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AssigneeHenry Troemner LLC
InventorThomas A. Long, Jr.
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Abstract
A container for housing an object having a housing with an insert movably disposed within the housing to define a receptacle to receive the object. A lid is removably located on the housing to enclose the insert, with an object engaging portion of the lid being in contact with the object. The lid is rotatable on the housing from a first removal position, to a second locking position in which a locking projection on the lid engages a first counter structure on the housing. A driving projection on the lid engages a second counter structure on the insert to rotate the insert with the lid, so that the lid and insert do not move relative to the object as the lid moves to the locking position.
Claims21
A container for storing an object, comprising:
- a housing;
- an insert movably disposed within the housing and defining a receptacle for receiving an object;
- a lid removably located on the housing that encloses the insert, an object engaging portion of the lid for contacting an object;
- the lid is rotatable on the housing from a first, removal position, to a second, locking position in which at least one locking projection on the lid engages a first counter structure on the housing;
- and
- at least one driving projection on the lid engages a second counter structure on the insert to rotate the insert with the lid relative to the housing as the lid rotates to the second, locking position.
A combination of an object and a container for storing the object, comprising:
- the object;
- and
- the container, including a housing, an insert movably disposed within the housing and defining a receptacle having the object located therein, and a lid removably located on the housing that encloses the insert and the object such that an object engaging portion of the lid is in contact with the object;
- the lid is rotatable on the housing from a first, removal position, to a second, locking position in which at least one locking projection on the lid engages a first counter structure on the housing;
- and
- at least one driving projection on the lid engages a second counter structure on the insert to rotate the insert and the object with the lid relative to the housing as the lid rotates to the second, locking position.
A method of enclosing an object within a container, comprising:
- providing a container including a housing, with an insert movably disposed within the housing and defining a receptacle, and a lid;
- placing an object in the receptacle;
- placing the lid over the housing such that an object engaging portion of the lid contacts the object;
- engaging at least one driving projection on the lid with at least one second counter structure on the insert;
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- rotating the lid with respect to the housing from a first, removal position to a second, locking position in which at least one locking projection of the lid engages at least one first counter structure on the housing, while simultaneously rotating the insert with the lid relative to the housing and preventing relative movement between the object, the insert, and the lid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.