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US 9,132,945 B1Granted
Push button lock
OwnerBrandon Ray Midboeinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a combination lock. The lock is particularly adapted for locking a container such as a pill bottle and includes a push button lid with a plurality of push button tabs. The tabs include indicia and a plurality of protrusions that mate with recesses located, for example, on a container or a receiver tube. In some embodiments, some of the recesses include a ramp that is configured to move a protrusion laterally when the protrusion moves along the ramp so that the lid can be lifted off of the container.
Claims30
A container lock comprising:
- A) a container comprising a container interior, a container exterior, a container bottom and a container top;
- B) a lock located at the container top, the lock configured to removably close the container top, the lock comprising:
- i) a push button lid comprising a plurality of push button tabs, the push button tabs each having
- a) a top side, the top side comprising a top side interior surface facing the container top and a top side exterior surface opposite to the top side interior surface, the top side exterior surface comprising an indicia;
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- b) a side tab, the side tab extending downwardly from the top side at approximately a 90 degree angle relative to the top side, the side tab having a top portion, a bottom portion, a side tab height extending from the top portion to the bottom portion, a side tab interior surface facing the container and a side tab exterior surface opposite the side tab interior surface, the side tab having a scoring line configured to allow a user to remove the bottom portion, the side tab interior surface comprising a plurality of protrusions, the plurality of protrusions spaced along the side tab height;
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- ii) a receiver tube, the receiver tube comprising a receiver tube top, a receiver tube bottom, a receiver tube height extending from the receiver tube top to the receiver tube bottom, a receiver tube interior surface facing the container, a receiver tube exterior surface opposite the receiver tube interior surface, and a substantially hollow interior, the receiver tube exterior surface comprising a plurality of recesses spaced along the receiver tube height and configured to receive the protrusions.
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A container lock comprising:
- A) a container comprising a container interior, a container exterior, a container bottom, a container top, a container height extending from the container bottom to the container top, and a plurality of recesses spaced along the container height;
- B) a lock located at the container top, the lock configured to removably close the container top, the lock comprising:
- i) a generally circular push button lid configured to rotate about the container top and comprising a plurality of push button tabs, the push button tabs each having
- a) a top side, the top side comprising a top side interior surface facing the container top and a top side exterior surface opposite to the top side interior surface, the top side exterior surface comprising an indicia;
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- b) a side tab, the side tab extending downwardly from the top side at approximately a 90 degree angle relative to the top side, the side tab having a top portion, a bottom portion, a side tab height extending from the top portion to the bottom portion, a side tab interior surface facing the container and a side tab exterior surface opposite the side tab interior surface, the side tab having a scoring line configured to allow a user to remove the bottom portion, the side tab interior surface comprising a plurality of protrusions, the plurality of protrusions spaced along the side tab height,
- wherein the plurality of recesses are configured to receive the protrusions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.