Flat pack ramp lever

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9738426-B1
Application number	US-201414189852-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Feb 25, 2014
Priority date	Feb 26, 2013
Publication date	Aug 22, 2017
Grant date	Aug 22, 2017

Abstract

A package comprises a latch including first and second legs and an actuating portion. The first and second legs are joined at an angle. The actuator portion of the first leg is positioned to be displaced generally laterally to displace the second leg generally longitudinally to release the latch. In another embodiment the package has base wells on the inside surface. A generally flat marginal sealing surface encircles the first and second base wells. The wells of the base and/or lid are covered with a cover sheet to close them. Still another embodiment is a child-resistant container comprising a shell, two drawers, a stop, and a latch. The drawers are prevented from sliding apart past a limit of travel when one drawer is open sufficiently to provide access to its contents and the other drawer is not.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A package comprising:
a first shell portion;
a second shell portion that removably affixes to the first shell portion to move the package between an opened position and a closed position, the second shell portion having first and second catches and at least one lid ramp;
first and second latches that respectively engage said first and second catches when the package is in the closed position for releasably latching the first shell portion and second shell portion together, the first and second latches each having an actuator portion adapted to be displaced by a user to release the first and second latches from engagement with the first and second catches, each of the first and second latches also including a latch ramp, the latch ramp configured to engage the lid ramp when the actuator portion is displaced to at least partially raise the unlatched second shell portion to facilitate moving the package from the opened position to the closed position; and
a button assembly on said second shell portion that interfaces with the first and second latches, said button assembly requiring activation simultaneously with said displacement of the first and second latches by the user, said button assembly including a button, a tab, and a cavity, said button assembly adapted to be displaced from a locked position to an unlocked position, said tab positioned to be adjacent to an end portion of said at least one latch when said button assembly is in the locked position to prevent the displacement of said first and second latches, said button assembly configured to align the cavity with the end portion of said first and second latches when said button assembly is in an unlocked position to allow the displacement of said first and second latches.

2. The package of claim 1 , further comprising a hinge that pivotally joins the first shell portion and the second shell portion, wherein the first shell portion and the second shell portion pivot about the hinge to move between the opened position and the closed position.

3. The package of claim 1 , wherein the latch ramp extends from the actuator portion.

4. The package of claim 1 , wherein the lid ramp is formed integrally with the catch.

5. The package of claim 1 , wherein the engagement of the lid ramp and the latch ramp compromises a seal formed within the package.

6. The package of claim 1 , wherein the latch ramp and the lid ramp comprise mating sloped surfaces.

7. A package comprising:
a first shell portion;
a second shell portion that pivotally couples to the first shell portion to move the package between an opened position and a closed position, the second shell portion having a catch;
a latch that engages the catch when the package is in the closed position, for releasably latching the first shell portion and second shell portion together, the latch having an end portion and an actuator portion, the actuator portion adapted to be displaced by a user to release the latch, allowing the package to move from the closed position to the opened position; and
a button assembly, having a button that moves between a locked position that prevents displacement of the latch, and an unlocked position that permits displacement of the latch, or from the unlocked position to the locked position, allowing the package to move from the closed position to the opened position or from the open position to the closed position.

8. The package of claim 7 , wherein a tab abuts the end portion of the latch when the package is in the closed position, to prevent displacement of the latch.

9. The package of claim 7 , further comprising a hinge that pivotally joins the first shell portion and the second shell portion, wherein the first shell portion and the second shell portion pivot about the hinge to move between the opened position and the closed position.

10. A package comprising:
a first shell portion;
a second shell portion that pivotally couples to the first shell portion to move the package between an opened position and a closed position, the second shell portion having a catch;
a latch that engages the catch when the package is in the closed position, for releasably latching the first shell portion and second shell portion together, the latch having an end portion and an actuator portion, the actuator portion adapted to be displaced by a user to release the latch, allowing the package to move from the closed position to the opened position; and
a button assembly that moves between a locked position that prevents displacement of the latch, and an unlocked position that permits displacement of the latch, allowing the package to move from the closed position to the opened position, wherein the button assembly includes a button, the tab, and a cavity, the tab positioned to be adjacent to the end portion of the latch when the button assembly is in the locked position to prevent the displacement of the latch, the button assembly configured to align the cavity with the end portion of the latch when the button assembly is in the unlocked position to allow the displacement of the latch.

11. A package comprising:
a first shell portion;
a second shell portion that pivotally couples to the first shell portion to move the package between an opened position and a closed position, the second shell portion having a catch;
a latch that engages the catch when the package is in the closed position, for releasably latching the first shell portion and second shell portion together, the latch having an end portion and an actuator portion, the actuator portion adapted to be displaced by a user to release the latch, allowing the package to move from the closed position to the opened position; and
a button assembly that moves between a locked position that prevents displacement of the latch, and an unlocked position that permits displacement of the latch, allowing the package to move from the closed position to the opened position, wherein the button assembly further comprises at least one spring that biases the button assembly to the locked position.

12. A package comprising:
a first shell portion;
a second shell portion that pivotally couples to the first shell portion to move the package between an opened position and a closed position, the second shell portion having a catch;
a latch that engages the catch when the package is in the closed position, for releasably latching the first shell portion and second shell portion together, the latch having an end portion and an actuator portion, the actuator portion adapted to be displaced by a user to release the latch, allowing the package to move from the closed position to the opened position; and
a button assembly that moves between a locked position that prevents displacement of the latch, and an unlocked position that permits displacement of the latch, allowing the package to move from the closed position to the opened position, wherein the button assembly comprises a slot, and the first shell portion comprises a guide that slidably engages the slot to guide the button assembly between the locked position and the unlocked position.

13. A package, comprising:
a first shell portion that forms a base of the package;
a second shell portion that forms a lid of the package, the second shell portion being movable with respect to first shell portion to move the package between an opened position and a closed position, and including first and second catches;
first and second latches associated with the first shell portion, wherein the first and second latches respectively engage the first and second catches when the package is in the closed position for releasably latching the firs

Assignees

• Giraud Jean-Pierre
• Pichot Herve
• Csp Technologies Inc

Inventors

• Giraud Jean-Pierre
• Pichot Herve

Classifications

• B65D43/22

  Devices for holding in closed position, e.g. clips · CPC title

• B65D2251/1058

  Latching mechanisms · CPC title

• B65D2251/1016

  Means for locking the closure in closed position · CPC title

• B65D50/02 Primary

  openable or removable by the combination of plural actions · CPC title

• B65D50/04

  requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one ({B65D50/061} takes precedence) · CPC title