Foldable package provided with foldable packaging means and locking means
AssigneePa. Cotte SA
InventorsRonan Affre De Saint Rome, Yannik Frank
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Abstract
A package including: a case having a bottom and a peripheral rim composed of panels and a lid. The package is collapsible between: a flat configuration, in which the panels and the lid extend substantially parallel to the bottom and a use configuration in which the case defines a storage volume, and in which the lid is movable between a storage volume access position and a storage volume closed position. The package includes a locking mechanism, first mechanism for locking the lid in its closed position, and second mechanism for locking the package in its flat configuration.
Claims10
A package comprising:
- a case having a bottom and a peripheral rim composed of panels;
- a lid;
- the package being collapsible between:
- a flat configuration, in which the panels and the lid extend substantially parallel to the bottom;
- a use configuration in which the case defines a storage volume, and in which the lid is movable between a storage volume access position and a storage volume closed position,
- the package comprising:
- a locking mechanism;
- first means for locking the lid in its closed position, the locking mechanism cooperating with the first locking means in the closed position of the lid, the first locking means comprising at least one anchor point presented by the lid;
- second means for locking the package in its flat configuration, the locking mechanism cooperating with the second locking means in the flat configuration of the package, the second locking means comprising at least one anchor point presented by the bottom and/or at least one panel of the peripheral rim;
- wherein the locking mechanism comprises:
- at least one actuator movable between a locked position and an unlocked position;
- hooking members for each of the anchor points, the hooking members being driven in mobility by the actuator(s);
- the locking mechanism being inactive:
- on the first locking means in the flat configuration of the package;
- on the second locking means in the use configuration of the package.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.