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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167158 | Folding container A folding container includes a lock member L disposed on each of side walls 3 brought down first, the lock member L including a pair of lock bars Lb movable in a horizontal direction and one operation portion La, an inclined spring member 12 provided i... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8123062 | Box with collapsible walls designed to stack a corresponding box with lower dimensions The present patent application relates to a plastic molded box with parallelepiped structure and rectangular base provided with collapsible walls, designed to stack a corresponding box with lower dimensions, it being provided with two oscillating shelves (5) ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8113372 | Collapsible storage container A collapsible cargo container is disclosed wherein end walls are pivoted into the container when empty and locked against the roof, and then side walls buckle via hinges into a folded configuration. The folded configuration is achieved easily with a modified spreade... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109402 | Collapsible container for transport and storage Collapsible container which includes a base member, collapsible side walls, which adjacent side walls are inter-connectable. The base member is provided with feet members, a circumambient edge and a mainly horizontal load surface. The load surface is provided with r... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8079486 | Folding container A lock member L1 including an operation portion L1a and a lock bar L1b is disposed on each of first opposite side walls 2 to be brought down firstly toward a bottom portion 1, and a pivotal shaft 13 formed in t... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8033411 | Collapsible storage device A container includes a plurality of wall panels. Each wall panel is connected to adjacent wall panels at hinged connections and the wall panels are arranged so as to articulate at the hinged connections between a collapsed position and an expanded position defining ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8033410 | Collapsible container A collapsible container for containing goods, including a liquid and/or solid/liquid mixture, configured to be assembled and disassembled manually without the use of tools. The container includes a plurality of upright panels coupled to a base by their bottom portio... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7992739 | Collapsible frame container A collapsible frame container assembly comprises a frame component comprising a plurality of panels connected to each other, the panels being movable relative to each other between a first substantially folded condition wherein the panels are collapsed and a second ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7931164 | Foldable portable container A foldable portable container is described. The container end walls are hinged to the floor of the container and are attached to the roof by a hinged slide mechanism whereby vertical displacement of the roof causes the simultaneous folding or unfolding of the opposi... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7909190 | Storage, transporting, stacking and order-picking container For a storage, transport, stacking, and order-picking box (1) having a floor (2) and four walls (3a and 3b; 4a and 4b), of which at least one wall (4b) is designed as a movable eleme... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7896184 | Crate with collapsible wall A crate, such as for transporting egg cartons or other items, includes a base, opposed side walls and a rear wall extending upward from the base. A front wall opposite the rear wall is selectably moveable between a closed position and a retracted, open position. In ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7870970 | Collapsible container A collapsible container includes a base, a top, and opposed side covers arranged between the base and the top. The side covers have a lower section frame pivotally connected to the base and a top section frame pivotally connected to the top, and a central hinge arra... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7861879 | Folding container A folding container having integrally formed hinge elements. The container including a base portion, first and second lower side wall portions having a snap-fitted hinge connection to a first side and second side of the base portion respectively, first and second up... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861878 | Fastening device for folding boxes A fastening device for folding boxes, the folding boxes including a bottom and four lateral walls coupled in jointed fashion to the edges of that bottom, two opposite walls having each fastening devices for ensuring the unfolding of the box, the device in general in... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7845508 | Multipurpose storage device and method A convertible device that converts between an activity mat and a storage container to capture and store numerous articles. Upon reclosing the activity mat, the articles are recaptured into the storage container. The device includes walls and a base, webbing connecte... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7832584 | Blow molded tool chest with sliding connector components A blow-molded carrying chest which includes an integrally molded frame with a top frame member slideably engaged with the left and right frame members. The frame includes a base frame member, and right and left frame members integrally molded to the base frame membe... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7784632 | Collapsible cargo organizer An organizer for holding and organizing cargo comprises a case and a collapsible wall. A case comprises a pair of hinged case halves. The case is adapted to contain a collapsible wall that comprises two end walls and two side walls. Each side wall can include two si... | 08/31/2010 |
