ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,538, issued on April 14, was assigned to EcoSafe Packaging LLC (Plano, Texas).
"Child resistant container" was invented by Nicholas Patrick Karll (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A child-resistant cap assembly for sealing a container having a container body and a container lip. The assembly comprises an inner cap configured to couple with the container body, a metal outer cap that retains the inner cap, and a plate disposed between the inner cap and the outer cap, axially and rotationally fixed to the outer cap. A female coupler can be attached to the top of the inner cap, and a male coupler can be attached to the bottom ...