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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7798351 | Box-like container for transporting household items which also may be used to create pieces of furniture This invention relates to an over-sized box-like container adapted to carry diverse, and often collapsed or unassembled household items, including furniture, accessories and art objects suitable to fully furnish one room. More particularly, this invention relates to... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7347328 | 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... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7267060 | Stackable cargo bin A heavy-duty cargo bin unit configured for rugged use in hostile environments, such as in the oil drilling and production industry. The cargo bin unit is of a generally rectilinear construction, and preferably fabricated of heavy gauge steel. Supports or skids are p... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264122 | Collapsible merchandising container A collapsible display container includes abase and a pair of opposed side walls each pivotably attached to the base. The side walls are orientable between an assembled position and a second position. At least one of the side walls includes a display member which is ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7243674 | Collapsible enclosure A collapsible enclosure includes a roof, a rear wall, a pair of sidewalls, a front wall, each wall having an outside and inside surface and an open bottom. The cover includes heat insulation material covering substantially all of each inside surface of each wall. A ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7222740 | Freight enclosure An apparatus including an open box structure having a top, a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, an inner chamber bound by the top, first, second, third, and fourth sides, and an opening leading to the inner chamber, is disclosed. The first s... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7175033 | Portable chafing stand system A portable chafing stand system for providing a chafing stand that is portable and that reduces fuel consumption. The portable chafing stand system includes a pair of end members and a pair of side members attachable to one another. The end members each have a plura... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7155865 | Prefabricated housing structure A housing structure includes a first plurality of wall panels which form a lower course and a second plurality of wall panels which form an upper course. Each of the wall portions is generally rectangular and includes integrally formed interlocking portions which fa... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7066548 | Take-down seating A seat assembly (10) for use in a watercraft (12) having a deck (14) is provided. The seat assembly (10) comprises a first portion (16) and a second portion (18) spaced from the first portion (16). First (52) a... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7051901 | Air barrier device for protecting liquid fluids in opened containers A device inhibits oxidation of wine remaining in a bottle. A stopper and an inflatable bladder replace the cork. In a first embodiment, a wine duct formed in the stopper is open when the stopper is in an extended position and is closed when the stopper is retracted.... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6938559 | Metal and plastic pallet assembly A pallet composed of a removable plastic deck and a metal base, where the deck is joined to the base by mechanical interlocking, the deck having depending lugs which interlock with apertures in the upper surface of the base. Preferably, the lugs have sufficient dept... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6564960 | Collapsible article A collapsible article is disclosed herein which comprises: a plurality of slats, each slat having opposing longitudinally extending edges, a flute extending along one edge, a bead extending along the other edge and adapted to fit within the flute of an ad... | 05/20/2003 |
| 5813737 | Construction system A construction system suitable for erecting a modular structure such as a furniture item or the like. A first part is connectable with a second part by a releasable cross connection. A third elongate part has a cavity extending substantially over its full... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5561947 | Crate apparatus for plants, hedges and trees, and method of transplanting same A crate for a plant, hedge or tree, including first and second end members positioned in spaced relation, and first and second side panels extending between the end members. The end members each removably receive and support an end portion of each of the ... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5535909 | Flat packing container A container comprising a multiplicity of panels, a multiplicity of retaining clips adapted to secure the panels when the container is erect and a multiplicity of storage clips, each storage clip comprising two legs, a first leg having a first foot arrange... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5527103 | Cabinet of improved design and construction There is disclosed a cabinet which is formed of wood substrate panels in which a plurality of flat side and end panels have end slots which interlocked together to form a cabinet subassembly. Each end slot extends half the height of its respective panel a... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5415310 | Collapsible non-strapped paste bin A paste bin is disclosed in which the combination of self locking corner irons enable both the elimination of straps utilized to hold the containers together as well as the relatively complex pre-strapping assembly. Accordingly, self locking corner irons ... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5360128 | Jewelry case and components A wooden jewelry case having sides joined at their ends by miters locked together with brass compression splines having a twibill cross sectional shape. A top and bottom are each attached to the sides with locking splines having a cross sectional shape si... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5323921 | Container A foldable container comprises a bottom member (1), a foldable wall arrangement (2) and a lid (3). A locking arrangement included in the container and having locking means (7) on the lid and/or locking means (8) on the bottom member is arranged to interlo... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5207343 | Present invention refers to a new system of modular knock-down packaging A modular knock-down packing container system, generally of wood, includes interchangeable wall panels with corresponding channel guides for guaranteeing the structurally reinforcement and sealing of the interchangeable walls. The panels are held in place... | 05/04/1993 |
