Product packaging and locking mechanisms
AssigneeVeritiv Operating Company
InventorsLogan Ingram, Grant LaPierre
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Abstract
A product package assembly may include a first member that is coupleable to a second member via a molded fiber locking mechanism. The locking mechanism may include a body portion, a pair of end portions, and neck portions that are positioned between each of the end portions and the body portion. The locking mechanism may be repeatedly moveable between a locked position, in which the first member is coupled to the second member in a closed position, and an actuated position, in which the first member is uncoupled from the second member for rotating the first member away from the second member to position the product package in an open position. The locking mechanism may be formed of fiber materials.
Claims26
A product package assembly comprising:
- a product package including a first wall;
- a locking mechanism coupled to a second wall of the product package, the locking mechanism further comprising:
- a body portion having a top surface and a plurality of side walls, the body portion being receivable within a surface of the product package;
- a pair of end portions;
- a first neck portion positioned between the body portion and a first end portion of the pair of end portions;
- a second neck portion positioned between the body portion and a second end portion of the pair of end portions;
- wherein the locking mechanism is positionable in a locked position in which at least a portion of the top surface of the locking mechanism extends through an opening in the first wall of the product package for retaining the product package in a closed position, and wherein the locking mechanism is positionable in an actuated position in which the locking mechanism does not extend through the opening in the first wall of the product package for permitting the product package to be moved to an open position, the locking mechanism being biased to the locked position;
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- wherein the locking mechanism comprises a fiber material.
A product package assembly comprising:
- a locking mechanism comprising:
- a body portion having a top surface and a plurality of side walls;
- a pair of end portions;
- a first neck portion positioned between the body portion and a first end portion of the pair of end portions;
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- a second neck portion positioned between the body portion and a second end portion of the pair of end portions;
- a product package comprising:
- a first member including a first wall;
- a second member including a second wall, the first member coupleable to the second member in a closed position via the locking mechanism;
- wherein the locking mechanism is coupled to the second wall of the product package, and
- wherein product package assembly is positionable in a closed position in which the locking mechanism is in a locked position in which the top surface of the body portion extends at least partially through an opening in the first wall of the first member for securing the first member to the second member in a closed position;
- wherein the locking mechanism is positionable in an actuated position in which the top surface of the body portion does not extend through the opening in the first wall of the first member such that first wall and second wall are uncoupled from one another;
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- wherein the locking mechanism comprises a fiber material.
A method of opening a product package comprising:
- providing the product package comprising:
- a first member having an opening in a wall of the first member;
- a second member that is coupleable to the first member;
- a locking mechanism coupled to the second member and formed of a molded fiber material for coupling the first member and the second member in a closed position, the locking mechanism further comprising:
- a body portion having a top surface and a plurality of side walls;
- a pair of end portions;
- a first neck portion positioned between the body portion and a first end portion of the pair of end portions;
- a second neck portion positioned between the body portion and a second end portion of the pair of end portions;
- applying a force to the body portion of the locking mechanism for forcing the locking mechanism from a locked position in which the body portion at least partially extends through the opening in the wall of the first member, to an actuated position in which the body portion does not extend through the opening in the wall of the first member such that first member is uncoupled from the second member for rotating the first member away from the second member to position the product package in an open position, wherein the locking portion comprises a fiber material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.