Child resistant flexible wall

Abstract

A nicotine pouch container, use of the container and a method for manufacturing the same, which container comprises a body and a lid configured to engage the body. The body comprises a bottom wall and a sidewall. The lid comprises a top wall and a lid side wall with a gripping surface The nicotine pouch container further comprises a flexible member being sized and configured to be assembled on the outside of the side wall of the body and configured to flex towards the side wall of the body when an inwardly directed force is applied to the flexible member (14). The gripping surface of the lid side wall is blocked by the flexible member in a first state, and revealed in a second state in which the inwardly directed force is applied to the flexible member.

1 . A nicotine pouch container comprising:
 a body and a lid configured to engage the body;   the body comprises a bottom wall and a sidewall defining an interior;   the lid comprises a top wall and a lid side wall, wherein the lid side wall comprises a gripping surface,   wherein the nicotine pouch container further comprises a flexible member being sized and configured to be assembled on the outside of the side wall of the body   wherein the flexible member is configured to flex towards the side wall of the body when an inwardly directed force is applied to the flexible member;   and wherein the gripping surface of the lid side wall is blocked by the flexible member in a first state, and revealed in a second state in which the inwardly directed force is applied to the flexible member.   
     
     
         2 . A nicotine pouch container according to  claim 1  further configured to be opened by lifting the lid by gripping the gripping surface in said second state of the flexible member. 
     
     
         3 . The nicotine pouch container according to  claim 1  wherein the body and the flexible member are separate parts. 
     
     
         4 . The nicotine pouch container according to  claim 1  wherein the flexible member is configured to engage to the body through a snap-fit assembly. 
     
     
         5 . The nicotine pouch container according to  claim 1  wherein the flexible member is configured to return to its first state by release of said force. 
     
     
         6 . The nicotine pouch container according to  claim 1  wherein the lid sidewall extends from a peripheral edge of said top wall. 
     
     
         7 . The nicotine pouch container according to  claim 1  wherein the sidewall of the body extends from a peripheral edge of said bottom wall. 
     
     
         8 . The nicotine pouch container according to  claim 1  wherein the container is configured such that required force to flex the flexible member ( 14 ) to said second state is too large for a child but sufficiently small for an adult to apply. 
     
     
         9 . The nicotine pouch container according to  claim 1  wherein the container is made through injection moulding. 
     
     
         10 . The nicotine pouch container according to  claim 1  wherein the flexible member has a flexible member bottom wall configured to be placed parallel with and in contact with the bottom wall of the body and in contact with at least one flexible member side wall which is configured to flex in relation to the flexible member bottom wall by application of said inwardly directed force. 
     
     
         11 . The nicotine pouch container according to  claim 10  wherein the flexible member side wall only extends along a fraction of the periphery of the body side wall, preferably no more than ½ of the periphery of the body side wall, more preferably no more than ⅓ of the periphery and even more preferably no more than ¼ of the periphery of the body side wall. 
     
     
         12 . The nicotine pouch container according to  claim 1  wherein the flexible member has at least two flexible member side walls configured to be assembled on opposite sides of said body. 
     
     
         13 . The nicotine pouch container according to  claim 12 , wherein the flexible member side walls only extend along a fraction of the periphery of the body side wall, preferably no more than ½ of the periphery, more preferably no more than ⅓ of the periphery of the body side wall and even more preferably no more than ¼ of the periphery of the body side wall. 
     
     
         14 . The nicotine pouch container according to  claim 1  wherein the lid has a frame part comprising said lid side wall and a second compartment part that is openable relative the frame part defining a second compartment of said nicotine pouch container. 
     
     
         15 . Use of a nicotine pouch container according to  claim 1 , comprising the steps of
 A. applying an inwardly directed force to the flexible member until the gripping surface of the lid is revealed;   B. gripping the gripping surface;   C. lifting the lid by applying a force onto the gripping surface of the lid.   
     
     
         16 . A method for manufacturing a nicotine pouch container comprising the steps of:
 manufacturing a body with a bottom wall and a sidewall defining an interior;   manufacturing a flexible member being sized and configured to mesh with an outside of the side wall of the body,   assembling the flexible member onto outside of the side wall of the body so that the flexible member is configured to flex towards the side wall of the body when an inwardly directed force is applied to the flexible member.   
     
     
         17 . The method for manufacturing a nicotine pouch container according to  claim 16 , further comprising the step of
 manufacturing lid comprising a top wall and a lid side wall wherein the lid side wall comprises a gripping surface, wherein the gripping surface of the lid side wall is blocked by the flexible member in a first state, and revealed in a second state in which the inwardly directed force is applied to the flexible member.   
     
     
         18 . The method for manufacturing a nicotine pouch container according to  claim 17 , wherein one or more of the manufacturing steps are performed by
 providing a mould defining a plurality of mould cavities corresponding to the shapes of the body, the lid and/or the flexible member   injecting a material into the plurality of mould cavities;   once solidified ejecting the body, the lid and/or the flexible member from the mould.