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A safety container incorporates a slidable locking pin with an integral but separately lockable locking tab. The locking pin is internally biased by an integral S-spring which, in cooperation with the lid on the container, urges the pin to slide in a slideway in the lid of the container. The locking

A safety container incorporates a slidable locking pin with an integral but separately lockable locking tab. The locking pin is internally biased by an integral S-spring which, in cooperation with the lid on the container, urges the pin to slide in a slideway in the lid of the container. The locking pin may be locked into a closed position, however, by rotation of the locking tab into a flexed position. In this position, the locking tab cannot slide within a mating slot in the hinge lid and thus the locking pin cannot slide in the slideway in the lid. Alternatively, the locking tab may be rotated into a non-flexed position in which the locking tab can be urged to penetrate the mating slot in the lid and allow the locking pin to slide in the slideway in the lid. By use of the locking pin, the safety container can be set to require the user to engage in at least distinct hand motions in order to open the container.

대표청구항 ▼

1. A safety container, comprising, in combination:a container portion having a container body and a lip portion surrounding a passage in the body; a cover portion conforming to at least a section of said lip portion; a locking pin mounted with respect to the cover portion and adapted to move between

1. A safety container, comprising, in combination:a container portion having a container body and a lip portion surrounding a passage in the body; a cover portion conforming to at least a section of said lip portion; a locking pin mounted with respect to the cover portion and adapted to move between: (i) a locked position lockingly engaging the lip portion; and (ii) an open position disengaging the locking pin from locking engagement with the lip portion; a tab detent in the cover portion; and, a locking tab in the cover portion moveable between: (i) an opening position in which the locking tab may penetrate the tab detent and allow relative movement between the cover portion and locking pin; and (ii) a lock-out position in which the locking tab may not penetrate the tab detent and allow relative movement between the cover portion and locking pin; wherein the locking pin is slidably mounted in a pin channel in the cover portion and the locking tab is rotatably mounted in the cover portion to rotate between the opening position and the lock-out position.