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US 8,939,281 B2Granted
Packaging
AssigneeMeadWestvaco Corporation
InventorsYoko Matsuba, Steve P. Jones, John A. Gelardi, Marty Jones, Rodney D. Dixon
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AssigneeMeadWestvaco Corporation
InventorsYoko Matsuba, Steve P. Jones, John A. Gelardi, Marty Jones, Rodney D. Dixon
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A package includes an outer container and an inner receptacle. The outer container forming a cavity for the inner receptacle having an open or openable end through which the inner receptacle can be inserted. The package includes a two-part locking mechanism for locking the inner receptacle within the cavity of the outer container. The outer container includes a first part of the two-part locking mechanism and the inner receptacle includes a second part of the two-part locking mechanism. The outer container includes at least one demarcated pressing zone, wherein the at least one demarcated pressing zone is configured and/or stylised and/or shaped and/or arranged to encourage a user to apply a force directed inwardly of the outer container toward the cavity for deactivating the locking mechanism to thereby release the inner receptacle for its withdrawal at least partially from the outer container.
A package comprising an outer container and an inner receptacle, the outer container forming a cavity for the inner receptacle having an access end through which the inner receptacle can be inserted, the package comprising a two-part locking mechanism for locking the inner receptacle within the cavity of the outer container, the outer container comprising a first part of the two-part locking mechanism, the inner receptacle comprising a second part of the two-part locking mechanism, wherein the outer container comprises a top wall and a bottom wall hingedly connected together by a pair of side panels and at least one demarcated pressing zone, the top wall comprising a top panel, the bottom wall comprising inner and outer bottom panels, the at least one demarcated pressing zone being provided in at least one of the top panel and the outer bottom panel, the first part of the locking mechanism being provided the inner bottom panel, wherein the at least one demarcated pressing zone is configured to encourage a user to apply a force directed inwardly of the outer container toward the cavity for deactivating the locking mechanism so that the inner receptacle is released for withdrawal of the inner receptacle at least partially from the outer container, and wherein the at least one demarcated pressing zone is defined at least in part by graphical indicia printed on the at least one of the top panel and the outer bottom panel.
A package comprising an outer container and an inner receptacle, the outer container forming a cavity for the inner receptacle having an access end through which the inner receptacle can be inserted, the package comprising a two-part locking mechanism for locking the inner receptacle within the cavity of the outer container, the outer container comprising a first part of the two-part locking mechanism, the inner receptacle comprising a second part of the two-part locking mechanism, wherein the outer container comprises a top wall and a bottom wall hingedly connected together by a pair of side panels and at least one demarcated pressing zone, the top wall comprising a top panel, the bottom wall comprising inner and outer bottom panels, the at least one demarcated pressing zone being provided in at least one of the top panel and the outer bottom panel, the first part of the locking mechanism being provided by the inner bottom panel, wherein the at least one demarcated pressing zone is configured to encourage a user to apply a force directed inwardly of the outer container toward the cavity for deactivating the locking mechanism so that the inner receptacle is released for withdrawal of the inner receptacle at least partially from the outer container, and wherein the at least one demarcated pressing zone is defined at least in part by a depression made in the at least one of the top panel and the outer bottom panel.
A blank for forming an outer container for lockably receiving an inner receptacle, the outer container comprising a sleeve structure having a closed rear end and a front access end, and a locking mechanism for engaging the inner receptacle in the sleeve structure, the blank comprising an outer bottom panel hingedly connected by a first side panel to one of opposed side edges of a top panel, an inner bottom panel hingedly connected by a second side panel to the other of the opposed side edges of the top panel, and at least one demarcated pressing zone provided in at least one of the top panel and the outer bottom panel, the locking mechanism comprising an engaging edge provided by the inner bottom panel, wherein the at least one demarcated pressing zone is configured to encourage a user to apply a force directed inwardly of the sleeve structure for disengaging the inner receptacle from the locking mechanism so that the inner receptacle is released for withdrawal of the inner receptacle at least partially from the outer container, and wherein the at least one demarcated pressing zone is defined at least in part by a depression made in the at least one of the top panel and the outer bottom panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.