US 11,932,468 B2
Detergent product container with lock
Paulus Antonius Augustinus Hoefte, Astene (BE); Clara Sophie Lea Ng Pakleung, Astene (BE); Joost Peter Leflere, Mechelen (BE); and Robby Renilde Francois Keuleers, Lippelo (BE)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on May 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/313,060.
Claims priority of application No. 20173780 (EP), filed on May 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0347524 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 5/68 (2006.01); B65D 85/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 5/68 (2013.01) [B65D 85/70 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A consumer product comprising a detergent product and a container, the container comprising a box, a lid for the box, and a lock to maintain the lid in a closed position, the box comprising the detergent product, the box comprising a base, sidewalls, and an opening opposite the base, the lid comprising a top and flanks, the top covering the opening and at least a portion of the flanks covering at least a specific portion of the sidewalls when the lid is in the closed position, the lid being moveable from the closed position to an open position, the lock comprising an actuator moveable from a locking position to an opening position by applying an actuation pressure onto the actuator when the lid is in the closed position, the actuator being connected to the specific portion of the sidewalls, the actuator abutting against a locking tab of the flanks when in the locking position, the actuator being maintained away from the locking tab when in the opening position, the actuator being displaceable by the actuation pressure by an unlocking displacement distance in a direction normal to the specific portion of the sidewalls, whereby the lid further comprises a support element, the support element entering the opening when the lid is in the closed position, at least part of the specific portion of the sidewalls being located between the flanks and the support element when the lid is in the closed position, a clearance distance separating the sidewall from the support element in a direction normal to the specific portion of the sidewall when the lid is in the closed position and when no actuation pressure is applied, the clearance distance being reduced to zero by flexing of the specific portion of the sidewall when the actuation pressure is applied above a pressure threshold when the lid is in the closed position.