Patent Application
20190256242
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The disclosed subject matter is in the field of child resistant packaging.
Frequently, packages contain goods that may not be suitable for young children because they may be a choking hazard or they may cause adverse effects if ingested. Young children comprise a disproportionately large percentage of poisoning cases with the National Capital Poison Center reporting children younger than 6 years comprising nearly half of all poison exposures. Accordingly, there are dozens of child-proof boxes and packages in the market that help prevent children from accessing the contents of a box or package.
Previous child-proof packages require expensive manufacturing and exhibit complex locking mechanisms that require the use of both hands, an obstacle for senior adults and those suffering from conditions affecting their dexterity.
Thus, there exists a need for a box that can be manufactured inexpensively and operate with ease. Accordingly, the present invention is a child-proof package that can be manufactured efficiently and inexpensively, but still provides effective child-proof elements that requires sequenced and specific manipulation.
In view of the foregoing, an object of this specification is to disclose a child-resistant packaging. In a typical embodiment, the packaging comprises a single-piece rigid boxing material exhibiting a size-varying double-tabbed locking mechanism.
Other objectives of the disclosure will become apparent to those skilled in the art once the invention has been shown and described. The manner in which these objectives and other desirable characteristics can be obtained is explained in the following description and attached figures in which:
In the figures, the following reference numerals represent the associated components of the disclosed device:
It is to be noted, however, that the appended figures illustrate only typical embodiments of this invention and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for the invention may admit to other equally effective embodiments that will be appreciated by those reasonably skilled in the relevant arts. Also, figures are not necessarily made to scale but are representative.
Disclosed is a child-resistant packaging. In use, the device may be used to protectively package and seal materials to prevent child access to enclosed items.
In a preferred embodiment, the child-resistant packaging 1000 may be opened through: (1) extraction of the truncated tab 1300 from the truncated tab slot 1430 until the tab connector 1210 can travel along the connector tab slot 1440; (2) superior movement of the connector tab 1210 upwards along the connecting tab slot 1440 until the elongated tab 1200 is in proximity to the elongated tab slot 1420; (3) subsequent extraction/withdrawal of the elongated tab 1200 from the elongated tab slot 1420; and (4) lifting of the lid 1400 to create an opening at the top of the child-resistant packaging 1000. As shown in
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Although the method and apparatus is described above in terms of various exemplary embodiments and implementations, it should be understood that the various features, aspects and functionality described in one or more of the individual embodiments are not limited in their applicability to the particular embodiment with which they are described, but instead might be applied, alone or in various combinations, to one or more of the other embodiments of the disclosed method and apparatus, whether or not such embodiments are described and whether or not such features are presented as being a part of a described embodiment. Thus the breadth and scope of the claimed invention should not be limited by any of the above-described embodiments.
Terms and phrases used in this document, and variations thereof, unless otherwise expressly stated, should be construed as open-ended as opposed to limiting. As examples of the foregoing: the term “including” should be read as meaning “including, without limitation” or the like, the term “example” is used to provide exemplary instances of the item in discussion, not an exhaustive or limiting list thereof, the terms “a” or “an” should be read as meaning “at least one,” “one or more,” or the like, and adjectives such as “conventional,” “traditional,” “normal,” “standard,” “known” and terms of similar meaning should not be construed as limiting the item described to a given time period or to an item available as of a given time, but instead should be read to encompass conventional, traditional, normal, or standard technologies that might be available or known now or at any time in the future. Likewise, where this document refers to technologies that would be apparent or known to one of ordinary skill in the art, such technologies encompass those apparent or known to the skilled artisan now or at any time in the future.
The presence of broadening words and phrases such as “one or more,” “at least,” “but not limited to” or other like phrases in some instances shall not be read to mean that the narrower case is intended or required in instances where such broadening phrases might be absent. The use of the term “assembly” does not imply that the components or functionality described or claimed as part of the module are all configured in a common package. Indeed, any or all of the various components of a module, whether control logic or other components, might be combined in a single package or separately maintained and might further be distributed across multiple locations.
Additionally, the various embodiments set forth herein are described in terms of exemplary block diagrams, flow charts and other illustrations. As will become apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art after reading this document, the illustrated embodiments and their various alternatives might be implemented without confinement to the illustrated examples. For example, block diagrams and their accompanying description should not be construed as mandating a particular architecture or configuration.
All original claims submitted with this specification are incorporated by reference in their entirety as if fully set forth herein.
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 29/637,907, filed on Feb. 22, 2018, entitled “Child-Resistant Package.”
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | 29637907 | Feb 2018 | US |
| Child | 15927972 | US |
