US 12,441,522 B2
Reclosable container comprising an assembly of a bin and a separate cover that is designed to close and lock the bin
Sigebertus Johannes Jacobus Jozef Meggelaars, Rijen (NL); and Robertus Franciscus Cornelia Maria Aarts, Rijen (NL)
Assigned to Curtec Nederland B.V., Rijen (NL)
Filed by Curtec Nederland B.V., Rijen (NL)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/219,212.
Claims priority of application No. 2032433 (NL), filed on Jul. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0010398 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B65D 45/20 (2006.01); B65D 21/02 (2006.01); B65D 45/04 (2006.01); B65D 45/18 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 45/04 (2013.01) [B65D 21/0219 (2013.01); B65D 45/18 (2013.01); B65D 45/20 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00296 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00574 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00666 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00694 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00805 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reclosable container comprising an assembly of a bin and a separate cover that is designed to close and lock the bin,
wherein the bin comprises a bottom wall and a vertical side wall connected thereto, said side wall comprising an upper zone that surrounds an access opening of the bin;
wherein the cover comprises an upper surface that is dimensioned to cover the access opening of the bin, wherein a perimeter of the upper surface is provided with a cover profile, said cover profile being formed complementary to the upper zone of the bin, so that the cover profile can be placed abutting on the upper zone of the bin in order to close the access opening of the bin;
wherein two opposite outer sides of the upper zone are each provided with a primary coupling body for locking the cover when the cover is placed in a closing position on the bin;
and wherein two opposite outer sides of the cover profile are each provided with a side flap that is provided with a window that is designed to engage on the primary coupling body so that a primary locking between cover and bin is achieved, wherein each side flap is connected tiltably to the cover profile in such a way that each side flap can be placed in a locking position and in an unlocking position, wherein the bin and cover form a locked assembly when both side flaps are in the locking position;
wherein each side flap is in addition provided on an inner side with a secondary coupling body that extends from the inner side and, when each side flap is put in the locking position, projects through a locking passage in the cover profile, and extends thereby into a receiving space that is provided on each of the two opposite outer sides of the upper zone of the bin, wherein the secondary coupling body is of a bendable configuration, so that:
i) in a static state of the locked assembly of the bin and the cover, the secondary coupling body is unbent and occupies an inactive position relative to the locking passage, and
ii) in a dynamic state of the locked assembly of the bin and the cover wherein the assembly is exposed to an impulse, as a result of which the secondary coupling body is bent towards an active position so that the secondary coupling body engages behind an inner edge of the locking passage, so that a secondary locking between cover and bin is achieved.