| RE41323 | Transport container The present invention concerns a transport container, preferably made of plastic material, especially for vegetables, fruit and the like, with a floorboard (2) and several, preferably four, collapsible side walls (3, 4, 5, 6) that are arranged circumfe... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7641066 | Collapsible container A collapsible container with latches provides a more consistent knockdown force in more situations. At least one of the engaging surfaces of the latch is curved outwardly toward the other engaging surface. This provides substantially tangential contact between the s... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7559430 | Collapsible serving tray A collapsible serving tray that is stiff and flat when open and reduced in size and compact when folded. The tray is designed to be folded up into a compact size that is about one-quarter of the fully deployed size of the tray. One embodiment of the tray includes a ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7484634 | Container with collapsible wall A container having at least one wall moveable between an upright position and a collapsed position on the floor. A hinge connecting the wall to the base includes a first axis and a second axis offset from the first axis. The hinge is locked when the wall is in the u... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7438197 | Combined module of folding container In a combined module of a folding container, long-side bank portions 1a of a bottom 1 of a large folding container Cb are configured to be higher than short-side bank portions 1b of the bottom 1. Since the long-side bank por... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7428973 | Collapsible container with folding walls and spring latches The invention relates to a container, especially a reusable container, comprising collapsible lateral walls (1, 3). The snap-in closure in the corners is configured by a respective pressure lever (4) that can be pressed inward and that interacts with a... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7377016 | Coffin A coffin (10) according to a first aspect has a base portion comprising a plurality of base panels (14), each base panel (14) being connected to the or each adjacent base panel (14) by a joint (16). Each base panel (14) is f... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370726 | Ladder and container combination apparatus A ladder and container combination apparatus includes a ladder with a first pair of legs and a second pair of legs hingedly coupled together. A plurality of steps is attached to and extends between the legs of the first pair of legs. A collapsible housing includes a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370771 | Collapsible plastic container with locking feature A collapsible plastic container includes a top perimeter, a bottom and a plurality of sidewalls formed in a generally rectangular configuration. At least one of the sidewalls is pivotable between a collapsed position and an opened position. An engaging portion of th... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7357269 | Container A collapsible container includes a plurality of walls collapsible onto the base. At least one wall has a support pivotably and slidably mounted to an upper end portion thereof. The support is pivotable between a support position where it is partially supported on an... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357271 | Insulated container with access door An insulated container includes a bottom and four walls connected to the bottom; a top which fits on the four walls; a portion of the top is pivotally mounted so as to be opened to provide access to the insulated container through a first opening; a portion of one o... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350661 | Container An open top box-shaped container is provided having a pair of confronting end walls tiltably pivoted and coupled to a bottom wall, wherein the end walls are pivoted at the bottom wall so as to be folded in contact with a top of the bottom wall, a pair of side walls ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347340 | Folding container A folding container has a base, side support tubes upstanding from the corners of the base, and side panels located between the side support tubes and arranged to bound a storage space. Pivots are arranged to pivotally mount the side panels onto the side support tub... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337914 | Frame structure for a collapsible box with top access, side access and interconnected vertical stacking A collapsible box with a pair of opposed, hinged sidewalls in which a lightweight frame structure holds the sidewall in a vertical orientation during assembly and provides load-bearing strength. The frame structure and sidewalls fold over one another, and lie substa... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331480 | Articulated hinge apparatus and related methods Apparatus and methods for hinging or otherwise easily engaging and disengaging various members to each other include a spring-actuated pin element to selectively extend and retract a pin from one hinge leaf to engage an adjacent structure. A variety of spring elemen... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328804 | Shipping system The present invention relates to a shipping system (1) for shipping articles, comprising a shipping box (2) which can be converted between an in-use state in which it can be loaded with articles and a not-in-use state in which it has a reduced height i... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7314147 | Collapsible storage container for office and personal use A collapsible storage container apparatus having a base which has a first set of opposing edges and a second set of opposing edges. The container also includes a first set of opposing panels wherein each panel has a fold-over portion having at least one connector an... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313887 | Collapsible trap Traps, and more particularly collapsible traps used to capture crabs or other live animals. More particularly still, collapsible live animal traps that utilize one or more support members that are stable when assembled, yet easily collapsible. ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7303076 | Fruit conformable resiliently compressible force absorption system A fruit protection and transportation system providing various apparatus and methods to absorb impact and compression forces to reduce damage to fruit (3). Particular embodiments of the invention comprise a fruit protector blank (1) of resiliently comp... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290663 | Folding container A folding container (3) comprises: an upper frame (31) including a pair of first and second opposite sides; a pair of side plates (35) being pivotally connected to a respective first side and movable relative to the upper frame; a pair of foldin... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287661 | Bulk container assembly Collapsible bulk container (1) which includes a carrying base member (2) provided with skids (20), collapsible side walls (3) and a removable lid (5). The side walls (3) are moveably attached to the base member. The lid (... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281637 | Knock-down crate with walls stored in base and method employing such a crate A knock-down crate having a base associated with four sides. In a first embodiment, the base and the sides are hingedly interconnected. In alternative embodiments, the sides are detachably engageable with the base for deployment parallel to the length and breadth of... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275837 | Cake shroud This is a shroud for a cake in which a cake can be covered and then uncovered to add panache to any banquet or wedding. A means to illuminate the area around the device will also be provided. ... | 10/02/2007 |
