Patent · US10376445B2 · B2 · US

Modular system for inventory and transport efficiency of packaging

(11) Publication number

US10376445B2

(21) Application number

15/966,113

(22) Filing date

2018-04-30

(30) Priority date

2017-05-01

(43) Publication date

2019-08-13

(45) Date of grant

2019-08-13

(52) CPC

A61J Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes; devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms; devices for administering food or medicines orally; baby comforters; devices for receiving spittle: 7/0069, 1/03, 1/1425, 7/0084
B65D Containers for storage or transport of articles or materials, e.g. bags, barrels, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, crates, drums, jars, tanks, hoppers, forwarding containers; accessories, closures, or fittings therefor; packaging elements; packages: 1/20, 1/34, 1/36, 11/20, 19/18, 19/38, 21/02, 21/0204, 21/0213, 21/0215, 21/0222, 21/0223, 21/0233, 21/04, 21/083, 2203/12, 2215/04, 2251/01, 2251/04, 25/00, 25/04, 2519/00034, 2519/00069, 2519/00815, 2543/00203, 2543/00296, 2543/00351, 2543/00648, 2543/00694, 2543/00759, 2543/00805, 2585/56, 43/0212, 43/169, 50/06, 50/066, 71/70, 83/0445

(73) Assignee

CR PACKAGING LLC

(54) Title

Modular system for inventory and transport efficiency of packaging

(57) Abstract

Disclosed herein are modular container systems having child-resistant containers, tray inserts and tray frames. Also disclosed are methods using the modular container systems and methods of storing substances in containers. The containers have a container base and a container cap and provide for child-resistant containers. A user can releasably remove the container cap from container base with a squeeze and lift sequence. For example, the user squeezes opposite sides of the container base, which releases a locking mechanism and allows for removal of the cap by lifting or pulling the container cap off from the container base. The components of the modular container system are modular and stackable. The modular system allow for organized, efficient, accessible and storage of the child-resistant containers. The modular container system also allows for easy counting, sorting and processing of the containers.

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A modular container system, comprising: one or more child-resistant containers, each of the one or more child-resistant containers comprising a container base and a container cap; a tray insert comprising a first locking mechanism disposed on a first side of the tray insert and a second locking mechanism disposed on a second side of the tray insert, wherein the first and the second locking mechanism each comprise a male connector and a female connector so that the tray insert is configured to reversibly connect with a second tray insert and, wherein the tray insert is sized and configured to receive the one or more child-resistant containers; and a tray frame comprising at least one slot, wherein the tray frame is sized and configured to receive the tray insert such that each respective locking mechanism protrudes through a corresponding slot.
The modular container system of claim 1, wherein the tray insert comprises a plurality of recessed portions, wherein each recessed portion is configured to receive a single child-resistant container.
The modular container system of claim 2, wherein each recessed portion comprises an identifying mark.
The modular container system of claim 3, wherein the identifying mark is a number.
The modular container system of claim 4, wherein the plurality of recessed portions are sequentially numbered.
The modular container system of claim 2, wherein the tray insert has 2, 4, 9, 16, 20, 25, 36, 40 or 100 recessed portions.
The modular container system of claim 6, wherein the tray insert is configured to nest on top of another tray insert.
The modular container system of claim 6, wherein the tray insert is configured to be stacked on top of another tray insert having a container in substantially all of the recessed portions.
The modular container system of claim 1, wherein the tray insert comprises a plastic.
The modular container system of claim 9, wherein the plastic is selected from the group consisting of polypropylene, fluorinated ethylene propylene, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, polystyrene, high-impact polystyrene, or polyvinyl chloride.
The modular container system of claim 10, wherein the tray insert further comprises an antimicrobial additive.
The modular container system of claim 1, wherein the container cap comprises an annular sealing ring positioned on an inner surface of the container cap.
The modular container system of claim 1, wherein the tray frame comprises a cardboard, a plastic, a glass, or a combination thereof.
The modular container system of claim 1, wherein the one or more child-resistant containers comprises a tamper evident element.
The modular container system of claim 14, wherein the tamper evident element is a seal, a tape, or a combination thereof.
The modular container system of claim 1, wherein the one or more child-resistant containers comprises an RFID tag.
The modular container system of claim 1, wherein the tray frame, the tray insert, the one or more child-resistant containers, or a combination thereof further comprise a writing surface compatible with a pen, a pencil, or a marker.

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    "1. A modular container system, comprising: one or more child-resistant containers, each of the one or more child-resistant containers comprising a container base and a container cap; a tray insert comprising a first locking mechanism disposed on a first side of the tray insert and a second locking mechanism disposed on a second side of the tray insert, wherein the first and the second locking mechanism each comprise a male connector and a female connector so that the tray insert is configured to reversibly connect with a second tray insert and, wherein the tray insert is sized and configured to receive the one or more child-resistant containers; and a tray frame comprising at least one slot, wherein the tray frame is sized and configured to receive the tray insert such that each respective locking mechanism protrudes through a corresponding slot.",
    "2. The modular container system of claim 1, wherein the tray insert comprises a plurality of recessed portions, wherein each recessed portion is configured to receive a single child-resistant container.",
    "3. The modular container system of claim 2, wherein each recessed portion comprises an identifying mark.",
    "4. The modular container system of claim 3, wherein the identifying mark is a number.",
    "5. The modular container system of claim 4, wherein the plurality of recessed portions are sequentially numbered.",
    "6. The modular container system of claim 2, wherein the tray insert has 2, 4, 9, 16, 20, 25, 36, 40 or 100 recessed portions.",
    "7. The modular container system of claim 6, wherein the tray insert is configured to nest on top of another tray insert.",
    "8. The modular container system of claim 6, wherein the tray insert is configured to be stacked on top of another tray insert having a container in substantially all of the recessed portions.",
    "9. The modular container system of claim 1, wherein the tray insert comprises a plastic.",
    "10. The modular container system of claim 9, wherein the plastic is selected from the group consisting of polypropylene, fluorinated ethylene propylene, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, polystyrene, high-impact polystyrene, or polyvinyl chloride.",
    "11. The modular container system of claim 10, wherein the tray insert further comprises an antimicrobial additive.",
    "12. The modular container system of claim 1, wherein the container cap comprises an annular sealing ring positioned on an inner surface of the container cap.",
    "13. The modular container system of claim 1, wherein the tray frame comprises a cardboard, a plastic, a glass, or a combination thereof.",
    "14. The modular container system of claim 1, wherein the one or more child-resistant containers comprises a tamper evident element.",
    "15. The modular container system of claim 14, wherein the tamper evident element is a seal, a tape, or a combination thereof.",
    "16. The modular container system of claim 1, wherein the one or more child-resistant containers comprises an RFID tag.",
    "17. The modular container system of claim 1, wherein the tray frame, the tray insert, the one or more child-resistant containers, or a combination thereof further comprise a writing surface compatible with a pen, a pencil, or a marker."
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