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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8016152 | Container sidewall connector An improved structural panel and connector sidewall construction is presented. While maintaining the benefits of standard structural panel designs, a two post connector construction achieves many benefits of traditional sidewall designs, including simplified replace... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7222745 | Plastic boxes and methods for making same A box includes a base having a substantially rectangular perimeter. A pair of side walls and a pair of end walls extend upward from the perimeter of the base to form a box bottom having rounded corners and vertices. The box bottom includes a mouth at the top thereof... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7182244 | Mailbox A mailbox includes opposing side pieces, a bottom piece, a rear piece, and a door, all made from die-cast aluminum. The side pieces include abutting top flanges and the mailbox further includes a channel engaging the top flanges to hold the top flanges together. Scr... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7032765 | Container with over center corner latches A container constructed of parts that are injection molded using a synthetic resin molding technique includes a base, side walls and end walls. The side and end walls are movable between a first position in which the side and end walls are collapsed in the interior ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6991124 | Blast resistant and blast directing containers and methods of making Blast resistant and blast directing containers, as well as doors and closures therefor, for receiving explosive articles and preventing or minimizing damage in the event of an explosion. The container comprises at least three nested bands of material wherein the ban... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6968971 | Endcap assembly for a stowage bin An endcap assembly (10) for attachment to a front end of a stowage bin (12) is provided. The endcap assembly (10) includes an integral inner panel (16) and an outer panel (18) coupled to the inner panel (16). The integral in... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6689435 | Hollow article and its manufacturing method and apparatus thereof The present invention is a hollow article with an integral impact absorbing rib and the method of manufacturing the same. The apparatus is a hollow article made of thermoplastic resin and integrally formed by blow molding, comprising a first wall and a se... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6564993 | Tote box with corner enhancers and strengthener clips A tote box and method of assembling a tote box is disclosed which incorporates a box, four corner enhancers, four corner strengthener clips and a top rail which is secured over the top edge of the erected walls of the box. The walls of the box are held to... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6361055 | Cryogenic composite tank seals Sealed structural joints for use in manufacturing pressurized tank structures, and particularly cryogenic fuel tanks. In a preferred embodiment, the structural joints and seals comprise a strain-compliant material as applied to a joint or seam to provide ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6354451 | Freight container The invention relates to a freight container (1) having sides (10, 20) oriented perpendicularly to each other and defining an internal cargo space, and having a rectangular access opening which allows access to said cargo space, said access opening being ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6131762 | Reinforcing member for containers A reinforcing block (15) adapted to fit closely into and extend along the joint (10) between the floor (12) and wall panel (14) of a container of the type commonly used for bulk food storage and display in supermarkets. The block (15) has an underside sur... | 10/17/2000 |
| 5918755 | Apparatus and process for erecting collapsible bin In a so-called strapless bin erected on a pallet, normally open self locking clips are compressed during bin erection by the on fork bin sides to lock and hold adjacent right angle bin sides in the erected disposition. The two off pallet bin sides have pe... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5848720 | Unibody fuel tank system A fuel tank system includes a fuel tank defined by an external wrapper or skin within which fuel tank reinforcing support structures are incorporated, the fuel tank support structures further incorporating a tank mounting system for producing simplified m... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5829615 | Equipment case The invention relates to an equipment case with a metallic, self-supporting casing and an inner frame forming a reception space for equipment and components and which is fixed to the casing jacket by means of vibration-damping elements spaced from the cas... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5704514 | Composite pressure vessel A composite pressure vessel, for the containment of pressurized fluid, having at least two opposed wall regions, and a plurality of internal fibers fixedly attached to and extending between the at least two opposed wall regions, interiorly of the pressure... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5630658 | Hemmed edge file holder A file holder for holding a plurality of file folders, wherein a support surface and a plurality of perpendicularly extending side panels have a hemmed support edge and a hemmed panel edges, respectively. The hemmed support edge and the hemmed panel edges... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5620111 | Distortion-resistant generator support base and storage tank assembly A generator support base and storage tank assembly includes an outer support frame structure and an inner arcuate-shaped structure. The outer support frame structure is formed by a pair of substantially vertical flat end plates and a substantially horizon... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5538155 | Flexible container for bulk material A container for bulk material, having side walls and a bottom, in combination with an insert of flexible material. The insert has side walls of the same shape as the side walls of the container and fits removably in the container. The insert has a tubular... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5462193 | Composite pressure vessel In a preferred embodiment, a composite pressure vessel for the containment of pressurized fluid, including: at least two opposed walls regions; and a plurality of internal fibers fixedly attached to and extending between the at least two opposed wall regi... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5392946 | Lid design for low level waste container A container for low level waste includes a shell and a lid. The lid has a frame to which a planar member is welded. The lid frame includes a rectangular outer portion made of square metal tubing, a longitudinal beam extending between axial ends of the rec... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5328268 | Bulk bag with restrainer A collapsible bulk bag which when filled with material has a generally cubical configuration with a pair of end walls and rectangular sidewalls extending between them with all of the walls being of a flexible material. Bowing and bulging of the sidewalls ... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5279457 | Exterior watch box An exterior watch carton having a removable support insert is provided. The walls of the support insert align with the walls of the carton to form a reinforced carton. The support insert interlocks with the base of the carton so that the support insert ma... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5178292 | Reinforced plastic intermodal freight container construction A freight container made of plastic composite material comprised of (1) an outer skin including a roof, floor and side walls and (2) a main frame structure. The frame structure includes longitudinally extending upper beams and lower beams which extend for... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5042657 | Elongated tubular container for venetian blinds Container for Venetian blind including a tube of corrugated board of triangular cross-section and a reinforcing element of angular configuration made of chip board.... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4645379 | Pyramidal offshore structure An underwater storage structure comprising an internally segmented tetrahedron and/or hexahedron, said self supporting structure having a fluid impermeable covering and an internally segmented skeleton. The structure can be subdivided internally by fluid ... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4602465 | Supporting structure for large volume containers Substantially cylindrical and relatively thin-walled large volume containers such as silos are interiorly supported by means of a supporting structure in the form of a triangular supporting triangle, which is fixedly joined to the inner container wall. Th... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4193510 | Liquid storage tank A liquid storage tank made of panels each of which is made typically of glass reinforced plastic material and is generally rectangular and has integral flanges on all four sides. Each corner is relieved. The wall of the panel has at least one stiffening f... | 03/18/1980 |
