position relative to said tray, said cover member being a flexible member having a top wall and peripheral sidewalls and said top wall overlying and covering the compartment when the cover member is in a closed position relative to said tray; said sidewalls of said tray and of said cover member including cooperating latching members normally engaging each other when the cover member is in a closed position relative to said tray for preventing relative sliding movement between said tray and cover member to an opened position; said sidewalls of the cover member being biased outwardly from the sidewalls of the tray by inwardly deflecting the top wall of the cover member to thereby permit the cooperating latching members to disengage from each other to permit the cover member to be slid relative to the tray into an opened position; and abutment means adjacent a front end of the tray for impeding inward deflection of the top wall of the cover member adjacent the front wall of the tray to thereby make it difficult for an infant to release the latching members and open the package by biting down on said package at the front end thereof.