Detergent product container with lock
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsPaulus Antonius Augustinus Hoefte, Clara Sophie Lea Ng Pak Leung
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Abstract
Examples include a consumer product comprising a box comprising a detergent product, a lid and a lock. The lid comprises flanks covering a specific portion of a sidewall of the box. The lock comprises a specific actuator moveable by applying an actuation pressure, the specific actuator being connected to the specific portion, the flanks comprising a specific actuation area facing the specific actuator and permitting displacing it by applying the actuation pressure.
Claims20
A consumer product comprising a detergent product and a container, the container comprising a box, a lid for the box, and a lock to maintain the lid in a closed position, the box comprising the detergent product, the box comprising a base, sidewalls and an opening opposite the base, the lid comprising a top and flanks, the top covering the opening and the flanks covering at least a specific portion of a specific sidewall of the sidewalls of the box when the lid is in the closed position, the lock comprising a specific actuator moveable from a locking position to an opening position by applying an actuation pressure onto the specific actuator when the lid is in the closed position, the specific actuator being connected to the specific portion, the flanks comprising a specific actuation area in a specific flank, the actuation area facing the specific actuator and permitting displacing the specific actuator from the locking position to the opening position by applying the actuation pressure at the specific actuation area when the lid is in the closed position, and whereby the flanks comprise an additional actuation area in an opposite flank, the opposite flank being opposite the specific flank, the additional actuation area being adjacent to an additional portion of a sidewall opposite the specific sidewall, and
- whereby the specific actuation area is placed so that it is not exactly opposite the additional actuation area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.