Packaging System with slidable latch

• US 10,301,081 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2017
• Issued: 05/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Inventors: Krieger, Dana, Enright, Michelle, Chung, Matthew Ka-Ming, Reichert, Stefan, Etchison, Jeremiah Robert, Palmer, Christopher George
• Primary Examiner(s): Poon, Robert
• Application Number:
  US15/838,302
• Publication Number:
  US 20180099788A1
• Time in Patent Office: 533 Days
• Field of Search: 22912519, 22912521, 22912537, 22912232, 220 2389, 220 2391, 220324, 220676, 206 15
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2543/00537 on the outside, or a part turned to the outside of the mouth of the container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2543/00824 Means for facilitating removing of the closure
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 43/12 guided for removal by sliding
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/643 held in closed position by application of separate elements, e.g. clips, straps B65D5/6611, B65D5/6673 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/68 Telescope flanged lids

Abstract

Implementations herein may involve a packaging system including a first box part including a plurality of lid walls, where a first lid wall comprises an aperture and a latch slidably disposed within the aperture. The packaging system may also include a second box part having a plurality of tray walls, where a first tray wall comprises a channel sized to slidably receive the latch. The channel may include an assembly channel segment and a locking channel segment, where the assembly channel segment intersects an edge of the first tray wall. Further, the second box part may be configured to fit within the first box part such that a) the assembly channel segment is aligned with the latch when the latch is in a first position within the aperture, and b) the latch is slidable within the locking channel segment to a second position.

Claims

1. A packaging system comprising:

a first box part comprising a plurality of lid walls, wherein a first lid wall comprises an aperture;

a latch slidably disposed within the aperture, the latch having a slide flange substantially parallel to the first lid wall, wherein the latch is slidable in a direction parallel to the first lid wall; and

a second box part comprising a plurality of tray walls, wherein a first tray wall comprises a channel sized to slidably receive the latch, wherein the channel comprises an assembly channel segment and a locking channel segment, wherein the assembly channel segment intersects an edge of the first tray wall, wherein when the second box part is fit within the first box part, a) the assembly channel segment is aligned with the latch when the latch is in a first position within the aperture, and b) the latch is slidable within the locking channel segment to a second position.

2. The packaging system of claim 1, wherein the first lid wall comprises two adjacent walls, and wherein the slide flange is slibably disposed between the two adjacent walls of the first lid wall.

3. The packaging system of claim 1, wherein the first lid wall further comprises a plate substantially parallel with the first lid wall, wherein the plate comprises an aperture that is substantially aligned with the aperture of the first lid wall, and wherein the slide flange is slidably contained within the first lid wall by the plate.

4. The packaging system of claim 3, wherein the plate is a back plate, wherein the first lid wall further comprises a front plate, wherein the front plate comprises an aperture, wherein the front plate and the back plate are coupled together such that the apertures of a) the first lid wall, b) the front plate, and c) the back plate are substantially aligned, and wherein the slide flange is slidably contained within a cavity between the front plate and the back plate.

5. The packaging system of claim 1, wherein the slide flange further comprises at least one notch sized to engage at least one protrusion of the first lid wall, wherein the at least one notch and the at least one protrusion are engaged when the latch is in the second position.

6. The packaging system of claim 5, wherein the at least one notch and the at least one protrusion are further engaged when the latch is in the first position.

7. The packaging system of claim 5, wherein the first lid wall further comprises a plate substantially parallel with the first lid wall, wherein the plate comprises an aperture that is substantially aligned with the aperture of the first lid wall, and wherein the slide flange is slidably contained within the first lid wall by the plate, and wherein the at least one protrusion is located on the plate.

8. The packaging system of claim 7, wherein the plate is a first plate, wherein the first lid wall further comprises a second plate, wherein the second plate comprises an aperture, wherein the first plate and the second plate are coupled together such that the apertures of a) the first lid wall, b) the first plate, and c) the second plate are substantially aligned, wherein the slide flange is slidably contained within a cavity between the first plate and the second plate, and wherein the at least one protrusion is located on the front plate or the back plate.

