Child-proof paper or cardboard container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12420995-B2
Application number	US-202418639310-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2024
Priority date	Apr 6, 2021
Publication date	Sep 23, 2025
Grant date	Sep 23, 2025

Abstract

A container for detergent pods includes a container body and a movable cover, wherein the movable cover has a pair of engagement tabs which, in a closed configuration, engage respective windows to form child-proof engagement formations. The container body and the movable cover are entirely made of paper or cardboard and can be recycled as a paper waste without the need of removing any plastic part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A paper or cardboard container, comprising:
a container body having an aperture and a movable cover removably applied to said aperture and movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration,
wherein the container body comprises a bottom wall, a pair of body front walls parallel to each other and orthogonal to the bottom wall, and a pair of body side walls parallel to each other and orthogonal to the bottom wall, wherein each of said body side walls comprises an outer layer having a through hole and an inner layer having a through window facing the through hole of the outer layer, wherein the inner layer of each of said body side walls has a flap folded orthogonal to the inner layer and extending along a lower edge of the through window,
wherein the movable cover comprises a top wall, and a pair of cover sides parallel to each other and orthogonal to the top wall, wherein each of said cover sides has an engagement tab folded over a respective outer surface of said cover sides, and wherein the movable cover is detachable from the container body,
wherein in said closed configuration the outer surfaces of said cover sides are in contact with respective portions of inner surfaces of respective body side walls, and wherein in said closed configuration the engagement tabs of the cover sides engage into respective through windows of said body side walls and retain the movable cover to the container body,
wherein said flaps prevent that the cover is pushed into the container body beyond a position in which the engagement tabs are engaged into the respective through windows, and wherein the movable cover is configured to be released from the container body by pressing inwardly on said engagement tabs, which are accessible via said through holes, and
wherein the inner layer of each of said body side walls is formed by a first portion connected to the bottom wall of the container body by a first folding line, and wherein the outer layer of each of said body side walls is formed by two second portions connected to respective body front walls of the container body by respective second folding lines.

2. The paper or cardboard container of claim 1 , wherein said engagement tabs and said through windows are located in central portions of said cover sides and body side walls, respectively.

3. A paper or cardboard blank for producing a paper or cardboard container according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Fameccanica Data Spa

Inventors

• Zirollo Angelo

Classifications

• B65D2215/02

  requiring the combination of simultaneous actions · CPC title

• B65D5/6652

  Flaps or tabs provided at the side edges of the lid only · CPC title

• B65D5/28

  with extensions of sides permanently secured to adjacent sides, with sides permanently secured together by adhesive strips, or with sides held in place solely by rigidity of material · CPC title

• B65D5/0227

  with end closures formed by inward folding of flaps and securing them by heat-sealing, by applying adhesive to the flaps or by staples · CPC title

• B65D5/6608

  the lid being held in closed position by self-locking integral flaps · CPC title