US 12,221,261 B2
Package with product locking assembly
Andrew James Piejko-Brown, Providence, RI (US); Ryan Thomas Wilson, Clover, SC (US); and Yui Him Ludwig Leung, North Point (HK)
Assigned to HASBRO, INC., Pawtucket, RI (US)
Appl. No. 17/926,922
Filed by HASBRO, INC., Pawtucket, RI (US)
PCT Filed May 21, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/033522
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/237003, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/028,270, filed on May 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0234764 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 73/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 73/0014 (2013.01) 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A package, comprising:
a product display panel to which a product is to be secured, the product display panel comprising at least one opening for receiving a product locking assembly;
the product locking assembly comprising:
a locking element comprising a base and an extended portion extending from the base and at least one projection extending outwardly from the extended portion; and
a receiving element disposed in or attached to the product, the receiving element comprising an aperture having a first end and an inwardly disposed second end,
wherein:
the extended portion of the locking element is adapted to fit through the opening in the product display panel and be inserted into the receiving element to a first position such that the product display panel is secured to the product and the at least one projection engages with a first retaining structure of the receiving element such that the locking element cannot be withdrawn from the receiving element, and
the locking element is adapted to be further inserted into the aperture after removal of the product display panel from the product to a second position such that the at least one projection engages with a second retaining structure of the receiving element.