9. The packaging system of claim 1, wherein the latch is slidable within the aperture along a single axis.

10. A package comprising:

a first box part comprising a plurality of lid walls, wherein a first lid wall comprises an aperture;

a second box part comprising a plurality of tray walls, the first box part and the second box part together forming the package, wherein a first tray wall comprises an assembly channel segment sized to receive the latch, wherein a first end of the assembly channel segment intersects an edge of the first tray wall, wherein a second end of the assembly channel segment intersects a locking channel segment, and wherein the locking channel segment is aligned with the aperture of the first lid wall; and

a latch slidably disposed in a locked position within the aperture and the locking channel segment, the latch having a slide flange substantially parallel to the first lid wall, wherein when the latch is slid in a direction parallel to the first lid wall to an unlocked position within the aperture and the locking channel segment, the latch is aligned with the assembly channel segment.

11. The packaging system of claim 10, wherein the first lid wall comprises two adjacent walls, and wherein the slide flange is slibably disposed between the two adjacent walls of the first lid wall.

12. The packaging system of claim 10, wherein the first lid wall further comprises a plate substantially parallel with the first lid wall, wherein the plate comprises an aperture that is substantially aligned with the aperture of the first lid wall, and wherein the slide flange is slidably contained within the first lid wall by the plate.

13. The packaging system of claim 12, wherein the plate is a back plate, wherein the first lid wall further comprises a front plate, wherein the front plate comprises an aperture, wherein the front plate and the back plate are coupled together such that the apertures of a) the first lid wall, b) the front plate, and c) the back plate are substantially aligned, and wherein the slide flange is slidably contained within a cavity between the front plate and the back plate.

14. The packaging system of claim 10, wherein the slide flange further comprises at least one notch engaged with at least one protrusion of the first lid wall.

15. The packaging system of claim 14, wherein the at least one notch and the at least one protrusion are further engaged when the latch is in the unlocked position within the aperture and the locking channel segment.

16. The packaging system of claim 14, wherein the first lid wall further comprises a plate substantially parallel with the first lid wall, wherein the plate comprises an aperture that is substantially aligned with the aperture of the first lid wall, and wherein the slide flange is slidably contained within the first lid wall by the plate, and wherein the at least one protrusion is located on the plate.

17. The packaging system of claim 16, wherein the plate is a first plate, wherein the first lid wall further comprises a second plate, wherein the second plate comprises an aperture, wherein the first plate and the second plate are coupled together such that the apertures of a) the first lid wall, b) the first plate, and c) the second plate are substantially aligned, wherein the slide flange is slidably contained within a cavity between the first plate and the second plate, and wherein the at least one protrusion is located on the front plate or the back plate.

18. A method of assembling a package comprising:

aligning a first lid wall of a plurality of lid walls of a first box part with a first tray wall of a plurality of tray walls of a second box part, the first box part and the second box part together forming the package, wherein the first lid wall comprises an aperture, wherein a latch is slidably disposed within the aperture, the latch having a slide flange substantially parallel to the first lid wall, wherein the first tray wall comprises an assembly channel segment sized to slidably receive the latch in a first position within the aperture when the first lid wall is aligned with the second lid wall, wherein a first end of the assembly channel segment intersects an edge of the first tray wall, wherein a second end of the assembly channel segment intersects a locking channel segment, and wherein aligning the first lid wall with the first tray wall comprises aligning the aperture of the first lid wall with the locking channel segment of the first tray wall; and

after aligning the aperture of the first lid wall with the locking channel segment of the first tray wall, sliding the latch, in a direction parallel to the first lid wall, to a second position within the aperture, wherein sliding the latch to the second position within the aperture further comprises sliding the latch within the locking channel segment.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein sliding the latch within the aperture to the second position comprises:

engaging at least one notch located on the slide flange with at least one protrusion of the first lid wall when the latch is in the second position within the aperture.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the at least one notch is engaged with the at least one protrusion when the latch is in the first position, the method further comprising:

before sliding the latch to the second position within the aperture, disengaging the at least one notch from the at least one protrusion when the latch is in the first position.