| 4969567 | Collapsible cheese box A stainless steel cheese box includes a bottom frame having an upstanding peripheral flange positioned outwardly of opposite end and side walls. A bottom wall of polyurethane material of substantial thickness temporarily holds the end and side walls erect... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4867327 | Knock down box A joint for assembling planar members of a knock down chair and a box made from an assembly of interlocking pieces requiring no fasteners is disclosed. The various members can be made from a single sheet of commercially available plywood. When the last pl... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4807802 | Container assembly An erectable container assembly comprising end members, side members and a bottom member which are compactly packagable in a disassembled kit form for later assembly without the need for tools, separate fasteners, or adhesive to form a useful and decorati... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4730746 | Enclosure An enclosure for machinery or other items comprises a base, opposed sidewalls, opposed endwalls and a top cover. The endwalls are fixed to the base and have side edges which taper inwardly toward one another from bottom to top and are bent inwardly to for... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4718584 | Automotive accessory for hatchback automobiles and station wagons An accessory for use in hatchback automobiles and station wagons is dimensioned to fit within the rear interior area of the automobile, and is intended to restrict movement of small articles during transportation. The accessory comprises a base, back flap... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4703866 | Rectangular wooden receptacle A rectangular barrel having four flat sides. Each side comprises a plurality of board of substantially square cross section. Each board has right angular grooves extending laterally near the end and has a tongue on one edge and a groove on the other edge ... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4692119 | Educational puzzle box This educational device provides a three-dimensional, box-like structure and includes a plurality of side portions and a plurality of cross members selectively connectible to the side portions. A variety of threaded fasteners and tools are utilized for as... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4671422 | Assembleable box Method of manufacturing a box and an arrangement permitting the secure but separable connection of an edge part of a first component to an adjacent edge part of a second component. Each edge part is provided with a number of connecting portions designed t... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4653658 | Liquid containers An enclosure comprising four interconnected sides, two opposite sides being coupling sides and the other sides being doors. A channel shaped coupler secured to each side with a channel leg extending under a bottom edge of the side and spaced therefrom to ... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4650084 | Collapsible box A collapsible box having sidewalls secured together at the corners of the box by first and second loop elements fastened to two adjacent sidewalls. As disclosed, each loop element includes two tapered end portions adjacent one another driven into a sidewa... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4646927 | Transport container assembly An erectable transport container comprising end members, slats and handle which are compactly packagable in a disassembled kit form for later assembly without the need for tools, separate fasteners, or adhesive to form a useful container for storage, tran... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4609116 | Produce bin A bulk container which is disassemblable such that the interchangeable wall panels and the locking clips which connect the wall panels fit flatly into the flanged base assembly of the container. A base assembly provided with flanged sides holds the disase... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4561554 | Container for produce, fruits groceries and the like A container for produce, fruit, groceries, dairy products, and the like comprising a hollow container of substantially rectangular shape, the container including laterally spaced normally vertical side walls, longitudinally spaced normally vertical end wa... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4560257 | Knock-down geometric structure with optional mirrored faces Various geometric structures are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the structure is a mirror cube formed by five rectangular mirrors defining four sides and a top panel, and an inset base. Upper and lower frames extend around upper and lower margins o... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4558801 | Conforming liner A film liner is provided in the form of a sleeve having a conforming seal area provided on the sleeve that joins opposing panels of the sleeve along a location that is spaced inwardly from an edge of the sleeve, and this conforming seal area has a length ... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4550832 | Stackable box with adjustable cover A stackable box of the type positionable in a stack with other boxes comprises a frame with walls formed of non-flowable moldable material having angular portions assembled to form outwardly extending corners. The frame is formed with a downwardly and inw... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4484688 | Rectangular barrel for aging whiskey A rectangular barrel-like structure having four wooden stave sides and two wooden stave head sections, joined together by specially designed triangular corner members. Each of the staves used in making the side walls and in making the head sections are of... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4461395 | Reusable, modular, knockdown container An improved, reusable, modular, knockdown container preserves delicate corners necessary for providing sufficient bearing surface and force direction to maintain the package erect by providing a clip-bearing plate associated with each corner to protect th... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4453471 | Panel retaining clamp for collapsible pallet containers A pallet container system having strap-like clamping devices to retain five or more rectangular panels in either an erect box-like condition or in a collapsed condition in which the panels are compactly stacked for handling and storage during non-use. The... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4432463 | Wine storage container A wine container has a peripheral metal frame which defines the upper, lower and end walls, the side walls being timber panel assemblies which are sealably clamped to the peripheral metal frame by respective clamping frames.... | 02/21/1984 |
