Childproof box
View Patent ↗The invention involves a childproof box that suitable for medicinal items such as tablets, medication or other consumables that may be desirably restricted from children. The childproof mechanism that restricts access to the contents of the box may employ a base shell that slides in and out of a cover shell, which respectively conceals and exposes a storage cavity. Both shells have corresponding tracks and corresponding protrusions configured to engage with each other in a manner so that the base shell may only be accessed (or slid open) when a user presses and pushes on a top surface of the cover shell. The structural elements of each of the shells are such that a user may operate the childproof box with a single hand. In exemplary embodiments, the childproof box comprises of flat surfaces that form a generally rectangular box, which is easy to carry, manipulate and store.
1. A childproof box, comprising:
a flexible cover shell; and
a rigid base shell that slidably registers inside an open cavity of the flexible cover shell, wherein the flexible cover shell comprises:
a top surface, a front opening, a back wall and two cover side walls forming the open cavity in-between, the two cover side walls including:
tracks running along a bottom edge of an interior side surface of each cover side wall, the tracks extending from the front opening and terminating at an aperture formed between the back wall and each of the tracks;
a pair of locking ridges protruding from the interior side surface of each cover side wall that engage with a pair of corresponding locking ridges protruding from an exterior side surface of base side walls of the rigid base shell; and
a pair of retention ridges protruding from the interior side surface that align with a pair of corresponding retention ridges protruding from the exterior side surface of the rigid base shell, wherein: pressing and pushing on the top surface of the flexible cover shell disengages the pair of locking ridges from the pair of corresponding locking ridges to allow the rigid base shell to slide open without misaligning the pair of retention ridges of the flexible cover shell from the pair of corresponding retention ridges of the rigid base shell, retaining the rigid base partially within the open cavity of the flexible cover.
2. The childproof box of claim 1 , wherein the rigid base shell comprises:
a bottom surface, a front wall, a base back wall and two base side walls forming a closed cavity in-between, each of the two base side walls including corresponding tracks configured to register with the tracks of the flexible cover shell, the corresponding tracks extending along a bottom edge of each base side wall from the front wall to the base back wall of the rigid base shell.
3. The childproof box of claim 2 , wherein the pair of retention ridges protruding from the interior side surface of the flexible cover shell are situated in proximity to the front opening of the flexible cover shell.
4. The childproof box of claim 3 , wherein the pair of retention ridges of the flexible cover shell are situated at a greater height along the interior side surface than a height of the pair of locking ridges of the flexible cover shell.
5. The childproof box of claim 2 , wherein the pair of corresponding retention ridges protruding from the exterior side surface of the base side walls of the rigid base shell are situated in proximity to the base back wall.
6. The childproof box of claim 5 , wherein the pair of corresponding retention ridges of the rigid base shell are situated at a greater height along the exterior side surface than a height the pair of corresponding locking ridges of the rigid base shell.
7. The childproof box of claim 2 , wherein the pair of locking ridges protruding from the interior side surface of the flexible cover shell are situated in proximity to the tracks.
8. The childproof box of claim 2 , wherein the pair of corresponding locking ridges protruding from the exterior side surface of the base side walls of the rigid base shell are situated along an edge of the corresponding tracks.
9. The childproof box of claim 2 , wherein the bottom surface of the rigid base shell is a flat surface excluding any protrusions.
10. The childproof box of claim 1 , wherein the locking ridges have a greater length than a length of the retention ridges.
11. The childproof box of claim 1 , wherein the corresponding locking ridges have a greater length than a length of the corresponding retention ridges.
12. The childproof box of claim 1 , wherein the flexible cover shell and the rigid base shell are rectangular.
13. The childproof box of claim 1 , wherein the top surface of the flexible cover shell is a flat surface excluding any protrusions.
14. A childproof box, comprising:
a flexible cover shell; and
a rigid base shell that slidably registers inside an open cavity of the flexible cover shell, wherein the rigid base shell comprises:
a bottom surface, a front wall, a base back wall and two base side walls forming a closed cavity in-between, each of the two base side walls including
corresponding tracks configured to register with tracks of the flexible cover shell, the corresponding tracks extending along a bottom edge of each base side wall from the front wall to the base back wall of the rigid base shell;
a pair of corresponding locking ridges protruding from an exterior side surface of each base side wall that engage with a pair of locking ridges protruding from an interior side surface of cover side walls of the flexible cover shell; and
a pair of corresponding retention ridges protruding from the exterior side surface that align with a pair of retention ridges protruding from the interior side surface of the flexible cover shell, wherein: pressing and pushing on a top surface of the flexible cover shell disengages the pair of locking ridges from the pair of corresponding locking ridges to allow the rigid base shell to slide open without misaligning the pair of retention ridges of the flexible cover shell from the pair of corresponding retention ridges of the rigid base shell, retaining the rigid base partially within the open cavity of the flexible cover.
15. The childproof box of claim 14 , wherein the flexible cover shell comprises:
a top surface, a front opening, a back wall and the cover side walls forming the open cavity in-between, the cover side walls including:
tracks running along a bottom edge of the interior side surface of each cover side wall, the tracks extending from the front opening and terminating at an aperture formed between the back wall and each of the tracks; and
the pair of locking ridges protruding from the interior side surface of each cover side wall that engage with the pair of corresponding locking ridges protruding from the exterior side surface of base side walls of the rigid base shell.
16. The childproof box of claim 15 , wherein the pair of locking ridges protruding from the interior side surface of the flexible cover shell are situated in proximity to the tracks.
17. The childproof box of claim 15 , wherein the pair of corresponding locking ridges protruding from the exterior side surface of the base side walls of the rigid base shell are situated along an edge of the corresponding tracks.
18. The childproof box of claim 14 , wherein the locking ridges have a greater length than a length of the retention ridges.
19. The childproof box of claim 14 , wherein the corresponding locking ridges a greater length than a length of the corresponding retention ridges.
20. A childproof box, comprising:
a flexible cover shell; and
a rigid base shell that slidably registers inside an open cavity of the flexible cover shell, wherein the flexible cover shell comprises:
an exterior flat surface including a serrated area, an interior flat top surface excluding any protrusions, a front opening, a back wall and two cover side walls forming the open cavity in-between, the two cover side walls including:
tracks running along a bottom edge of an interior side surface of each cover side wall, the tracks extending from the front opening and terminating at an aperture formed between the back wall and each of the tracks;
a pair of locking ridges protruding from the interior side surface of each cover side wall that engage with a pair of corresponding locking ridges protruding from an exterior side surface of base side walls of the rigid base shell; and
a pair of retention ridges protruding from the interior side surface that align with a pair of corresponding retention ridges protruding from the exterior side surface of the rigid base shell;
wherein the rigid base shell comprises a bottom surface, a front wall, a base back wall and two base side walls forming a closed cavity in-between, each of the two base side walls including corresponding tracks configured to register with the tracks of the flexible cover shell, the corresponding tracks extending along a bottom edge of each base side wall from the front wall to the base back wall of the rigid base shell; and
wherein pressing and pushing on the top surface of the flexible cover shell disengages the pair of locking ridges from the pair of corresponding locking ridges to allow the rigid base shell to slide open without misaligning the pair of retention ridges of the flexible cover shell from the pair of corresponding retention ridges of the rigid base shell, retaining the rigid base partially within the open cavity of the flexible cover.