Container With Lock And Release Mechanism
OwnerJohn Gelardiinventor
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Abstract
A container includes an improved lock and release mechanism for securing a top structure to a base structure. The base structure and top structure are releasably secured together as a protrusion, which extends from a front wall, and a groove, which is disposed in a flexible portion of a front wall, engage one another. The container further includes protrusions and recesses that align the top and base structures and constrain the movement of the top and base structures relative to one another in a sliding plane such that the lock and release mechanism is not inadvertently released. The flexible portion of the front wall can be displaced to disengage the locking elements.
Claims9
A container, comprising:
- a first structure, comprising:
- a first wall;
- and
- a first locking element;
- a second structure, comprising:
- a second wall having a flexible portion;
- and
- a second locking element;
- wherein said first structure can be releasably secured to said second structure as said first wall is disposed to be adjacent to said second wall and said first locking element engages said second locking element;
- and
- wherein said first locking element can be disengaged from said second locking element by displacing said flexible portion of said second wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.