US 11,866,239 B2Granted

Child safety cover for use with various types of packaging and containers

AssigneeBurst Out Innovations, Inc.

InventorsGary K Goldfarb, Werner Blumenthal, Alexander Zuleta, Dwight D Brooks

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Abstract

A child safety lid is provided and used to close the opening of content containers including rigid and flexible containers/bags. The cover requires a multiple step process in order to be removed and helps to prevent inadvertent or accidental openings of the container. The lid/cover can comprise a top member, a locking member, a bottom member and a seal member. The top member can be secured to the bottom member with the locking member captured therebetween and the seal member can extend downward from the bottom member and contact an internal shelf/ledge disposed within the container near the container opening. In one embodiment, the seal member and bottom member can be bonded to each other through an overmolding process. In one embodiment, the seal can be constructed from an elastomer material.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A lid assembly for closing an opening of a container, the container having a storage area for storing a content that is accessed through the opening when the lid is removed, the opening having an internal wall, comprising:

a locking member having an outer periphery, the locking member having a first locking portion connected at one end to a first tab member and a second locking portion connected at one end to a second tab member, in a fully extended position an outer end of the first locking portion and an outer end of the second locking portion are both positioned beyond the outer periphery of the locking member, the first locking portion and the second locking portion are retractable by squeezing the first tab member and the second tab member inward towards each other;
a bottom member having an outer periphery wall, the outer periphery wall having a first opening or cutout (“first opening”) and a second opening or cutout (“second opening”,), the locking member is received within an area of the bottom member defined by the outer periphery wall such that in the fully extended position the outer end of the first locking portion is positioned beyond the outer periphery wall through the first opening and the outer end of the second locking portion is positioned beyond the outer periphery wall through the second opening;
a first locking section disposed on an internal wall of a container at a container opening;
and
a second locking section disposed on the internal wall of the container at the container opening;
wherein in a container closed position the lid assembly is secured to the container at the container opening.

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a locking member having an outer periphery, the locking member having a first locking portion connected at one end to a first tab member and a second locking portion connected at one end to a second tab member, in a fully extended position an outer end of the first locking portion and an outer end of the second locking portion are both positioned beyond the outer periphery of the locking member, the first locking portion and the second locking portion are retractable by squeezing the first tab member and the second tab member inward towards each other;
a bottom member having an outer periphery wall, the outer periphery wall having a first opening or cutout (“first opening”) and a second opening or cutout (“second opening”,), the locking member is received within an area of the bottom member defined by the outer periphery wall such that in the fully extended position the outer end of the first locking portion is positioned beyond the outer periphery wall through the first opening and the outer end of the second locking portion is positioned beyond the outer periphery wall through the second opening, the bottom member having an external first peg member attached as at or near a bottom edge of the bottom member and an external second peg member attached at or near the bottom edge of the bottom member;
a top member having a first top opening and a second top opening, the top member secured to the bottom member such that the locking member is captured therebetween and the first tab member is accessible to a user through the first top opening and the second tab member is accessible to a user through the second top opening and the first tab member and second tab member can be moved inward towards each other by a user;
a first locking section disposed on an internal wall of a container at a container opening, the first locking section having a first receiving area and a second receiving area;
and
a second locking section disposed on the internal wall of the container at the container opening, the second locking section having a third receiving area and fourth receiving area;
wherein in a container closed position the lid assembly is secured to the container at the container opening with the outer end of the first locking portion is disposed within the first receiving area and the outer end of the second locking portion is disposed within the third receiving area and the first peg member is disposed within the second receiving area and the second peg member is disposed within the fourth receiving area;
wherein in the fully extended position the first locking portion extends through the first opening in the outer periphery wall of the bottom member and the second locking portion extends through the second opening in the outer periphery wall of the bottom member.

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a locking member having an outer periphery, the locking member having a first locking portion connected at one end to a first tab member and a second locking portion connected at one end to a second tab member, in a fully extended position an outer end of the first locking portion and an outer end of the second locking portion are both positioned beyond the outer periphery of the locking member, the first locking portion and the second locking portion are retractable by squeezing the first tab member and the second tab member inward towards each other;
a bottom member having an outer periphery wall, the outer periphery wall having a first opening or cutout (“first opening”) and a second opening or cutout (“second opening”,), the locking member is received within an area of the bottom member defined by the outer periphery wall such that in the fully extended position the outer end of the first locking portion is positioned beyond the outer periphery wall through the first opening and the outer end of the second locking portion is positioned beyond the outer periphery wall through the second opening, the bottom member having an external first peg member attached as at or near a bottom edge of the bottom member and an external second peg member attached at or near the bottom edge of the bottom member;
a top member having a first top opening and a second top opening, the top member secured to the bottom member such that the locking member is captured therebetween and the first tab member is accessible to a user through the first top opening and the second tab member is accessible to a user through the second top opening and the first tab member and second tab member can be moved inward towards each other by a user;
an elastomeric seal member secured to the bottom member such that the seal member is disposed underneath the bottom member and extending downward therefrom;
wherein the container having an internal shelf extending inward from the internal wall near the container opening and a bottom surface of the seal member contacts an upper surface of the internal shelf when the lid assembly is in the container closed position;
a first locking section disposed on an internal wall of a container at a container opening, the first locking section having a first receiving area and a second receiving area;
and
a second locking section disposed on the internal wall of the container at the container opening, the second locking section having a third receiving area and fourth receiving area;
wherein in a container closed position the lid assembly is secured to the container at the container opening with the outer end of the first locking portion is disposed within the first receiving area and the outer end of the second locking portion is disposed within the third receiving area and the first peg member is disposed within the second receiving area and the second peg member is disposed within the fourth receiving area;
wherein in the fully extended position the first locking portion extends through the first opening in the outer periphery wall of the bottom member and the second locking portion extends through the second opening in the outer periphery wall of the bottom member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/703,833Filed 24 Mar 2022 · continuation in part
Priority: 4 May 2016
Published: US 2022/0363456 A117 Nov 2022
Granted: 9 Jan 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

B65D 43/0229
Secured by rotation: only on the inside, or a part turned to the inside, of the mouth of the container
B65D 50/046
Where one action elastically deforms or deflects at least part of the closure, the container or an intermediate element, e.g. a ring: and such…
B65D 43/06
Removable lids or covers: having a peripheral channel embracing the rim of the container
B65D 55/10
Locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or removal of closure: locking pins

Family

Application62/331,714Us provisional application · filed 4 May 2016
Application15/586,787Parent of this continuation · filed 4 May 2017
Application15/647,401Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Jul 2017
Application15/707,280Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 18 Sep 2017
Application15/813,092Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 14 Nov 2017
Application16/195,714Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 19 Nov 2018
US 10,131,476 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 20 Nov 2018
US 2022/0363456 A1Pre-grant publication · published 17 Nov 2022
US 11,286,087 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
Application15/707,280Parent of this continuation
US 2018/0127173 A1Published application
US 2019/0161249 A1Published application
US 11,866,239 B2This patent

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