Special receptacle or package – Match packet – container – or holder – Match comb type
Patent
1976-07-21
1978-02-28
Price, William
Special receptacle or package
Match packet, container, or holder
Match comb type
220347, 229 9, 229 19, A24F 2700, B65D 1306
Patent
active
040761177
ABSTRACT:
A safety match box comprises a cover member of a generally box-like configuration open at opposite ends and a slidable tray having a pack of matches fastened thereto which fits within the cover member. The tray comprises an open receptacle having four side walls and a base. One of the side walls which is initially inserted into the cover member is of a particular striker material. The other side wall opposite the striker comprises a segmented wall member which flexes upon the application of force to the adjacent side wall members so that the tray may be moved within the cover member. The side walls also include lug members which engage corresponding lugs in the cover member to prevent removal of the tray. The striker is exposed only upon full closure of the box for safety purposes and it is extremely difficult to a young child to open the match box. In a second embodiment, the base of the cover includes a plurality of holes at the forward end and a cut off portion at the other end for pushing the box open. The bottom of the tray includes a plurality of locking wedges at one end designed to engage the holes in the cover when the box is open and prevent the tray from being completey removed from the cover. A locking wedge at the opposite end of the tray engages one of the holes and prevents opening of the match box unless pressure is exerted on the side portions of the cover which flex so that the wedge clears one of the locking holes. The striker is at the forward end of the tray and is only exposed when the tray is completely inserted within the cover.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1724712 (1929-08-01), Hough
patent: 2309965 (1943-02-01), Lee
patent: 2653705 (1953-09-01), Hall
patent: 3888350 (1975-06-01), Horvath
Wisdom Leroy J.
Wisdom Trevor C.
Farrow Douglas B.
Price William
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