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Claim 1

A SAFETY CONTAINER FOR MEDICINE OR THE LIKE, THE CONTAINER COMPRISING(I) A RECEPTACLE COMPRISING: (A) A BASE PORTION; (B) A TUBULAR WALL EXTENDING FROM THE BASE PORTION AND HAVING AN UPPER END PORTION TERMINATING IN AN END EDGE; (C) THE TUBULAR WALL HAVING AN INNER SURFACE AND AN OUTER SURFACE; (D) AT LEAST THREE INWARDLY PROJECTING LUGS OF MUTUALLY DISTINCT CONFIGURATION EXTENDING FROM THE INNER SURFACE OF THE TUBULAR WALL AT THE END EDGE THEREOF, THE LUGS INCLUDING LOWER SIDES; (E) THE INNER SURFACE HAVING SCREW THREAD MEANS FORMED THEREIN TERMINATING AT A LOCATION SPACED A SELECTED DISTANCE FROM THE LUG LOWER SIDES, THERE BEING A SMOOTH WALL BETWEEN THE THREAD MEANS AND THE LUG LOWER SIDES; AND (II) A RECEPTABLE CLOSURE COMPRISING: (F) A GENERALLY DISC-SHAPED BODY PORTION HAVING AN UPPER SIDE, AN UNDER SIDE, AND A SIDE EDGE; (G) THREAD MEANS ON THE SIDE EDGE OF THE BODY PORTION ENGAGEABLE WITH THE SCREW THREADS MEANS OF THE RECEPTACLE WALL INNER SURFACE; (H) THE CLOSURE BEING OF A DEPTH FROM ITS UPPER SIDE OF ITS UNDER SIDE OF LESS THAN SAID SELECTED DISTANCE; (I) AN UPWARDLY PROJECTING BOSS ON THE BODY PORTION UPPER SIDE HAVING A TURNING SLOT THEREIN; AND (J) AT LEAST THREE OPENINGS IN THE BODY PORTION ADAPTED FOR REGISTRY WITH THE LUGS ON THE CONTAINER WALL WHEREBY THE CLOSURE IS REMOVABLE FROM THE RECEPTABLE.