Patent ID: 11926453
Assignee: DAA IP PTY LTD
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A sealed container for the storage of a plurality of articles, such as a plurality of different solid medications, said sealed container including:
an open topped receptacle having a lip that defines an opening through which the articles may pass into and from said receptacle;
closure means, including a cover having a first edge portion that is hingedly connected to said receptacle and wherein said cover is sealably connected to said receptacle such that said cover closes said opening, said cover being capable of movement about said hinged connection between said closed position and an open position wherein said opening is exposed, said cover including an internal face on one side thereof that faces the interior of said receptacle through said opening and an external face on an opposing side of said cover, and
a flap having a first portion that is hingedly connected to a second edge portion of said cover, said flap having a first face and an opposing second face, said flap being initially temporarily retained in a first operative position whereby said first face at least partially overlies a portion of said cover that is covering said opening such that said first face at least partially overlies said external face said flap being capable of subsequent movement between said first operative position and a second operative position in which said first face and said external face are now visible about said hinged connection connecting said flap to said cover, and wherein after initially opening said receptacle, to temporarily close said receptacle said cover is returned to its closed position and retained in this position by wrapping said flap around portions of said receptacle other than said cover and retaining said flap in this said flaps third operative position by releasable retaining means.