Title: Child-resistant medicine vial

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Abstract: A child-resistant medicine vial, or the like consisting of a container and a cap therefor. The container has a hollow body and a tubular neck and the cap has a disc-like top and two concentric depending skirts. The inner skirt is adapted to be inserted into the open end of the container neck. The container has an outwardly extending annular flange which is spaced below the open end of the neck. The outer cap skirt is relatively flexible and extends telescopingly over the open end of the container, the bottom edge of the skirt reaching down into contact with or at least close to the flange. At least one upwardly extending ramp on the flange is engageable by a lug on the lower margin of the outer cap skirt. When the outer cap skirt is not stressed, the lug lies radially outside of the circular path defined by the ramp. The cap is removed by first squeezing the outer skirt inwardly at the lug location to move the lug into circumferential alignment with the ramp and then rotating the cap until the lug rides up the ramp, separating the margin of the outer cap skirt from the flange so the skirt can be engaged and the cap removed.


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