Optionally attachable, permanently fixed two piece cap and container apparatus

摘要

A pharmaceutical storing and dispensing device including a child resistant mode and a non-child resistant mode between the container and the closure. The closure comprises a non-child resistant cap shaped to removeably engage the container and a child-resistant cap shaped to be permanently fixed to the non-resistant cap. The non-child resistant cap and child resistant cap are provided in intentionally varying quantities such that the quantity of child resistant caps is less than the quantity of non-child resistant caps.

主权项

1. A prescription pharmaceutical container apparatus for containing and dispensing by a pharmacy prescription pharmaceuticals to a customer of the pharmacy, the container apparatus comprising:
a prescription container for containing the pharmaceuticals and having threads; a non-child resistant cap attachable to the prescription container and having threads configured to screw onto the threads of the prescription container, and a child resistant element that is separate from the non-child resistant cap and is configured to slide over and be permanently non-reversibly assembled with the non-child resistant cap at a time proximate a time of purchase of the pharmaceuticals by the customer of the pharmacy to permanently non-reversibly convert the non-child resistant cap to a child resistant cap, the child resistant element being provided to the pharmacy unattached to the non-child resistant cap; the child resistant element, when assembled with the non-child resistant cap, being configured to rotate with respect to the non-child resistant cap in a first mode of operation; the child resistant element, when assembled with the non-child resistant cap, being configured to engage the non-child resistant cap in response to a depressive force in a second mode of operation and drive the non-child resistant cap in a rotating motion in a direction to unscrew the cap, so that the non-child resistant cap and the child resistant element are selectively assembled at the option of the pharmacy based on a decision of the customer.