Packaging with interlocking ripcord mechanical lock
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorMark T. Uyeda
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Abstract
Packaging with a locking mechanism is provided, such as for finished goods packaging, such that a lid and base box may be secured together in a closed configuration. An interlocking ripcord mechanical lock may include a slot and tab style ripcord that is integrated into the packaging. As an example, packaging using corrugated material may utilize the corrugated material thickness to lock the tab record inside an opening such as a slot, such that the base box is retained and coupled to the lid, thereby preventing the base box from sliding out from the lid if a user except packaging by the lid. Once the ripcord is removed, is removed, the mechanical lock is thereby released from the base and lid, allowing the customer to open the packaging.
Claims20
Packaging, comprising:
- a base box;
- a lid;
- and
- a ripcord configured to mechanically lock the base box and the lid such that the base box and the lid are secured together in a closed configuration, wherein the ripcord is not fixed to the lid, and
- wherein when the ripcord is pulled with sufficient force, it is removable such that the mechanical lock is released so that the packaging may be opened.
Packaging, comprising:
- a base box comprising a first side panel;
- a lid comprising:
- a first side panel parallel to, and external to, the base box's first side panel;
- and
- a slot formed in the lid's first side panel;
- and
- a ripcord disposed within the slot and fixed to the base box when the packaging is in a closed configuration, such that the base box and lid are secured together in a closed configuration.
Packaging, comprising:
- a base box comprising:
- a first side panel comprising a first material;
- a first wrap panel covering an outwardly facing surface of the first side panel and comprising a second material;
- a lid comprising:
- a first side panel parallel to, and external to, the base box's first side panel, and comprising the first material;
- and
- a first wrap panel covering an outwardly facing surface of the first side panel
- and comprising the second material, wherein a slot is disposed in the lid's first side panel and first wrap panel;
- and
- a ripcord disposed within the slot and fixed to the base box's first wrap panel when the packaging is in a closed configuration, such that the base box and lid are secured together via a mechanical lock formed from the ripcord and slot, together, in a closed configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.