# US 10,501,239 B2 · Container systems > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,501,239 B2 - Document ID: US10501239B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/807,609 - Filed: 2017-11-09 - Published: 2018-05-17 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2016-11-11 - Assignees: The Procter & Gamble Company - Applicants: The Procter & Gamble Company - Inventors: Thierry Christian Francis Dagnelie; Vincent Hubert M. De Wilde; Nicolas Robert Nuno Cromarty Oliveira; Raf Gustaaf Alfons Degeyter; David Brian Dawson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10501239B2 ## CPC - B65D 43/22: Devices for holding in closed position, e.g. clips - B65B 7/2842: {Securing closures on containers (in general B65B51/00)} - B65D 43/0202: {without integral tamper element} - B65D 43/163: {the container and the lid being made separately (B65D43/161 takes precedence)} - B65D 43/169: {the lid, the hinge and the element connecting them to the container being made of one piece} - B65D 43/26: Mechanisms for opening or closing, e.g. pedal-operated {(for refuse receptacles B65F1/1623)} - B65D 45/18: of snap-over type - B65D 2215/02: requiring the combination of simultaneous actions - B65D 2251/1041: The closure having a part penetrating in the dispensing aperture and retained by snapping over integral beads or projections - B65D 2543/00194: square or rectangular - B65D 2543/00435: Lids secured to an intermediate ring or like annular member fixed to the container mouth - B65D 2543/0049: on the inside, or a part turned to the inside of the mouth of the container - C11D 17/042: {Water soluble or water disintegrable containers or substrates containing cleaning compositions or additives for cleaning compositions} - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00) - C11D: DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL ## Abstract Container systems. Methods related to container systems. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A container system comprising: a container body having a storage space and an opening that provides access to the storage space, the container body further having a rim that substantially encircles the opening, the rim having an upper surface, a closure system that is connectable to the container body and is sized and configured to cover the opening when the closure system is in a closed position, preventing access to the storage space, the closure system comprising a locking system, where when the locking system is engaged, the closure system is retained in the closed position, and where when the locking system is not engaged, the closure system can be moved from the closed position to an open position, the closure system further comprising a frame and a lid, wherein the lid is hingedly connected to the frame, and where when the closure system is connected to the container body and is in the closed position, the closure system does not cover the upper surface of the rim. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A container system according to claim 1, wherein the container body comprises a neck that terminates in the rim. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A container system according to claim 1, wherein the rim includes an inner surface facing radially inward. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A container system according to claim 3, wherein the closure system is located radially inward to the inner surface of the rim when connected to the container body. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) A container system according to claim 3, wherein the closure system has an outer edge, where the outer edge is adjacent the inner surface of the rim when the closure system is connected to the container body. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A container system according to claim 1, wherein the closure system moves about a hinge when moving from the closed position to the open position. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A container system according to claim 1, wherein the locking system comprises a button, a latch, a thread system, a snap bead, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A container system according to claim 7, wherein the locking system comprises a push pad, that must be pressed in order to disengage the locking system. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A container system according to claim 8, wherein the push pad must be pressed radially inward. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A container system according to claim 1, wherein the closure system comprises a first portion and a second portion that is non-integrally connected to the first portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) A container system according to claim 10, wherein the first portion comprises a push pad that must be pressed in order to disengage the locking system. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A container system according to claim 1, wherein the closure system requires a rotation action in order to disengage the locking system. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A container system according to claim 1, wherein a snap-on connection system selected from a rib, a bead, a tab, a slot, or combinations thereof connects the container body and the closure system. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A container system according to claim 1, wherein the container system further comprises a consumer product in the storage space. ### Claim 15 A method of assembling a container system, the method comprising the steps of: providing a container body having a storage space and an opening that provides access to the storage space, the container body further having a rim that substantially encircles the opening, the rim having an upper surface, providing a closure system that is connectable to the container body and is sized and configured to cover the opening when the closure system is in a closed position, preventing access to the storage space, the closure system comprising a locking system, where when the locking system is engaged, the closure system is retained in the closed state, and where when the locking system is not engaged, the closure system can be moved from the closed position to an open position, the closure system further comprising a frame and a lid, wherein the lid is hingedly connected to the frame, and connecting the closure system and the container body so that when the closure system is connected to the container body and is in the closed position, the closure system does not cover the upper surface of the rim. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) A method according to claim 15, where the method further comprises the step of providing contents to the storage space of the container, wherein the contents comprise a household care product. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) A method according to claim 16, wherein the step of providing the contents to the storage space of the container occurs before the step of connecting the closure system and the container body. ### Claim 18 A container system comprising a container body and a closure system that is connectable to the container body, the container body having a storage space, an opening that provides access to the storage space, and a neck that substantially encircles the opening; the closure system being sized and configured to the cover the opening when the closure system is in a closed position, thereby preventing access to the storage space, the closure system further comprising a locking system, where when the locking system is engaged, the closure system is retained in the closed position, and where when the locking system is not engaged, the closure system can be moved from the closed position to an open position, the closure system further comprising a frame and a lid, wherein the lid is hingedly connected to the frame, where when the closure system is in the closed position, an outer or terminal edge of the closure system that is spaced away from the center of the closure system is nested in the neck of the container body; the container system further comprising unitized dose articles in the storage space.