Receptacles – Closures – Having means for securing or retaining closure in its closed...
Patent
1999-06-30
2000-09-12
Newhouse, Nathan J.
Receptacles
Closures
Having means for securing or retaining closure in its closed...
220324, 220322, 220756, 2203452, 2203454, 220351, 206439, 206370, B65D 4504, B65D 4312
Patent
active
061164526
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an improved system and method for carrying and securing the lid of a container, such as a surgical sterilization tray. A tray is provided with rotating wire bail handles and at least two studs. The cover for the tray has a keyway and cutout which can be engaged with the studs when the lid is placed onto the case. Inadvertent disengagement of the keyway or cutout from the studs is prevented by the interaction of the handles with the lid. The lid is provided with slots and end panels which become mechanically associated with the handles when the handles are rotated to any of a variety of lid-securing positions. The association of the handles with the lid prevents any relative sliding motion of the lid and case which would allow disengagement of the keyway or cutout and the studs, until the handles are rotated to any of a variety of non-lid-securing positions. The system combines the handle and lid-securing functions in a very low part-count design with very few moving parts. The system can be grasped and lifted even when the tray can only be accessed from above, offers improved ergonomics over known systems, can be grasped using full-hand grip of the handles, and may be grasped and lifted using one hand. Even when the system is carried by one hand and is suspended sideways, the lid remains positively secured to the case.
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Hamel Ross Jonathan
Langmaid Michael Norman
Newhouse Nathan J.
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