Lid top symmetry
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJoseph BOHACHE, Geri Lynnel LYKINS, Paula Marie GONZALEZ
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AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJoseph BOHACHE, Geri Lynnel LYKINS, Paula Marie GONZALEZ
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Examples include a box with a sidewall structure, a reversible lid with top and flanks, and a lock. At least a portion of the flanks covers at least a portion of the sidewall structure when the box is locked. The lock has an active actuator moveable from a locking to an opening position by applying pressure. The active actuator is connected to the portion of the sidewall structure and abuts against a locking tab of the lid when in the locking position. The flanks comprise an actuation area to displace the active actuator by applying the pressure. The box comprises a passive actuator paired to the active actuator. The paired actuators are 180 degrees from each other around the central axis. The passive actuator is inactivated by an inactivation configuration of the lid located at 180 degrees from the locking tab around the central axis.
A container comprising a box, a reversible lid for the box, and a lock to maintain the lid in a closed position, the box comprising a base, a sidewall structure and an opening opposite to the base, the lid comprising a top and flanks, the top covering the opening when the lid is in the closed position, whereby the top is substantially 180 degrees symmetrical around a central axis normal to the top, whereby at least a portion of the flanks covers at least a specific portion of the sidewall structure of the box when the lid is in the closed position, the lock comprising a specific active actuator moveable from a locking position to an opening position by applying an actuation pressure onto the specific active actuator when the lid is in the closed position, whereby the specific active actuator is connected to the specific portion of the sidewall structure, whereby the specific active actuator abuts against a corresponding locking tab of the lid when in the locking position, the specific active actuator being displaceable by the actuation pressure by an unlocking displacement distance in a direction normal to the specific portion of the sidewall structure, whereby the flanks comprise a specific actuation area, the actuation area facing the specific active actuator, the specific actuation area being configured to permit displacing the specific active 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, the box comprising a specific passive actuator connected to a second portion of the sidewall structure, the specific passive actuator and the specific active actuator being paired to be substantially symmetrically located at 180 degrees from each other around the central axis when the lid is in the closed position, whereby the specific passive actuator is inactivated by a specific inactivation configuration of the lid when the lid is in the closed position, the specific inactivation configuration and the locking tab corresponding to the specific active actuator being substantially symmetrically located at 180 degrees from each other around the central axis.
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