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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7588160 | Combined storage apparatus A combined storage apparatus comprises a storage bag and a storage box. The bottom of the storage bag forms an extended flat surface and is attached with a stiff board. Two sides of the stiff board are provided with locking members. Thereby, after the storage bag co... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7228985 | Carrying apparatus A carrying apparatus includes a metal basket and a metal frame. The metal basket includes a bottom and a wall attached to the bottom. The wall includes an upper edge and a bent connection extending from the wall to the upper edge. The metal frame includes a vertical... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7140490 | Pallet container In a rigid thin-walled inner receptacle from thermoplastic material for storage and transport of fluid or free-flowing loads, with a cage of crossed hollow bars closely surrounding the plastic receptacle as a support jacket and a bottom pallet which supports the rec... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7036263 | Snag-free and stress-free fish catcher A snag-free and stress-free fish catcher includes a supporting frame, a fish pocket, having a fish cavity, supported by the supporting frame, and a tension resting bed, having a tension surface, supported within the fish cavity, wherein the tension surface of the te... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6971536 | Pallet container A pallet container includes a bottle, an enclosure for the bottle as well as a plastic pallet. The enclosure is a grid connected to a plastic pallet by having a lower horizontal circumferential rod received in a laterally opening circumferential groove in the plasti... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6526607 | Basket bed for an infant A lightweight, soft-sided, oval basket for use as a portable infant bed. The basket bed includes a basket body made with a continuous coil material produced by encasing a monofilament nylon cord and filler material in a fabric tube or casing. A decorative... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6354455 | Container basket A folding collapsible container basket is constructed to include a rectangular top open frame, a plurality of U-shaped bottom wire rods pivotally connected between two long sides of the top open frame and arranged in parallel, a bottom rack coupled to the... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6290082 | Pallet container with grid support structure A pallet container is provided comprising an inner plastic container for transporting liquids. The inner container is secured to a pallet by means of a grid support structure. The intersections of the first and second grid elements are connected by penetr... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6170686 | Demountable wire mesh container for bottles The container has a pallet-like base platform (1), provided with short vertical tubes (5) at its vertices, into which two side panels (7-7') can be inserted, which are definitively secured to the base platform with the aid of pressure-activated joining cl... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6155521 | Bag holder A bag holder device facilitates the reuse of bags such as plastic grocery bags as waste collection bags. The device has a body formed with slots from which the bag can be suspended by means of its handles. An expander element is pivotally connected to the... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5924589 | Fire resistant composite intermediate bulk container A fire resistant composite intermediate bulk container for holding flammable liquids is provided. The composite IBC has an inner polyethylene container surrounded on at least its vertical sides by a protective metal cage. The protective metal cage is coat... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5862933 | Portable lap tray A new portable lap tray for securing to a user's thighs for use inside of a vehicle. The inventive device includes a tray portion having a generally rectangular configuration. The tray portion includes an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surfa... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5649640 | Pallet-type storage/transport container A storage/transport container has an annular and erect outer wall in the form of a gridwork of metal rods having a lower edge and provided at the edge with an annular metal stiffening rod. A wooden floor-forming pallet downwardly closes the wall, forms wi... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5358137 | Liquid bulk container with tensioning straps A bulk liquid container including a pallet defining an annular outer peripheral portion defining an upwardly facing annular seat and a central platform portion within the outer peripheral portion; an annular cage including an annular sidewall structure an... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5282592 | Portable and collapsible vessel holder A vessel holder for cups or the like, having a generally square or rectangular base portion for positioning on a flat surface such as the dashboard or a seat, a plurality of side members positionable from a storage position substantially horizontal agains... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5275289 | Frame container support and stackable container system using same A frame container support is formed from a substantially planar rectangular section and a plurality of corner sections attached to the corners of the rectangular section. Each corner section has a container framing section extending a predetermined distan... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5253776 | Transport and storage container with sheet-metal floor A transport and storage container has an annular and erect outer wall constituted as a grid of welded-together vertical and horizontal bars and having a lower edge provided with a lower-edge bar and an upper edge provided with an upper-edge bar, a normall... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5110000 | Composite shipping container with separable top and bottom structures A shipping container having an inner tank, a housing and a pallet. The tank is made of poly material and is positioned and supported within the housing on the pallet. The housing includes upright side walls which maintain the tank side walls in an upright... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5097957 | Portable hinged tray apparatus The apparatus sets forth a tray organization that is usable wherein first and second rigid base members are hingedly mounted relative to one another with plural pairs of apertures mounted on each top surface of each base plate to receive plural pairs of s... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4662532 | Foldable container An object and bulk material holding container having a floor attached to corner units for supporting upright walls. The corner units have enclosed pockets for receiving lower ends of the posts joined to the walls. Cooperating notch and tabs on the posts a... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4655357 | All purpose bin This bin is employed to store garbage, fruits and vegetables, feed, or cage animals, etc. Primarily, it consists of a wire meshed frame with a hinged door, and a cable mechanism is provided with a counter-balance weight, for keeping the door in open posit... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4340009 | Means for protecting underground tanks from damage by dipsticks An open-top, generally cylindrical housing including a bottom plate is droppable down the fill tube of an underground tank. A striking plate is resiliently supported in the housing by a coil spring or other resilient member.... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4318478 | Utensil assembly A utensil assembly constituted by a set of utensils having long handles and differently-shaped implement components for handling or processing food, the utensils being supported at separated upright positions in a rack functioning as an organizer and a ca... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4074826 | Collapsible container Collapsible container comprising a base, front and rear upwardly extending sections interconnected by a plurality of longitudinal members defining side sections and pivotally attached to said upwardly extending sections. The longitudinal members are pivot... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4023698 | Handling container, notably pallet tote or heightening box This container, such as a tote box or pallet heightening container, comprises an opening in one of its side walls, and at least one movable shutter for closing said opening. The shutter is hingedly mounted at its bottom edge by means of elongated rings to... | 05/17/1977 |
