child-resistant packaging
Enable an agent to identify child-resistant packaging, assess whether its access barrier remains effective for its intended contents and users, and determine appropriate handling or replacement.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
6 bundles · 11 layers · 18 findings · 29 questions
Protected access boundary Defines what constitutes the package system and what access its barrier is intended to prevent.
Package system
Identifies the components that jointly create the access barrier.
Barrier component boundary
Record the complete configuration on which the protective claim depends.
- Which container, closure, liner, seal, film or insert components participate in restricting access? boundary
- Which configuration identifiers connect this assembly to its supporting evidence? provenance
Access endpoint
Defines the protected contents and the event counted as obtaining access.
Protected content access
Specify whether the barrier protects a bulk contents space, individual doses or another defined quantity.
- What opening, extraction or exposure event counts as access under the relevant evidence? definition
- After one compartment is opened, which remaining compartments still have independent protection? boundary
Opening and reclosure Represents the mechanism, action sequence and protective states encountered during use.
Opening mechanism
Describes the coordinated actions and physical barriers involved in intended opening.
Required opening actions
Record the intended sequence and the mechanical conditions needed to complete it.
- Which actions must occur together or in a prescribed order to release the barrier? definition
- What forces, torques or displacements characterize intended opening, and how were they measured? measurement
Protective state transitions
Tracks how opening and closing affect protection of the remaining contents.
Restoring or retaining protection
Distinguish full engagement, misleading partial closure and irreversible opening.
- For a reclosable package, what observable check establishes that the child-resistant mechanism has re-engaged? action
- Which opening or closing states leave contents accessible despite the package appearing closed? boundary
Child-resistance evidence Organizes the basis, applicability and limits of performance claims.
Claim applicability
Connects a claim to its jurisdiction, product context and assessment method.
Applicable assessment basis
Record the exact requirement or voluntary protocol used without assuming universal applicability.
- Which jurisdiction, contents category and package format determine the applicable requirements? boundary
- Which issuing body, protocol title and edition support the stated child-resistance claim? provenance
Test coverage
Captures what was tested and the conditions under which results apply.
Configuration-specific results
Tie outcomes to tested specimens, participant groups, procedures and acceptance criteria.
- What child-access and adult-use outcomes were measured against which acceptance criteria? measurement
- Which report establishes the tested components, conditioning, instructions and opening-attempt procedure? provenance
- Which differences between the tested configuration and the proposed package lack supporting evidence? boundary
Adult use and instructions Addresses intended adults' ability to open the package and preserve protection afterward.
Adult operability
Records the physical and perceptual demands of correct use.
Intended user capabilities
Relate opening and reclosure demands to the adults expected to use the package.
- What grip, dexterity, coordination and visual demands does the opening sequence impose? definition
- What evidence covers opening and correct reclosure by the intended adult population? provenance
Use guidance
Connects package markings and feedback to correct operation.
Instructions and defeating workarounds
Record usable instructions and observed practices that remove the protective barrier.
- Which instructions explain opening, reclosure and verification of engagement for this configuration? action
- What evidence identifies confusion or workarounds such as leaving the closure loose or transferring contents? provenance
Barrier integrity through use Assesses whether materials, assembly and repeated use preserve the supported protective function.
Damage and degradation
Identifies deterioration relevant to restricted access.
Barrier compromise indicators
Record damage and exposure conditions that may affect locking, sealing or compartment separation.
- Which cracks, worn engagement features, punctures, delamination or residues can compromise this mechanism? definition
- What cycle counts, ageing conditions and contents exposures are covered by durability evidence? measurement
Configuration control and disposition
Guides decisions when components, condition or evidence no longer match the supported configuration.
Changes and replacement decisions
Identify changes requiring assessment and evidence needed to continue relying on protection.
- Which component substitutions, material changes, refill practices or assembly adjustments require reassessment? boundary
- What documented criteria require replacement or withdrawal when protective engagement or integrity cannot be established? action
Evidence and external alignment What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.
Reported evidence
Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.
Check these first
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these check these first hold for the sense of child-resistant packaging this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Kinds and varieties
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of child-resistant packaging this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Standards and regulation
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of child-resistant packaging this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Real-world use
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of child-resistant packaging this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Typical measurements
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of child-resistant packaging this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Failure modes and hazards
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of child-resistant packaging this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Regional variation
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of child-resistant packaging this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of child-resistant packaging this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.OBJ
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Locked4Kids child-resistant carton, Locked4Kids Wallet Box
What it is Filled
Child-resistant packaging is packaging designed to be significantly difficult for young children to open or obtain a harmful quantity of its contents from, while remaining usable by adults, as assessed under specified test conditions.
