Child resistant and adult friendly container
a child-resistant and adult-friendly technology, applied in the field of containers, can solve the problems of difficult design of child-resistant closures that are easy for elderly patients to operate, and children are difficult to access the contents of containers such as children's safety,
Inactive Publication Date: 2020-09-17
CANOPY GROWTH CORP
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This patent is about a container for smoking products that is child-proof and easy to use for adults. The container has a holder with a seal that prevents fluid from leaking when a cap is attached. The seal is designed to provide a force to keep the cap in place but can be easily released with a little bit of pressure or torque. The container is made to securely hold and store smoking products, including cannabis, and can be easily attached and detached without causing issues for adults.
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Practice shows however, that child-safe caps also present a challenge to elderly persons and people with reduced hand function.
For them, child-resistant caps are hard to open, which causes the containers to be poorly reclosed, or even left open, which may be counterproductive and result in access to the contents of such containers by children.
The design of child resistant closures that are easy for elderly patients to operate is difficult because of the multitude of factors affecting the discrimination between children and adult physical and cognitive abilities.
There are various factors to be considered in designing an effective child resistant, elderly friendly closure, and most of these factors may interact in non-linear, unpredictable ways.
Furthermore, the dampening of the pushing motion can obfuscate the position at which the cap will be released to turn.
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[0036]As depicted in FIG. 1, a container 10 for holding pre-rolled smokeable products (e.g. cannabis or tobacco), or pre-rolls, may include a container body 20 and a cap 30 releasably connectable to body 20. Such connection may be sealable to inhibit an escape of vapor from an interior space 40 (FIG. 2) of body 20.
[0037]As depicted in cross-section in FIG. 2, interior space 40 may include a holder 50 which may be cylindrical and bound a cavity 60 for receiving materials, such as cannabis pre-rolls. Such container may protect the pre-rolls from damage during transport as the pre-rolls would be protected from contact with other objects while held in container 10. For example, container 10 may be held in a pocket of a user while protecting pre-rolls held in cavity 60 of container 10 from contacting other objects in the pocket or being otherwise bent or damaged due to the container maintaining its structural shape.
[0038]As indicated, holder 50 may be cylindrical with such cylindrical sh...
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A container body with a casing having an interior surface defining an interior space. A holder is positioned at least partially inside the interior space and has an outer surface that is spaced at least partially from the interior surface of the casing. The holder defines a cavity that is configured to receive a pre-rolled smokeable product to inhibit contact of the pre-rolled smokeable product with objects external to the holder. A connecting member is configured to engage with a cap to seal the holder to inhibit fluid communication between the cavity of the holder and an ambient environment. A method for use in transporting pre-rolled smokeable products with a container body.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is based on and claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 62 / 818,249, filed on Mar. 14, 2019 and U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 62 / 844,942, filed on May 8, 2019, each of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0002]Not applicable.STATEMENT REGARDING JOINT RESEARCH AGREEMENT[0003]Not applicable.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Invention[0004]The present invention relates generally to containers, and more specifically to child resistant and adult friendly containers.2. Description of Related Art[0005]In recent years, studies have begun to provide evidence that cannabis may be useful in treating many age-related diseases such as cognitive decline, arthritis and insomnia. Cannabis may be used as pre-rolled joints, or pre-rolls, which are often held in containers to prevent them from being damaged prior to use. ...
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CPCB65D50/046B65D85/10B65D41/06B65D50/04
Inventor EMERY, ERICALEE, THOMASMAILE, JONATHANWEAVER, PAULYUEN, STANLEY
Owner CANOPY GROWTH CORP