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 including a box including a detergent product, a lid and a lock. The lid includes flanks covering a specific portion of a sidewall of the box. The lock includes a specific actuator moveable by applying an actuation pressure, the specific actuator being connected to the specific portion, the flanks including a specific actuation area facing the specific actuator and permitting displacing it by applying the actuation pressure.
Claims19
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 specific 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, whereby:
- the specific actuation area spans less than 8 cm2 and more than 0.2 cm2, the specific actuation area defining a specific centroid;
- the specific centroid is separated from the top of the lid by less than 5 cm and by more than 0.5 cm;
- the specific centroid is separated from a distal end of the specific flank by more than 0.5 cm;
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- the top of the lid spans less than 13 cm and more than 6 cm along a direction normal to the specific portion at the specific centroid,
- wherein the lid comprises a transversal support element extended from a first end of the support element to a second end of the support element along the direction normal to the specific portion at the specific centroid, the support element being attached or integrated to the top of the lid, whereby the specific portion is located between the first end and the specific actuation area when the lid is in the closed position, the first end being separated from the specific actuation area by a clearance of less than 1 cm and of more than 0.5 mm along the direction normal to the specific portion at the specific centroid.
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