Tamper resistant container
AssigneeMPC Packaging Corporation
InventorRodney D. Dixon
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Abstract
The present invention provides a solution with a releasable, childproof container that is particularly suited for ammunition and other hazardous items. The container has a cover and body. The container body includes, preferably in two opposing side walls, a resilient leaf, which is preferably biased slightly outward. The resilient leaf is adapted to pivot inwardly and outwardly within an opening in a side wall. The container cover includes stops mounted on an inner surface of the body side walls and aligned with the cover side wall having the resilient leaf. Adjacent to and above the stop is a release panel, which is also capable of pivoting inwardly and outwardly relative to the container.
Claims16
A releasable, lockable, container comprising:
- (a) a body having a bottom panel and four upwardly extending body side walls;
- (b) a cover having a top panel and four downwardly extending cover side walls sized to slide over said body wherein said side walls of said cover and body overlap once said cover is completely positioned on said body;
- (c) a pair of opposing said body side walls each having formed therein a locking leaf having a free end hanging downward toward said bottom panel;
- (d) a pair of opposing ones of said cover side walls each having formed therein a release panel having a free end extending away from said top panel and having formed on an inside surface a stop, wherein said release panel is between said stop and said top panel, and when said cover is completely on said body, said stop and said free end of said locking leaf lie substantially within a vertical plane to prevent removal of said cover from said body, and said release panel and said locking leaf are substantially, horizontally aligned such that when said release panel is deflected inward, said locking leaf is deflected inside of said stop to allow removal of said cover from said body.
A paperboard container having a releasable locking mechanism comprising:
- (a) a body having a bottom and side walls extending from said bottom to form an open-ended box, at least one of said side walls having a resilient locking leaf having a free end extending toward said bottom;
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- (b) a cover having a top and side walls extending from said top to form an open-ended box sized to slide over said body, at least one of said side walls having:
- i) a release leaf having a free end extending away from said top of said cover;
- ii) a stop on an inside surface of said side wall and adjacent said free end of said release leaf wherein said free end of said release leaf may swing freely adjacent said stop;
- (c) said cover configured such that, once said cover is in place on said body, said free end of said resilient locking leaf and said stop are substantially vertically aligned and said release leaf is substantially adjacent said resilient locking leaf wherein removal of said cover from said body is prevented by said free end of said resilient locking leaf abutting said stop unless said release leaf is forced inward sufficiently to deflect said free end of said resilient locking leaf out of alignment with said stop.
A releasable locking mechanism for a container having a cover including an inner surface and an outer surface and a container body including a container body wall, the inner surface being adjacent the container body wall when the cover is closed onto the container body, the locking mechanism comprising:
- (a) a stop mounted on the cover interior surface;
- (b) a resilient locking leaf formed in said container body wall;
- (c) wherein, as the cover is closed onto the container body, said stop deflects said resilient locking leaf inwardly and releases said stop outwardly, said resilient leaf coming to rest directly above said stop such that said resilient locking leaf prevents substantial upward movement of said stop and the container cover;
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- (d) further comprising a release panel formed in and being substantially coplanar with the outside surface of the cover and positioned adjacent to said stop, said release panel being positioned adjacent to said resilient locking leaf when the cover is closed onto the container body such that when said release panel is pushed inwardly, said panel deflects said resilient locking leaf inwardly of said stop such that said stop can travel freely past said resilient locking leaf.
A tamper resistant container having a cover including an inside surface and an outside surface and a container body including an inside surface and an outside surface, the container comprising:
- (a) a cover including a top wall and opposing side walls and end walls extending downwardly from said top wall, said cover further including an inner surface;
- (b) a container body including a floor and opposing side walls and end walls extending upwardly from said floor;
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- (c) a locking mechanism comprising:
- i) a stop mounted on one of said cover side wall interior surfaces;
- ii) a resilient locking leaf mounted in an opening formed in one of said container body side walls;
- iii) wherein, as the cover is closed onto the container body, said stop deflects said resilient leaf inwardly and releases said stop outwardly, said resilient leaf coming to rest directly above said stop such that said resilient leaf prevents substantial upward movement of said stop and the container cover;
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- (d) further comprising a release panel formed in and being substantially coplanar with the outside surface of the cover and positioned adjacent to said stop, said release panel being positioned adjacent to said resilient locking leaf when the cover is closed onto the container body such that when said release panel is pushed inwardly, said panel deflects said resilient locking leaf inwardly of said stop such that said stop can travel freely past said resilient locking leaf.
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