Child resistant and adult friendly container

Abstract

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.

What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is as follows: 
     
         1 . A container body comprising:
 a casing comprising an interior surface defining an interior space;   a holder positioned at least partially inside the interior space and comprising an outer surface that is spaced at least partially from the interior surface of the casing, wherein 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; and   a connecting member configured to engage with a cap to seal the holder to inhibit fluid communication between the cavity of the holder and an ambient environment.   
     
     
         2 . The container body of  claim 1 , wherein the connecting member comprises a plurality of connecting members configured to engage a plurality of engaging members of the cap to connect the holder to the cap and to seal the holder. 
     
     
         3 . The container body of  claim 2 , wherein a first connecting member of the plurality of connecting members defines a holding recess configured to receive an engaging member of the plurality of engaging members. 
     
     
         4 . The container body of  claim 3 , wherein the first connecting member comprises a circumferentially extending portion, a tooth and an axially extending portion bounding the holding recess. 
     
     
         5 . The container body of  claim 4 , wherein the tooth comprises an axially extending side, a circumferentially extending side, and a ramped side. 
     
     
         6 . The container body of  claim 5 , wherein the ramped side extends at an angle of about 45 degrees relative to a longitudinal axis of the holder. 
     
     
         7 . The container body of  claim 5 , wherein the axially extending side, the circumferentially extending side, and the ramped side comprise curved surfaces connecting to a top surface of the tooth. 
     
     
         8 . The container body of  claim 1 , wherein the connecting member defines an entry recess and a holding recess. 
     
     
         9 . The container body of  claim 8 , wherein the entry recess extends from a top end of the holder to the holding recess. 
     
     
         10 . The container body of  claim 9 , wherein the connecting member comprises a circumferentially extending portion, a tooth and an axially extending portion defining the holding recess, and wherein the entry recess is defined by the tooth, an axially extending portion of a second connecting member and a bottom circumferentially extending recess bounding portion of the connecting member. 
     
     
         11 . The container body of  claim 1 , wherein the pre-rolled smokeable product comprises a first pre-rolled smokeable product of a plurality of pre-rolled smokeable products and the holder comprises a cylindrical container configured to hold the plurality of pre-rolled smokeable products. 
     
     
         12 . The container body of  claim 1 , further comprising a resilient seal configured to seal the holder to inhibit fluid communication between the cavity of the holder and an ambient environment when the cap is engaged with the holder. 
     
     
         13 . The container body of  claim 12 , wherein the seal is configured to provide a biasing force between the cap and the holder in a direction toward the cap from the holder to maintain an engaging member of the cap in a holding recess of the connecting member. 
     
     
         14 . The container body of  claim 13 , wherein the seal is configured to allow a release of the engaging member of the cap from the holding recess in response to an axial force of 5 kgf by a user. 
     
     
         15 . The container body of  claim 14 , wherein the seal is configured to allow the release of the cap from the holder in response to an application of a torque of between about 0.1 Nm to about 1 Nm by a user. 
     
     
         16 . A method for use in transporting pre-rolled smokeable products with a container body comprising a casing comprising an interior surface defining an interior space, and a holder positioned at least partially inside the interior space and comprising an outer surface that is spaced at least partially from the interior surface of the casing, the method comprising:
 locating a pre-rolled smokeable product in a cavity of the holder to inhibit contact of the pre-rolled smokeable product with objects external to the holder; and   engaging a cap with the holder to inhibit fluid communication between the cavity of the holder and an ambient environment.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising engaging a plurality of connecting members of the holder with a plurality of engaging members of the cap to connect the holder to the cap and to seal the holder. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the step of engaging a plurality of connecting members of the holder with a plurality of engaging members of the cap comprises receiving a first engaging member of the plurality of engaging members in a holding recess bounded by a first connecting member of the plurality of connecting members. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the step of engaging a plurality of connecting members of the holder with a plurality of engaging members of the cap comprises applying an axial force to the cap to compress a resilient seal and rotating the cap to engage the first engaging member in the holding recess. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the step of applying the axial force to the cap comprises applying an axial force of at least 5 kgf to the cap. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein the step of engaging a plurality of connecting members of the holder with a plurality of engaging members of the cap comprises applying a torque to the cap of about 0.1 Nm to about 1 Nm.