Tamper evident container-lid combination
AssigneeReally Useful Products Limited
InventorMichael Pickles
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Abstract
A container comprises a body portion, a lid portion and, mounted on one of the body portion and the lid portion, a locking member. The locking member is movable from an unlocking position to a locking position in which it engages the other of the body portion and the lid portion to hold the lid in engagement with the body portion. The container is provided with a sealing means including a sealing member which extends between the locking member and other of the body portion and the lid portion when the locking member is in its locking position. Movement of the locking member from the locking to the unlocking position is only possible if the sealing member is rendered ineffective for further sealing use.
Claims24
A container comprising:
- a body portion having at least one sidewall,
- a lid portion configured to releasably cooperate with the body portion;
- one or more first apertures in at least one of the body portion and the lid portion;
- a locking member having one or more second apertures therein, the locking member being mounted on the body portion sidewall and being configured to move between a locked position in which the locking member engages the lid portion in cooperation with the body portion and an open position in which the lid portion is released from the body portion;
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- a sealing member having a separable first and second portion, the sealing member being received in the first and second apertures when the locking member is in the locked position such that the sealing member extends between the locking member and the lid portion, wherein the locking member is configured to separate the first and second portions of the sealing member when the locking member is moved from the locked position to the unlocked position, wherein the sealing member is provided separately.
A container comprising:
- a body portion,
- a lid portion configured to releasably cooperate with the body portion;
- one or more first apertures in at least one of the lid portion and the body portion;
- a locking member having one or more second apertures, the locking member being mounted on one of the lid portion or the body portion and being configured to move between a locked position in which the locking member engages one of the lid portion or the body portion in cooperation with the other of the lid portion or the body portion and an open position in which the lid portion and the body portion are released from one another;
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- a sealing member having a separable first and second portion, the sealing member being received in the at least one aperture of the locking member when the locking member is in the locked position such that the sealing member extends between the locking member and at least one of the lid portion or the body portion, wherein the locking member is configured to separate the first and second portions of the sealing member when the locking member is moved from the locked position to the unlocked position, wherein the sealing member is provided separately.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.