Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
220400330 | Removable fastening element | 35 |
20080302789 | Reconfigurable container and methods of fabrication and use thereof - Reconfigurable containers which may adopt two stable configurations are described. In the first configuration, the container is suitable for the storing and transport of goods. When in a second, collapsed configuration, the container occupies a lesser volume than the first configuration and thus requires less shipping space. This is accomplished through the use of at least one deformable active material member that is preferably a shape memory polymer and, optionally, releasable fasteners. | 12-11-2008 |
20090057306 | INTERCONNECTING CONTAINER SYSTEM FOR FOOD OR OTHER PRODUCT - A container system for containing a product. The container system includes a primary container containing a primary product and at least one secondary container containing a secondary product. The secondary container is releasably connected to the primary container. | 03-05-2009 |
20090071957 | Safety Box - A safety box includes a rectangular main frame, a front frame, a rear frame and four side bars connected between the front and rear frames. The front frame includes four hollow front bars and each front bar includes a first slot, the rear frame includes four hollow rear bars and each rear bar includes a second slot so that side panels can be inserted into the first and second slots. A front panel is connected to the front frame and a rear panel is connected to the rear frame. A pivotal column is pivotably connected to the front frame. Eight corners are connected to corners of the front frame and the rear frame so as to hide the bolts. | 03-19-2009 |
20090206078 | CRATES - A collapsible crate for transporting goods, the crate having an upstanding wall, at least a portion of which is movable, locating means and releasable locking means for releasably securing the movable wall portion relative to the crate, wherein the locating means has a projection receivable within a recess or aperture to align, in use, the movable wall portion relative to the crate such that the movable wall portion is releasably securable by the locking means. | 08-20-2009 |
20090242552 | ISO CONTAINER HAVING A LOAD TRANSFER PLATE - A lightweight transportable container is disclosed in which the wall, roof, and floor of the container are laminated panels bonded together to form a rigid monolithic structure. The container has fittings attached thereto to provide for the attachment of lifting hooks, tie downs, and alignment and coupling pins for attachment with other units when stacked one on top of the other. Load transfer plates are secured to both the fittings and an interior surface of the container to distribute loads otherwise concentrated at the fittings. The container is particularly useful in hostile and extreme temperature environments and is designed to withstand the application of numerous forces from various directions, such as those typically applied, for example, in ISO certification testing. | 10-01-2009 |
20090250459 | Collapsible Storage Container Incorporating Latch Mechanism - A collapsible storage container is provided that incorporates a latch mechanism for maintaining the storage container in a non-collapsed configuration during use. The storage container includes a generally flat base having at least first and second support posts extending from corresponding corners of the base. A removable panel is receivable between the first and second support posts and a first pin element projects laterally from a first side of the panel. A plate is positioned adjacent the first support post and includes a recess therein for receiving the first pin element therethrough. The recess is partially defined by an upper edge at a predetermined angle to the axis of the first support post for limiting vertical movement of the first pin element received in the recess. | 10-08-2009 |
20100072199 | COLLAPSIBLE BIN - A reusable, washable, plastic, collapsible bin includes a plastic base. Four walls extend upwardly from the base and interlock with one another near the corners. Straps around the walls hold the walls together temporarily during use and keep the walls interlocked with one another. After use, the straps are removed and the walls can easily be removed from the base. The walls and base are then washed for subsequent reuse. | 03-25-2010 |
20100224625 | Knockdown container - [Problem] The object is to provide a knockdown container with a pallet structure that can better withstand wear and the like and enable reliable fastening of a sleeve to the pallet. | 09-09-2010 |
20100270299 | CHARGED PARTICLE LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING VACUUM IN A VACUUM CHAMBER - A vacuum chamber comprising a plurality of wall panels enclosing an interior space, in which the wall panels are removably attached to form the chamber using a plurality of connection members for locating the wall panels in a predetermined arrangement. The vacuum chamber further comprises one or more sealing members provided at the edges of the wall panels. The wall panels are arranged so that a vacuum tight seal is formed at the edges of the wall panels as a result of forming a vacuum in the interior space. | 10-28-2010 |
