Container
AssigneeAbbott Laboratories
InventorsJeremy McBroom, James Perry
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Abstract
A container (10) for holding granular or powdered material. The container (10) includes walls, a collar (14), a lid (16) and a latch (200). The walls define an interior space (26) and an upper portion, the upper portion defining a sealing flange (30) and an opening to the interior space. The collar (14) is attached to the upper portion. The lid 816) is attached to the collar (14) for positioning between an open position and a closed position, and adapted to cover the opening while in the closed position. The latch (200) is attached to an outer surface of the lid (16). The latch may have an actuator (202) rotatable in two directions relative to the lid and detachably engaged to a catch (220) which protrudes from an outside surface of the collar (14).
Claims16
A container comprising:
- walls defining an interior space and an upper portion, the upper portion defining a sealing flange having an internal edge which defines an opening to the interior space;
- a collar attached to the upper portion;
- a lid attached to the collar for positioning between an open position and a closed position, and adapted to cover the opening while in the closed position;
- a latch attached to an outer surface of the lid, the latch having an actuator rotatable in two directions relative to the lid and detachably engaged to a catch, the catch protruding from an outside surface of the collar;
- a cooperatively shaped engagement block to limit a rotation of a top portion of the actuator in a direction toward the lid;
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- wherein the collar further comprises an upwardly protruding flag, the flag positioned to nest behind the engagement block with the lid in the closed position.
A container comprising:
- walls defining an interior space and an upper portion, the upper portion defining a sealing flange having an internal edge which defines an opening to the interior space;
- a collar attached to the upper portion;
- a lid attached to the collar for positioning between an open position and a closed position, and adapted to cover the opening while in the closed position;
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- a latch attached to an outer surface of the lid, the latch having an actuator rotatable in two directions relative to the lid and detachably engaged to a catch, the catch protruding from an outside surface of the collar;
- wherein the lid further comprises a cooperatively shaped engagement block to limit a rotation of a top portion of the actuator in a direction toward the lid, and the collar further comprises an upwardly protruding flag, the flag positioned to nest behind the engagement block with the lid in the closed position;
- wherein a rotation of a top portion of the actuator in a direction toward the lid combined with upward lifting of a bottom portion of the actuator disengages the actuator from the catch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.