Child-proof container and process of making the same

1 . A child-proof container comprising:

a storage defining a compartment for housing at least one product, the storage having lateral walls defining at least one passage opening delimited by an edge, said passage opening being configured to put the compartment in communication with the external environment,

at least one closure system relatively movable with respect to the storage at least between:

a closure condition where the closure system interdicts communication between the compartment of the storage and the external environment, and

an open condition where the closure system allows communication between the compartment and the external environment,

at least one first coupling portion carried by the closure system, and

at least one second coupling portion carried by the storage,

wherein the first and second coupling portions, in the closure condition, are configured to engage with each other to define a locking condition of the container where said first and second coupling portions prevent the closure system from switching from the closure condition to the open condition,

wherein the second coupling portion comprises:

at least one first panel comprising at least one through opening at least partially delimited by a gripping edge, and

at least one second panel facing the first panel,

wherein the first panel is interposed between said second panel and a lateral wall of the lateral walls of the storage directly carrying the second coupling portion,

wherein the second panel is arranged at the through opening of the first panel to define, in cooperation with said through opening of the first panel, a blind seat configured to house, during the closure condition of the closure system, at least part of the first coupling portion,

wherein the first coupling portion comprises a first tab and a second tab in sheet material and the first tab and the second tab at least partially overlapping each other,

wherein at least one of the first tab and second tab, in the closure condition, is arranged at least partially in the blind seat and is engaged to the gripping edge of the first panel of the second coupling portion to define the locking condition, and

wherein the first tab of the first coupling portion, in the locking condition, is arranged in the blind seat of the first panel of the second coupling portion, in interposition between the second tab of the first coupling portion and the second panel of the second coupling portion.

2 . The child-proof container according to claim 1 , wherein the first tab is parallel and constrained to the second tab.

3 . The child-proof container according to claim 1 , wherein the second panel is directly engaged and overlapped to the first panel,

wherein the first and second panels of the second coupling portion lie on respective planes, wherein the lying plane of the first panel is substantially parallel to the lying plane of the second panel.

4 . The child-proof container according to claim 1 , wherein the second tab of the first coupling portion, in the locking condition, is interposed between the lateral wall of the storage directly carrying the second coupling portion and the first tab of the first coupling portion.

5 . The child-proof container according to claim 1 , wherein the second tab of the first coupling portion, in the locking condition, is at least partially in direct contact, from one side, with the lateral wall of the storage directly carrying the second coupling portion and with the first tab of the first coupling portion itself.

6 . The child-proof container according to claim 1 , wherein the second coupling portion is at least partially movable relative to the storage at least between:

a blocking position where the second coupling portion is configured to engage the first coupling portion, and

a release position where the second coupling portion is configured to disengage the first coupling portion to allow the closure system to switch from the closure condition to the open condition.

7 . The child-proof container according to claim 6 , wherein the gripping edge, in the blocking position, has a distance from the lateral wall of the storage directly carrying the second coupling portion that is less than a distance between said gripping edge and the lateral wall when the second coupling portion is in the release position.

8 . The child-proof container according to claim 6 , wherein at least part of the first panel and at least part of the second panel is movable relative to the storage to define:

the blocking position of the second coupling portion where said first and second panels are alongside the lateral wall of the storage directly carrying said second coupling portion and configured to allow the blocking of the first coupling portion in the blind seat, and

the release position of the second coupling portion where said first and second panels are at least partially spaced from the lateral wall of the storage directly carrying said second coupling portion to allow disengagement of the first coupling portion from the blind seat.

9 . The child-proof container according to claim 8 , wherein the first panel and the second panel of the second coupling portion, in the blocking position, are substantially parallel to a lying plane of the lateral wall of the storage directly carrying said second coupling portion.

10 . The child-proof container according to claim 9 , wherein a tilt angle between a lying plane of the first and second panels and a lying plane of the lateral wall of the storage directly carrying the second coupling portion, in the release position, is in a range of two degrees to twenty degrees.

11 . The child-proof container according to claim 1 , wherein the first panel and the second panel are at least partially tiltable relative to the lateral wall of the storage directly carrying the second coupling portion.

12 . The child-proof container according to claim 1 , wherein the second panel is joined in a single piece to the storage and folded with respect to the lateral wall of the storage to which said second panel is joined in a single piece, in the compartment.

13 . The child-proof container according to claim 1 , wherein the closure system comprises:

a closure portion configured to at least partially occlude, in the open condition, the at least one passage opening of the storage, and

an inserting portion engaged to the closure portion at a fold edge, wherein the inserting portion, in the closure condition, is configured to insert at least partially into the compartment of the storage,

wherein the second tab extends seamlessly from the inserting portion while the first tab is folded over the second tab.

14 . The child-proof container according to claim 1 , wherein the first tab defines a support edge which, in the locking condition, is engaged to the gripping edge defined by the first panel of the second coupling portion.

15 . A child-proof container comprising:

a storage defining a compartment for housing at least one product, the storage having lateral walls defining at least one passage opening delimited by an edge, said passage opening being configured to put the compartment in communication with the external environment,

at least one closure system relatively movable with respect to the storage at least between:

a closure condition where the closure system interdicts communication between the compartment of the storage and the external environment, and

an open condition where the closure system allows communication between the compartment and the external environment,

at least one first coupling portion carried by the closure system, and

at least one second coupling portion carried by the storage,

wherein the first and second coupling portions, in the closure condition, are configured to engage with each other to define a locking condition of the container where said first and second coupling portions prevent the closure system from switching from the closure condition to the open condition,

wherein the second coupling portion comprises:

at least one first panel comprising at least one through opening at least partially delimited by a gripping edge, and

at least one second panel facing the first panel,

wherein the first panel is interposed between said second panel and a lateral wall of the lateral walls of the storage directly carrying the second coupling portion,

wherein the second panel is arranged at the through opening of the first panel to define, in cooperation with said through opening of the first panel, a blind seat configured to house, during the closure condition of the closure system, at least part of the first coupling portion,

wherein the first coupling portion comprises a first tab and a second tab in sheet material and the first tab and the second tab at least partially overlapping each other,

wherein at least one of the first tab and second tab, in the closure condition, is arranged at least partially in the blind seat and is engaged to the gripping edge of the first panel of the second coupling portion to define the locking condition,

wherein the second coupling portion is at least partially movable relative to the storage at least between a blocking position where the second coupling portion is configured to engage the first coupling portion,

a release position where the second coupling portion is configured to disengage the first coupling portion to allow the closure system to switch from the closure condition to the open condition, and

wherein the gripping edge, in the blocking position, has a distance from the lateral wall of the storage directly carrying the second coupling portion that is less than a distance between said gripping edge and the lateral wall when the second coupling portion is in the release position.

16 . The child-proof container according to claim 15 , wherein at least part of the first panel and at least part of the second panel is movable relative to the storage to define:

the blocking position of the second coupling portion where said first and second panels are alongside the lateral wall of the storage directly carrying said second coupling portion and configured to allow, and

the release position of the second coupling portion where said first and second panels are at least partially spaced from the lateral wall of the storage directly carrying said second coupling portion to allow disengagement.

17 . The child-proof container according to claim 16 , wherein the first panel and the second panel of the second coupling portion, in the blocking position, are substantially parallel to a lying plane of the lateral wall of the storage directly carrying said second coupling portion.

18 . The child-proof container according to claim 17 , wherein a tilt angle between a lying plane of the first and second panels and a lying plane of the lateral wall of the storage directly carrying the second coupling portion, in the release position, is in a range of two degrees to twenty degrees.