ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,524, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to CR Packaging LLC (Allston, Mass.).

"Child resistant glass container" was invented by Simon Knobel (Vail, Colo.), Matthew Hayes (Boston), Alexander Gonzalez (Brighton, Mass.) and Jeffrey Clark (Watertown, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are child-resistant containers. Also disclosed are methods using the modular containers and methods of storing substances in containers. The containers have a glass base and a plastic cap and provide for child-resistant containers. A user can releasably remove the cap from base with a squeeze and lift sequence on the sides of the cap. For ex...