Safety container providing optional opening and closing arrangements

摘要

The present invention includes a lockable safety container that incorporates a pop-up lid to enable person having disabilities to open the safety container, while the safety container retains childproofing features. The childproofing features include a locking pin, a locking tab, and a slide detent. The locking pin is internally biased by a spring that urges the pin to slide in a slideway in the lid of the container. The locking pin may be locked into a closed position by positioning the locking tab into a lock-out position. In the lock-out position, the locking tab cannot slide within a mating slot in the lid and thus the locking pin cannot slide in the slideway in the lid. The childproofing features of the safety container may require the user to engage in at two least distinct hand motions in order to open the container.

主权项

1. A safety container, comprising:
a. a container body having a locking slot in an upper rim of said body; b. a container lid having a convex structure, wherein said container lid must be compressed into said upper rim of said container body in order to conform to said upper rim, and said container lid comprises a central portion, a first lateral portion, and a second lateral portion, wherein said central portion, said first lateral portion, and said second lateral portion are integrally formed, and said first portion is attached to said central portion at a first oblique angle, and said second portion is attached to said central portion at a second oblique angle, wherein said first oblique angle and said second oblique angle result in said convex structure of said container lid; c. a locking pin slidably mounted within a pin channel in said container lid and adapted to move between: (i) a closed position lockingly engaging the locking slot; and (ii) an opening position in which the locking pin is disengaged from the locking slot; d. a locking tab slot within the container lid; and e. a locking tab rotatably mounted in the container lid moveable to rotate between: (i) an unlocked position in which the locking tab may penetrate the locking tab slot and allow relative movement between the container lid and the locking pin, and (ii) a lock-out position in which the locking tab may not penetrate the locking tab slot thereby preventing relative movement between the container lid and locking pin.