Patent ID: 11866239
Assignee: BURST OUT INNOVATIONS, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 13:
14. A lid assembly for closing an opening of a container, the container having a storage area for storing a content that is accessed through the opening when the lid is removed, the opening having an internal wall, comprising:
a locking member having an outer periphery, the locking member having a first locking portion connected at one end to a first tab member and a second locking portion connected at one end to a second tab member, in a fully extended position an outer end of the first locking portion and an outer end of the second locking portion are both positioned beyond the outer periphery of the locking member, the first locking portion and the second locking portion are retractable by squeezing the first tab member and the second tab member inward towards each other;
a bottom member having an outer periphery wall, the outer periphery wall having a first opening or cutout (“first opening”) and a second opening or cutout (“second opening”,), the locking member is received within an area of the bottom member defined by the outer periphery wall such that in the fully extended position the outer end of the first locking portion is positioned beyond the outer periphery wall through the first opening and the outer end of the second locking portion is positioned beyond the outer periphery wall through the second opening, the bottom member having an external first peg member attached as at or near a bottom edge of the bottom member and an external second peg member attached at or near the bottom edge of the bottom member;
a top member having a first top opening and a second top opening, the top member secured to the bottom member such that the locking member is captured therebetween and the first tab member is accessible to a user through the first top opening and the second tab member is accessible to a user through the second top opening and the first tab member and second tab member can be moved inward towards each other by a user;
a first locking section disposed on an internal wall of a container at a container opening, the first locking section having a first receiving area and a second receiving area; and
a second locking section disposed on the internal wall of the container at the container opening, the second locking section having a third receiving area and fourth receiving area;
wherein in a container closed position the lid assembly is secured to the container at the container opening with the outer end of the first locking portion is disposed within the first receiving area and the outer end of the second locking portion is disposed within the third receiving area and the first peg member is disposed within the second receiving area and the second peg member is disposed within the fourth receiving area;
wherein in the fully extended position the first locking portion extends through the first opening in the outer periphery wall of the bottom member and the second locking portion extends through the second opening in the outer periphery wall of the bottom member.