Safety container for fuel or other hazardous liquids

A safety container for storing and dispensing hazardous liquids, the safety container comprising:

• a spout configured to provide pouring of the hazardous liquids;
• a lid covering the spout, configured to be locked in an open position and a closed position;
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• a pin-lock mechanism configured to maintain the lid in the open position during pouring and maintain the lid in the closed position when not in use, that comprises:
• a slide linkage piece configured to move along a guided track when the lid is in the closed position;
• an angled rotating pin piece configured to rotate along a pivot link between the slide linkage piece and the angled rotating pin piece when the slide linkage piece is retracted;
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• a locking hole into which the angled rotating pin piece is inserted to lock the lid in the open position.

A safety container for storing and dispensing hazardous liquids, the safety container comprising:

• a spout configured to provide pouring of the hazardous liquids;
• a lid covering the spout, configured to be locked in an open position and a closed position;
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• a bi-stable lid-lock mechanism configured to maintain the lid in the open position during pouring and maintain the lid in the closed position when not in use, that comprises:
• a sliding handle attached to the lid, wherein the sliding handle includes a first linkage and a second linkage opposite the second linkage, and
• a pair of bi-stable springs housed inside a handle portion of the sliding handle, wherein the bi-stable springs are connected to the first linkage and the second linkage,
• wherein in a first state, the lid remains closed due to a tension of the bi-stable springs in an extended configuration, and
• wherein in a second state, pulling back on the sliding handle compresses the bi-stable springs, causing the lid to open and the bi-stable springs to extend the first linkage and the second linkage to a maximum length, thereby locking the lid in the open position.

A safety container for storing and dispensing hazardous liquids, the safety container comprising:

• a spout configured to provide pouring of the hazardous liquids;
• a lid covering the spout, configured to be locked in an open position and a closed position;
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• a bi-stable springboard lid-lock mechanism configured to maintain the lid in the open position during pouring and maintain the lid in the closed position when not in use, that comprises:
• two curved, flexible portions located on opposite sides of the bi-stable springboard lid-lock mechanism, and
• an actuator connected to the lid that moves the lid from the closed position to the open position and extends linearly between the two curved, flexible portions,
• wherein in a first state, the actuator remains stable due to the curved, flexible portions holding the actuator and the lid in the closed position,
• wherein in a second state, actuating the actuator bends the curved, flexible portions, allowing the actuator to move linearly between the two curved, flexible portions, and once the actuator reaches the open position, the curved, flexible portions return to a curved state, holding the actuator and the lid in the open position.

A safety container for storing and dispensing hazardous liquids, the safety container comprising:

• a spout configured to provide controlled and precise pouring of the hazardous liquids;
• a lid covering the spout, configured to be locked in an open position and a closed position;
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• a bi-stable springboard lid-lock mechanism configured to maintain the lid in the open position during pouring and maintain the lid in the closed position when not in use, that comprises:
• a springboard platform with a handle connected to the lid, and
• one or more springs positioned underneath the springboard platform,
• wherein in a first state, the lid remains closed due to an upward biasing force of the one or more springs on the springboard platform and in a second state, downward pressure applied to the springboard platform compresses the one or more springs, allowing the lid to move to the open position, with the one or more springs exerting a force to maintain the lid in the open position.