ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,985, issued on Oct. 6.

"Child resistant container" was invented by Nicholas Patrick Karll (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A selectively child-resistant cap assembly for a container having a container body and a container lip can include a metal inner cap configured to couple with the container body and a metal outer cap coupled to the inner cap. Each of the inner and outer caps can include a top and a shoulder. A first coupler can be coupled to the inner cap and a second coupler can be coupled to the outer cap for selectively engaging one another. A third coupler can be coupled to the outer cap. The cap assembly can be sel...