U.S. patent application number 14/397698 was filed with the patent office on 2015-05-07 for container with an insert and a lid.
The applicant listed for this patent is Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.. Invention is credited to Thomas Hedley Maxwell-Wood.
Application Number | 20150122817 14/397698 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 46396587 |
Filed Date | 2015-05-07 |
United States Patent
Application |
20150122817 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Maxwell-Wood; Thomas
Hedley |
May 7, 2015 |
CONTAINER WITH AN INSERT AND A LID
Abstract
A container (1) comprising a body (30) having an open end, an
insert (40) arranged to fit inside the body and a lid (20) to close
the open end of the body. The insert is designed to accommodate a
product, and contacts the lid during opening to facilitate removal
of the lid from the body. The lid is arranged inside the periphery
of the open end of the body and the container is adapted to be
opened by a user by pushing down on a portion of the lid until it
engages with the insert, causing the opposite side of the lid to
lift up and thereby allowing the lid to be easily removed by a
user.
Inventors: |
Maxwell-Wood; Thomas Hedley;
(Oxfordshire, GB) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Crown Packaging Technology, Inc. |
Alsip |
IL |
US |
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Family ID: |
46396587 |
Appl. No.: |
14/397698 |
Filed: |
May 3, 2013 |
PCT Filed: |
May 3, 2013 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/EP2013/059318 |
371 Date: |
October 29, 2014 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
220/281 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65D 2543/00629
20130101; B65D 25/10 20130101; B65D 2543/00092 20130101; B65D
2543/00916 20130101; B65D 43/021 20130101; B65D 2543/00203
20130101; B65D 2543/00574 20130101; B65D 2543/00592 20130101; B65D
2543/00685 20130101; B65D 2543/0074 20130101; B65D 2543/00157
20130101; B65D 2543/00805 20130101; B65D 2543/0049 20130101; B65D
45/02 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
220/281 |
International
Class: |
B65D 45/02 20060101
B65D045/02 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
May 4, 2012 |
GB |
1207921.6 |
Claims
1. A container includes a body having an open end, an insert
arranged to fit inside the body and designed to accommodate a
product, and a lid to close the open end of the body, characterised
in that: the lid is arranged inside the periphery of the open end
of the body and the container is adapted to be opened by a user by
pushing down on a portion of the lid until it engages with the
insert, causing an opposite side of the lid to lift up allowing the
lid to be easily removed by a user.
2. A container according to claim 1, wherein the lid or the body
has one or more pips adapted to engage with the other of the open
end of the container body or the lid.
3. A container according to claim 1, wherein the insert is provided
with a cut away and the lid contacts the cut away during
opening.
4. A container according to claim 3, wherein the shape of the cut
away is modified to achieve different amounts of movement during
opening.
5. A container according to claim 1, wherein the lid has a recessed
panel.
6. A container according to claim 5, wherein the recessed panel is
embossed or textured.
7. A container according to claim 5, wherein the lid includes a
physical or visual indication of where to push to initiate opening.
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a container having a lid, a
body and an insert. The invention is particularly directed to an
arrangement which facilitates opening and subsequent removal of the
lid from the body. The insert is adapted to hold a product, is
arranged inside the body and is adapted to form an integral part of
the opening mechanism.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
[0002] Accordingly, the invention provides a container having a
body, which includes an insert designed to accommodate a product,
and a lid arranged to close the body, characterised in that the lid
is arranged inside the periphery of the open end of the body and
the container is adapted to be opened by a user by pushing down on
a portion of the lid until it engages with the insert, causing the
opposite side of the lid to lift up allowing the lid to be easily
removed by the user.
[0003] Conventionally, lids are fitted to the open end of a
container body, by overlapping the outside of the body side-wall.
The lid may be secured on the body by one of more beads on the
external surface of the side-wall of the body, which engage with
the internal surface of the side-wall of the lid. The internal
surface of the lid may also be provided with one or more beads or
recesses to co-operate with the beads on the body. Such lids can be
difficult to open, depending on the size and shape of the
container.
[0004] By contrast, the lid according to the invention is retained
inside the periphery of the open end of the body and secured
therein by pips on the external surface of the lid side-wall, which
engage with the curl at the open end of the body. The user pushes
down on the lower portion of the lid which pops the top of the lid
up, overcoming the engagement between the pips on the lid and the
curl on the body. This enables the consumer to remove the lid by
easily pulling the lid out of the container body.
[0005] Much less effort is required to push down a portion of the
lid than is required to pull the lid and body apart on a
conventional container and lid combination. Pushing down a portion
of the lid is partly assisted by the user's body-weight and thus, a
container according to the invention is able to be opened easier
and in more controlled manner.
[0006] The container according to the invention requires the insert
to become structural, because it must interact with the lid during
opening. The insert can be manufactured from a variety of
materials, but most commonly a vac-form or dense structural foam is
used.
[0007] Furthermore, the insert may be provided with a cut away, to
allow the lid to flip up. The shape, size and position of this cut
away may be varied to provide different amounts of movement.
[0008] The lid design may have a flat, recessed panel as shown in
the attached drawings, or the lid may be embossed or textured. The
lid design may also have some physical indication of where a user
should push to initiate opening.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0009] The present invention will now be described, by way of
example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in
which;
[0010] FIG. 1 shows an isometric view of a container according to
the invention in a closed position;
[0011] FIG. 2 shows an isometric view of the container of FIG. 1
after a user has pushed down on one side of the lid, which pops up
the opposite side of the lid;
[0012] FIG. 3 shows a cut through. cross-sectional view of the
container in the position shown in FIG. 2;
[0013] FIG. 4 shows an exploded isometric view of the container,
after the lid has been removed from the body exposing the insert
and product contained therein (not shown) to the user.
DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
[0014] Referring to FIG. 1, a container 1 according to the
invention includes a body 30 and a lid 20. The body 30 has a side
wall 32 and the lid 20 has a flat, recessed panel 22, which may be
embossed or textured (not shown).
[0015] Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, in order to open the container
lid 20 a user presses down on one side of the lid 20, which
disengages one or more pips 25 from a curl around the periphery of
the body 30 (not shown). As the user presses down on the lid 20, it
contacts a cut away 45 on the insert 40 (see FIG. 3), lifting the
opposite side of the lid 20, which may then simply be lifted off
the body 30. As previously described, the body 30 has a side-wall
32, a bottom or base 34 and an open top (not labelled).
[0016] As illustrated in FIG. 4, the container according to the
invention comprises a body 30, which accommodates an insert 40 and
a lid 20, which is arranged inside the open end of the body 30. One
or more pips 25 are provided on the external, depending side-wall
of the lid 20. The pips 25 are arranged to engage with a curl
around the periphery of the open end of the body (not shown)
[0017] It will be apparent to persons skilled in the art that
although a square section container is illustrated in the drawings,
the container may be provided with a section of different shapes,
for example triangular, round, or other complex shapes.
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