US 12,167,989 B2
Pediatric dosing dispenser
Steven Gift, Lititz, PA (US); Jacob B. Robison, Marietta, PA (US); Michael M. Makhlouf, Lititz, PA (US); and John A. Vassallo, Lititz, PA (US)
Assigned to Berry Global, Inc., Evansville, IN (US)
Filed by Berry Global, Inc., Evansville, IN (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/899,924.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/339,078, filed on May 6, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/333,247, filed on Apr. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/239,575, filed on Sep. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0063077 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A61J 7/00 (2006.01); B65D 50/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 7/0046 (2013.01) [B65D 50/06 (2013.01); B65D 2215/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dosing dispenser comprising
a body portion having a central axis and including a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a rim connector extending between and interconnecting the first and second side walls, the top wall is formed to include a discharge aperture aligned with the central axis, the first side wall having a threaded inside surface adapted to engage with corresponding threads on a filler neck of a container, the second side wall is coupled to the first side wall by rim connector and is spaced further from the central axis than the first side wall,
a flip-top cap coupled to the body portion for pivotable movement about a pivot axis from a closed arrangement covering the discharge aperture and an opened arrangement spaced away from the discharge aperture, and
a child resistant lock including a lock tab coupled to the flip-top cap and a tab retainer coupled to the body portion to engage selectively with the lock tab when the flip-top cap is in the closed arrangement to block pivoting movement of the flip-top cap from the closed arrangement to the opened arrangement,
wherein the lock tab is coupled to an inside surface of a side wall of the flip-top cap and the tab retainer includes an actuator pad coupled to the second side wall of the body portion and a tab anchor coupled to an upper surface of the actuator pad, the actuator pad defined by a pair of lateral slots formed in the second side wall to provide a horizontal pivot axis at lower, terminal ends of each slot for the tab retainer to move between a normally locked position, in which the lock tab is received within a tab receiving space defined between the tab anchor and the actuator pad when the flip-top cap is in the closed arrangement, and an unlocked position, in which the tab anchor is spaced apart from the lock tab to allow pivoting of the flip-top cap from the closed arrangement to the opened arrangement, and
wherein the tab anchor includes a pair of circumferentially spaced support posts and an anchor beam extending between and interconnecting each support post, wherein each support post is coupled to the upper surface of the actuator pad, wherein the anchor beam is spaced vertically from the upper end of actuator pad to provide a tab-receiving space therebetween that receives lock tab when flip-top cap is in the closed arrangement.