US 11,932,451 B2
System and method for connecting multi-part container with inter-connecting features
Julie Corbett, Oakland, CA (US); Gregory Rodrigues, San Francisco, CA (US); Romeo Graham, Ottawa (CA); Robert Watters, Ottawa (CA); Philip Streets, Ottawa (CA); and Luc Boucher, Ottawa (CA)
Assigned to ECO.LOGIC BRANDS INC., Manteca, CA (US)
Filed by ECO.LOGIC BRANDS INC., Manteca, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/861,892.
Application 17/861,892 is a continuation of application No. 16/561,312, filed on Sep. 5, 2019, granted, now 11,383,887.
Application 16/561,312 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2018/021314, filed on Mar. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/468,255, filed on Mar. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0340335 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 25/18 (2006.01); B31B 105/00 (2017.01); B65D 25/16 (2006.01); B65D 6/00 (2006.01); B65D 8/02 (2006.01); B65D 65/46 (2006.01); B65D 77/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 25/16 (2013.01) [B65D 25/18 (2013.01); B31B 2105/00 (2017.08); B65D 11/08 (2013.01); B65D 13/04 (2013.01); B65D 65/466 (2013.01); B65D 77/06 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for forming or assembling a container, the method comprising:
providing a first set of inter-connecting features at a first portion of the container and a second set of inter-connecting features formed at a second portion of the container;
providing at least one retention structure associated with at least one of the first set of inter-connecting features and the second set of inter-connecting features;
engaging the first set of inter-connecting features and the second set of inter-connecting features using the at least one retention structure;
locking the first set of inter-connecting features in engagement with the second set of inter-connecting features to form the container, wherein locking the first set of inter-connecting features with the second set of inter-connecting features includes flexing the first set of inter-connecting features against the second set of inter-connecting features; and
retracting the at least one retention structure while retaining the locked engagement between the first set of inter-connecting features and the second set of inter-connecting features.