ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,974, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Chubby Gorilla Inc. (Fullerton, Calif.).
"Child-resistant container" was invented by Ibrahiem H. Aboabdo (Yorba Linda, Calif.), Xingxin Huang (Hangzhou, China), Yining Wang (Hangzhou, China), Fengdun Zhang (Hangzhou, China) and Xing Gao (Hangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A child-resistant container that includes a cap and a bottle portion. The cap includes several inner engagement features protruding radially inwardly and the finish of the bottle portion includes a protrusion disposed about the opening with an overhanging ledge. Slots in the ledge correspond to the engagement featu...