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US 10,532,864 B2Granted
Container
AssigneeBerry Plastics Corporation
InventorsKerry Austin, Tim Willett
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Abstract
A package includes a container and a lid. The container may include a tamper evident feature, a child resistant feature, or both.
Claims20
A package comprising:
- a container including a body that includes a rim that surrounds the body and opens into a product storage region formed by the body,
- a collar having a sidewall surrounding at least a portion of the rim,
- a lid coupled to the body or the collar and movable between an open position and a closed position, and
- means for blocking access to the product storage region by releasingly latching the lid to the collar so that a first user input in a first direction releases a first portion of the lid relative to the collar and permits a second user input in a second direction to move the lid from the closed position to an open position,
- wherein the means comprises a locking protrusion that extends from the collar toward the body and a deformable tab attached to the lid and movable from a locked position in which the deformable tab engages the locking protrusion and a released position in which the deformable tab is disengaged from the locking protrusion and the lid is free to move toward the opened position, and
- wherein the collar includes an outwardly extending landing engaged with the deformable tab when the deformable tab is in the locked position and the released position.
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A container comprising:
- a body formed to include a product storage region,
- a collar surrounding the body and including a sidewall, and
- a lid including a locking tab, the lid coupled to at least one of the body and the collar, the lid movable between an open position and a closed latched position,
- wherein the locking tab, when the lid is in the closed latch position, cooperates with the collar to form a latch that requires a first movement in a first direction to release the locking tab prior to movement to the open position, and
- wherein the collar includes an outwardly extending landing engaged with the lid when the lid is in the closed latched position and the first movement deforms a portion of the locking tab relative to the outwardly extending landing such that the outwardly extending landing provides a point for the portion of the locking tab to pivot relative to the rest of the locking tab.
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A package comprising:
- a body that includes a rim that surrounds and opens into a product storage region formed in the body,
- a collar integrally molded in one-piece with the body and surrounding the rim, the collar including a sidewall with a removable tamper evident strip,
- a lid coupled to the body or the collar and movable between an open position and a closed position, the lid including an actuatable member that latches the lid to the collar when the lid is in the closed position,
- wherein the actuatable member is configured to receive a first user input in a first direction and a second user input in a second direction, and
- wherein the first user input releases the actuatable member from the collar allowing movement of the lid in the second direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.