Multi-compartment container assembly system
View Patent ↗A container assembly system for storing multiple components of a formulation in separate individually sealed assembly units or containers that can be assembled into a single multi-compartment container. The components of a formulation may be stored in each of the individually sealed assembly units while the assembly units remain sealed and then assembled into a multi-compartment container. The seals sealing each of the assembly units can then be unsealed so that the components can be mixed into a formulation.
1. A multi-compartment container system comprising:
at least two assembly units;
at least one of the assembly units being a cartridge unit, the cartridge unit comprising:
a cartridge housing having an opening at each of its top and bottom ends;
at least one of the two openings adapted and configured to engage and seal the other of said at least two assembly units;
a displaceable member having a sealing wall at one end, a manipulable portion at the other end adapted and configured to be controlled by a user to move the displaceable member, and at least one connecting member extending between the sealing wall and the manipulable portion;
a closure member sealing the other of the two openings;
wherein the displaceable member is moveable between a sealed position, where the sealing wall engages the cartridge housing sealing the top end opening of the cartridge housing, and an unsealed position, where the sealing wall is disengaged from the cartridge housing and the top end opening is open; and
the other of the at least two assembly units having at least one opening sealed with a sealing member, said at least one opening adapted and configured to engage the top end opening of the cartridge housing, said sealing wall and said sealing member each provided with at least one coupling arm that interlock with one another when the two assembly units are assembled, wherein when the displaceable member is moved to its unsealed position disengaging the sealing wall from the cartridge housing, the sealing member is also disengaged from the at least one opening of the other of the at least two assembly units.
2. A multi-compartment container system according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling arms provided on the sealing wall and the sealing member are protrusions having locking ridges.
3. A multi-compartment container system according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling arms provided on the sealing wall and the sealing member are protrusions having a J-shaped profile.
4. A multi-compartment container system according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling arms provided on the sealing wall and the sealing member are a plurality of radially positioned protrusions having locking ridges.
5. A multi-compartment container system according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling arms provided on the sealing wall and the sealing member are a plurality of radially positioned protrusions having a J-shaped profile.
6. A multi-compartment container system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the top and bottom openings of the cartridge housing is provided with screw threads for sealingly engaging another assembly unit.