US Patent Issued to CSP TECHNOLOGIES on June 23 for "Tab release child safety feature" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,292, issued on June 23, was assigned to CSP TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Auburn, Ala.).

"Tab release child safety feature" was invented by Jean-Pierre Giraud (Auburn, Ala.), Michel Zbirka (Jouy-sur-morin, France) and Joseph W. Rogers (Lafayette Hill, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A child-resistant container including a container body, a lid, and at least one resilient tab is provided. The lid is pivotable about an axis through a hinge joining the lid to the container body to open and close the container. The resilient tab has a proximal portion fixed to the lid, a distal portion projecting from the lid, and at least one abutment on the di...