In scope
- The complete package configuration, including container, closure, seals and access-control features
- Opening sequences and mechanisms intended to impede access by young children
- Adult usability, opening instructions and correct reclosure
- Evidence supporting child-resistance claims for a specified package configuration
- Damage, wear, substitution and use conditions that can compromise the barrier
Out of scope
- Toxicity, dosing and clinical management of the packaged contents
- General packaging manufacture and material formulation beyond effects on child resistance
- Household supervision and storage systems beyond their interface with package use
- Tamper evidence and counterfeit detection except where integrated with the access barrier
- Brand, product-line and individual inventory records
Why it exists Filled
Enable an agent to identify child-resistant packaging, assess whether its access barrier remains effective for its intended contents and users, and determine appropriate handling or replacement.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Identify an access barrier intended to impede young children; a closure that merely prevents leakage does not establish child resistance.
- Distinguish evidence of child-access resistance from a tamper-evident seal that only reveals prior opening.
- Determine whether resistance depends on a particular container-and-closure combination rather than treating a cap alone as the complete system.
- Check whether protection persists through correct reclosure or applies to unopened compartments in a nonreclosable package.
- Separate a supported child-resistance claim from an assumption that the package is impossible for any child to open.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Advise defeating or removing a child-resistant closure for convenience where children may be present.
- Describe packaging as child-resistant if it has not passed the applicable test.
- Help anyone get around child-resistant packaging to reach a dangerous product meant to be kept from them.
- Encourage moving medicines or chemicals into containers without child-resistant closures.
Only with a human decision
- Supplying medicines in easy-open packaging to an older or disabled person who requests it.
May
- Check that medicines and household chemicals are stored in their original child-resistant packaging.
- Remind users to reclose child-resistant closures fully after each use.
- Explain that child-resistant does not mean child-proof.
Moral aspects Filled
- Child-resistant packaging prevents many childhood poisonings, but only when used and closed properly.
- It must stay usable by older and disabled adults, or they may leave it open.
Who is affected
- Young children
- Older and disabled adults
- Parents and carers
Owners Filled
Steward
The manufacturer or packer who selects and tests it; the regulator sets the requirement.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q451599 - registry parent class
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.child-resistant-packaging
- Wikidata: Q1741803 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1741803)
Direct properties required Filled
- Package format: Reclosable container; unit-dose blister or strip; pouch; other documented format
- Access-barrier mechanism: Coordinated push-and-turn; squeeze-and-turn; aligned release; multistep peel or tear; other documented mechanism
- Validated component combination: Linked container, closure, liner, film, seal and other relevant component specifications
- Protective engagement state: Engaged; disengaged; partially engaged; damaged; indeterminate; not applicable after opening
- Opening sequence: Ordered actions, required coordination and permitted aids recorded for the configuration
- Opening forces and torques: N and N·m, with method, package condition and applicable limits
- Performance evidence: Test report linked to protocol edition, tested configuration, participant populations and results
- Adult-use performance: Successful opening and, where applicable, reclosure as percentages, with time limits and test population
- Contents compatibility: Linked contents, fill conditions and compatibility evidence
- Service exposure: Opening cycles, elapsed service time and relevant environmental exposures in stated units
Recognition required Filled
- Push-and-turn or squeeze-and-turn caps, often with arrows or instructions moulded in.
- Blister packs with tear-resistant backing that must be peeled before pushing out a dose.
- Bottles of medicines, cleaning products, liquid nicotine or pesticides with a stiff two-action closure.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- Identify the opening and reclosure procedure for a documented package configuration.
- Inspect accessible barrier features and record whether protective engagement can be established.
- Compare a package assembly with the configuration covered by its performance evidence.
- Flag damage, substitutions or use conditions that require further assessment or replacement.
- Determine which unopened compartments or remaining contents retain a supported protective barrier.
- Retrieve applicable test evidence and unresolved questions before relying on a child-resistance claim.
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- A closure left loose or not fully engaged gives no protection.
- Products moved into ordinary containers lose their protection.
- Older adults who cannot open it may leave it unclosed or transfer the contents.
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- ISO 8317, Child-resistant packaging - Requirements and testing procedures for reclosable packages, International Organization for Standardization.
- Poison Prevention Packaging Act, administered by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Context of use required Filled
- Child-resistant packaging is used for medicines, household chemicals and other contents that could harm young children if accessed.
- It provides an access barrier during distribution, storage and household use while allowing intended adult users to obtain the contents.
- Its protective function depends on package integrity and correct closure, and it does not eliminate the need for secure storage.
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q1741803: child-resistant packaging - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Child-resistant packaging - general description of the item
Open questions
- Which primary standards and regulatory definitions should anchor this model across jurisdictions and package formats?
- How do applicable protocols define child access, participant populations, adult usability and acceptance thresholds?
- What evidence permits performance results to extend across package sizes, component variants, contents and fill levels?
- Which inspection indicators reliably identify lost protection, and which failures require testing beyond visual or manual checks?
- How should the model represent reusable, refillable and convertible closures whose protective mode can change during service?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1741803/spec.json