Cover, lock and alignment mark
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsPaulus Antonius Augustinus Hoefte, Clara Lea Sophie Ng Pak Leung
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Abstract
Examples include a consumer product comprising a detergent product and a container, the container comprising a box, a cover for the box, and a lock to reversibly maintain the cover in a closed position. The box comprises the detergent product, the box comprising a base, sidewalls and an opening, the cover comprising a top and flanks, the cover covering the opening and the cover covering at least a specific portion of a specific sidewall of the box when the cover is in the closed position. At least one of the flanks and sidewalls comprises an alignment mark coinciding with the cover being in the closed position.
Claims14
A consumer product comprising a detergent product and a container, the container comprising a box, a cover for the box, and a lock to reversibly maintain the cover in a closed position, the box comprising the detergent product, the box comprising a base, sidewalls and an opening, the cover comprising a top and flanks, the cover covering the opening and the cover covering at least a specific portion of a specific sidewall of the box when the cover is in a closed position, whereby at least one of the flanks and sidewalls comprises an alignment mark coinciding with the cover being in the closed position, whereby the alignment mark comprises both a flank alignment mark and a sidewall alignment mark, whereby the flank alignment mark and the sidewall alignment mark coincide to be both visible and aligned when the cover is in the closed position, whereby the lock is engaged by displacing the cover through rotation;
- wherein at least one of the flanks and sidewalls comprises one or more additional alignment marks coinciding with the cover being in the closed position, and wherein the one or more additional alignment marks and the alignment mark are located on different sides of the container.
A consumer product comprising a detergent product and a container, the container comprising a box, a cover for the box, and a lock to reversibly maintain the cover in a closed position, the box comprising the detergent product, the box comprising a base, sidewalls and an opening, the cover comprising a top and flanks, the cover covering the opening and the cover covering at least a specific portion of a specific sidewall of the box when the cover is in a closed position, whereby at least one of the flanks and sidewalls comprises an alignment mark coinciding with the cover being in the closed position, whereby the alignment mark comprises both a flank alignment mark and a sidewall alignment mark, whereby the flank alignment mark and the sidewall alignment mark coincide to be both visible and aligned when the cover is in the closed position, whereby the lock is engaged by displacing the cover through rotation, wherein the lock comprising an actuator moveable from a locking position to an opening position by applying an actuation pressure onto the actuator when the cover is in the closed position, the actuator being connected to the specific portion, the flanks comprising an actuation area, the actuation area facing the actuator and permitting displacing the actuator from the closing position to the opening position by applying the actuation pressure at the actuation area when the cover is in the closed position, the actuator being moveable from the opening position to the closing position by the actuator releasing an elastic force, the release of the elastic force occurring when the cover is placed in a specific releasing position, the alignment mark coinciding with the cover being in the closed position passed the specific releasing position, wherein the alignment mark comprises an actuator alignment mark located on the actuator, whereby the actuation area is at least one of an aperture and a see-through actuation area, and whereby the actuator alignment mark becomes visible through the aperture or see-through actuation area when the cover is in the closed position passed the specific releasing position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.