US 6,655,544 B1Granted

Container with a lid

AssigneeUni-Charm Corporation

InventorsYoshikazu Tanaka, Takeshi Bando, Hiroki Ishikawa, Masaho Hayashi, Hiroshi Uematsu, Norikazu Shinogi, Toshihiko Uenishi

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Abstract

A container with a lid (10) comprises a container body (11), a lid (23) supported for turning on the container body (11) and a rubber plate (950) provided between the container body (11) and the lid (23). The lid (23) is provided with a stopping projection (32)that engages a catching projection 33 formed in an operating member (55) provided on the container body (11). A slider (60) is supported so as to be slidable on the container body (11). A recess (51) is formed at the lower end of the operating member (55) and a protrusion (61) is formed on the slider (60). In a state where the protrusion (61) of the slider (60) and the recess (51) of the operating member (55) are dislocated from each other, the operating member (55)is restrained from downward movement. Thus the mischievous opening of the lid (23) by children can be prevented.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A container with a lid comprising:

a container body comprising an opening and an operating member having a catching part, the operating member being bendable by an external pressure;
a lid having a free end and a hinged end, the lid supported for rotation on the container body and for hermetically closing the opening;
an elastic biasing member located between the container body and the lid to bias the lid in an opening direction;
and
an operating member locking mechanism for locking the operating member, wherein
the free end of the lid comprises a stopping part and the catching part catches the stopping part, the operating member locking mechanism comprises a moving member located for movement at a lower end of the operating member, a protrusion is located at one of the lower end of the operating member and the moving member, and a recess is located at the other of the lower end of the operating member and the moving member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.