US 12,116,180 B2
Storage container provided with lid
Siu Wah Wong, Tortola (VG); and Tsan Ho Chan, Tortola (VG)
Assigned to KING'S FLAIR MARKETING LIMITED, Tortola (VG)
Appl. No. 17/268,785
Filed by KING'S FLAIR MARKETING LIMITED, Tortola (VG)
PCT Filed Aug. 15, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/056922
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/035814, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/833,077, filed on Apr. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/764,930, filed on Aug. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0253310 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 45/20 (2006.01); B65D 51/24 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 45/20 (2013.01) [B65D 51/242 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage container includes:
a container body having a bottom, a side wall extending upwardly from the bottom, an internal storage space surrounded by the side wall, a top edge and an open top defined by the top edge,
a lid placed on the container body for opening and closing the open top, comprising a plate-shaped portion and a neck portion extending downwardly from at least a part of opposite sides of the plate-shaped portion, and
an actuating apparatus configured to actuate the lid to move between a closed position where the storage container is closed and a release position where the storage container is ready to open,
characterized in that,
one or more body cam surfaces are arranged on an outer surface of the side wall of the container body at one or more positions adjacent to the open top, and one or more lid cam surfaces are arranged on an inner side surface of the neck portion of the lid in such a manner that the lid cam surfaces are configured to oppose the body cam surfaces respectively,
the lid is locked in the closed position by moving the lid in a first direction so as to bring the lid cam surfaces into abutment on and engage with the body cam surfaces, and the lid is moved to the release position by moving the lid in a second direction so as to disengage the lid cam surfaces from the body cam surface, and
the storage container further comprises a handle having a pivot through which the handle is pivotally mounted on the lid, and the actuating apparatus is configured as a gear rack and pinion mechanism, the gear rack and pinion mechanism comprising:
a gear rack arranged on a flange of the side wall of the container body, and
at least one gear portion engageable with the gear rack, wherein the gear portion is connected to the pivot of the handle and defines a plurality of pinions,
wherein pivotal movement of the handle relative to the lid drives the gear portion to rotate so that the plurality of pinions alternately engage with the gear rack, thereby moving the lid to cause the lid cam surfaces to engage with or disengage from the respective body cam surfaces.