US 10,472,136 B2Granted

Container with button release

AssigneeCSP Technologies, Inc.

InventorsJean-Pierre Giraud, Herve Pichot, Franklin Lee Lucas, Jr.

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Abstract

A container includes container body (120) defining an interior (122) and an opening (124) leading to the interior. A lid (140) is movable with respect to the container body to move the container between a closed position in which the lid covers the opening and an opened position in which the opening is exposed. A housing (180) is affixed to an upper portion of the container body, adjacent to the opening. A release (160) is movably housed within the housing. The release is configured to move between a locked position in which the release retains the lid in the closed position, and an unlocked position, in which the release permits the lid to move into the opened position. The release moves from the locked position to the unlocked position by a first movement in a radially inward direction of the container, followed by a second movement in an axially upward direction of the container.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A container for storing products therein, the container comprising:

a container body defining an interior for housing products, and an opening leading to the interior;
a lid that is movable with respect to the container body to move the container between a closed position in which the lid covers the opening and encloses the products therein, and an opened position in which the opening is exposed;
a housing affixed to an upper portion of the container body, adjacent to the opening;
and
a release that is movably housed within the housing, the release being configured to move between a locked position in which the release retains the lid in the closed position, and an unlocked position in which the release permits the lid to move into the opened position;
wherein the release is movable from the locked position to the unlocked position by a first movement comprising depressing the release in a radially inward direction,
wherein, in the unlocked position, the release is configured to be moved in a second movement comprising sliding the release in an axially upward direction such that the release contacts and pushes up on the lid, thereby disengaging the lid from the container body so as to actuate movement of the lid from the closed position to the opened position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/950,784Filed 11 Apr 2018 · continuation
Priority: 17 Apr 2013
Published: US 2018/0229902 A116 Aug 2018
Granted: 12 Nov 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

B65D 43/26
Lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers: mechanisms for opening or closing, e.g. pedal-operated
B65D 43/16
Non-removable lids or covers: hinged for upward or downward movement
B65D 43/22
Non-removable lids or covers: devices for holding in closed position, e.g. clips
B65D 50/066
Requiring the combination of different actions in succession: whereby parts of the container or closure having to be deformed, i.e. bi-stable movement

Family

Application61/812,761Us provisional application · filed 17 Apr 2013
Application61/812,753Us provisional application · filed 17 Apr 2013
Application61/812,747Us provisional application · filed 17 Apr 2013
Application61/847,124Us provisional application · filed 17 Jul 2013
PCT/US2014/033948Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Apr 2014
US 2018/0229902 A1Pre-grant publication · published 16 Aug 2018
Application14/782,263Parent of this continuation
US 9,975,670 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2016/0023816 A1Published application
US 10,472,136 B2This patent

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