Child Resistant Container
AssigneeArchimedes Development Limited
InventorsPaul Hayton, Philip Walsh, Tom Walker, Christopher Althorpe
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AssigneeArchimedes Development Limited
InventorsPaul Hayton, Philip Walsh, Tom Walker, Christopher Althorpe
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A child resistant container (10) has a container cavity (20) for the receipt of one or more items to be stored therein. The container cavity (20) is defined by a pair of lids (14, 16) which are hingedly connected to one another. Primary lock means (50) includes a first lock assembly on one lid (14, 16) which engages with a second lock assembly on the other lid (14, 16). A primary lock actuation includes an externally open topped pocket (60) formed in the body of said one lid (14, 16). The pocket (60) has a pocket side wall (62) which is resiliently deflectable from a lock position to an unlock position. The pocket (60) is shaped and sized to permit a finger of an operative to enter the pocket (60) to effect deflection of the pocket side wall (62) to its unlock position.
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A child resistant container having a container cavity for the receipt of one or more items to be stored therein, the container cavity being defined by a pair of lids hingedly connected to one another at one end for hingeable movement between a container open condition and a container closed condition, one or both of said lids having a body of dished form so as to define said cavity when positioned in said container closed condition, primary lock means for releasably locking the lids in said container closed condition, the primary lock means including a first lock assembly on one lid which lockingly engages with a co-operating second lock assembly on the other lid, and primary lock actuation means for manually actuating disengagement of the first and second lock assemblies, the actuation means including an externally open topped pocket formed in the body of said one lid, the pocket having a pocket side wall which at least in part, in relation to the pocket, is outwardly resiliently deflectable from a lock position to an unlock position, the pocket side wall in said lock position maintaining locking engagement of said first and second lock assemblies, the pocket side wall on movement to said unlock position causing disengagement of the first and second lock assemblies to thereby permit the lids to be moved to the container open condition, said pocket being shaped and sized to permit a finger of an operative to enter the pocket to effect deflection of the pocket side wall to its unlock position, the container further comprising a secondary lock means for releasably locking the lids in said container closed condition, said secondary lock means being independent of said primary lock means such that both the primary and secondary locks need to be operated independently in order to enable the lids to be moved to the container open position.
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