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US 12,077,348 B2Granted
Packaging and corresponding unpackaging procedure
AssigneeSelenium Medical
InventorOlivier Richart
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Abstract
The invention relates to a package comprising a hollow body, a lid joined to the hollow body by a hinge, and a protective cover (that can be moved between a closed position in which it covers the lid and an open position in which it is separated from the hollow body and forms, with a coupling device, a lever arm coupled to the lid, with the coupling device being able to assume a retracted configuration when the cover is in the closed position, and a deployed configuration when the cover is in the open position. The invention also relates to a corresponding unpackaging process.
Claims19
A package (6;
- 66) designed to contain an object, said package comprising:
- a hollow body (3, 23) with an opening (230) through which said object passes into and out of said hollow body (3, 23);
- a lid (21;
- 621) joined to the hollow body (3, 23) by a hinge (22), enabling the hollow body (3, 23) to be closed;
- a protective cover (1;
- 61);
- and
- a coupling device (4;
- 64) between the protective cover (1;
- 61) and the lid (21;
- 621),
- said protective cover (1;
- 61) being movable between:
- a closed position in which the protective cover (1;
- 61) covers the lid (21;
- 621) and in which the coupling device (4;
- 64) assumes a contracted configuration;
- and
- an open position in which the protective cover (1;
- 61) is spaced from the hollow body (2, 23) and in which the coupling device (4;
- 64) assumes a deployed configuration, wherein the protective cover (1;
- 61) forms with the coupling device (4;
- 64), in said open position, a lever arm coupled to the lid (21;
- 621),
- wherein the coupling device (4;
- 64) comprises a fastening system (45;
- 645) designed to hold the coupling device (4;
- 64) in the contracted configuration when the protective cover (1;
- 61) is in the closed position, while enabling said fastening system (45;
- 645) to be disabled when the protective cover (1;
- 61) is moved from said closed position to said open position, which causes the coupling device (4;
- 64) to assume the deployed configuration.
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A process for unpacking an object accommodated in a package (6;
- 66) in which the package (66) comprises:
- a hollow body (3, 23) with an opening (230) through which said object passes into and out of said hollow body (3, 23);
- a lid (21;
- 621) joined to the hollow body (3, 23) by a hinge (22), enabling the hollow body (3, 23) to be closed;
- a protective cover (1;
- 61);
- a coupling device (4;
- 64) between the protective cover (1;
- 61) and the lid (21;
- 621),
- said protective cover (1;
- 61) being movable between:
- a closed position in which the protective cover (1;
- 61) covers the lid (21;
- 621) and in which the coupling device (4;
- 64) assumes a contracted configuration;
- and
- an open position in which the protective cover (1;
- 61) is spaced from the hollow body (2, 23) and in which the coupling device (4;
- 64) assumes a deployed configuration, wherein the protective cover (1;
- 61) forms with the coupling device (4;
- 64), in said open position,
- a lever arm coupled to the lid (21;
- 621);
- and
- a coupling system (6432;
- 6214) of the coupling device (64) to the lid (621), the coupling system being designed so that, in the deployed state of the coupling system (64), the coupling system (64) can be pivoted from the lid (621) so that the edge (612) of the opening of the cover (61) can rest on the lid (621), in which said process comprises the following steps:
- moving the protective cover (1;
- 61) to the open position, with the protective cover (1;
- 61) remaining joined to the lid (21;
- 621) by the coupling device (4;
- 64);
- pivoting (PIV61) the protective cover (61) to bring the edge (612) of the opening of the protective cover (61) to rest on the lid (621);
- and
- applying a force (P1) on the protective cover (1;
- 61) to cause the lid (21;
- 621) to pivot (PIV1) around the axis (A22) of the hinge (22).
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