Consumer products and methods for operating the same
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsLaurens BEELEN, Joseph BOHACHE, Matthew CORCORAN, Paulus Antonius Augustinus HOEFTE
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Abstract
A consumer product including a container and a detergent product contained therein, the container including: a box and a lid). A lock maintains the lid in a closed position. The lock includes an actuator releasably engaging the lid. The actuator may be actuated by applying an actuation pressure at an actuating area. A top flap is hinged at a top portion of a sidewall and is arranged with a distal edge distant from a second sidewall by a clearance. Upon applying the actuation pressure, the distal edge contacts the second sidewall and provides reciprocal feedback force or haptic feedback to the user.
Claims20
A consumer product comprising a detergent product and a container, the container comprising:
- a box containing the detergent product, the box comprising:
- a base;
- sidewalls extending from the base, each sidewall having a top edge opposite the base;
- an opening opposite the base;
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- a top flap hinged to a top portion of a first sidewall of the sidewalls, the top flap being foldable between an open orientation and a closed orientation, wherein the top flap covers at least part of the opening when in the closed orientation, the top flap having a distal edge separated from a second sidewall of the sidewalls opposite the first sidewall by a clearance, the clearance being comprised between about 0.1 mm and about 5 mm;
- a lid configured for removably covering the opening of the box, the lid comprising a top and flanks, the top covering the opening and the flanks covering a specific portion of the first sidewall or of the second sidewall as the lid assumes a closed position;
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- a lock configured to releasably maintain the lid in the closed position, the lock comprising:
- a specific actuator connected to the specific portion of the first or second sidewall and moveable between a locking position and an opening position by applying an actuation pressure onto the specific actuator;
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- a specific actuation area arranged in a specific flank of the flanks, 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 as the lid is in the closed position,
- wherein, the clearance is such that, as the actuation pressure is applied, the second sidewall contacts the distal edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.