20110011855 | PREFABRICATED RECIPIENT BOX - A recipient box is provided, which can be assembled by disposing a horizontal plate, a vertical plate and a rear plate and pressing and fixing frames from front and rear sides, so that beginners, women or old and feeble persons can easily and safely assemble and use the recipient box, without fitting pieces to the frames. The prefabricated recipient box includes horizontal plates horizontally disposed at upper and lower portions, vertical plates vertically disposed to connect both ends of the upper and lower horizontal plates, a rear plate supported by the rear sides of the upper and lower horizontal plates at upper and lower corner sides thereof, and supported by the rear sides of the right and left vertical plates at right and left corner sides thereof, fastening means fastened to the first fastening boss and the second fastening boss at the front side, and the first fastening boss and the second fastening boss at the rear side. | 01-20-2011 |
20110127260 | PACKAGING, USE OF A PACKAGING AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING SEVERAL PACKAGING - A packaging ( | 06-02-2011 |
20110174810 | REUSABLE PACKAGING AND SHIPPING SYSTEM - A reusable packaging device for protecting an object during shipment may include at least four end caps and strap assemblies configured to selectively hold the end caps in a desired expanded position relative to one another during shipment of the object and to hold the end caps in contact with one another after the object has been received. In one embodiment the object may be clamped between two of the packaging devices for shipment. | 07-21-2011 |
20120006816 | COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR ERECTING CONTAINER - Technology related to collapsible shipping containers is described herein. For example, a lifting mechanism is described having a first lift beam and a second lift beam, where the lift beam is pivotably attached to the container at one end and slidably attached to the container at another end. In addition, tensioning systems, locking systems, cable systems and arrangements for folding axes are described herein in the context of a collapsible shipping container. | 01-12-2012 |
20120067877 | COLLAPSIBLE CARRYING DEVICE - A carrying device including a first panel having a first end and a second end, a second panel having a first end and a second end with one end rotatively coupled to one end of the first panel, a third panel having a first end and a second end with one end rotatively coupled to the other end of the second panel, a fourth panel having a first end and a second end with one end rotatively coupled to the other end of the third panel and the other end rotatively coupled to the other end of first panel. | 03-22-2012 |
20120152945 | ENCLOSURE HAVING DETACHABLE NUTS - An enclosure includes a sidewall and a nut assembly. The sidewall defines a through hole therein. The nut assembly is detachably positioned on the sidewall. The nut assembly includes a nut and a resilient tab. The nut includes a base and a post extending from the base. The post extends through the through hole. The tab is secured on the post. The sidewall is sandwiched between the base and the tab. | 06-21-2012 |
20120168434 | CONTAINER WITH FOLDABLE LOAD PLATFORM - Container with foldable load platform intended for transporting different pieces, so that once the container assembly is empty; it can be folded occupying a reduced space. It is characterized in that it comprises a foldable load container having two opposite side walls with the addition of a central folding line ( | 07-05-2012 |
20120181271 | Container Comprising a Collapsible Sidewall - The present invention relates to a container comprising foldable sidewalls which has a hinge connection which almost entirely prevents the base from slumping relative to the sidewall even under load. The container may be produced in a particularly simple and inexpensive manner, since due to the specific hinge connection, the base may be produced, in an injection-molding process, without any slide in the tool, and since a simple tool arrangement is thus enabled. | 07-19-2012 |
20120279958 | RESPIRATOR - A closing device is provided for a container of a respirator with two container shells ( | 11-08-2012 |
20130026165 | CONTAINER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A container assembly can have a plurality of sides. Two or more of the sides has one or more grooves. An insert can be installed into one or more of the grooves. Clips can be used to connect groove(s) and/or insert(s) on one side of the container assembly to groove(s) and/or insert(s) on another side of the container assembly. | 01-31-2013 |
20130264338 | Freight-Flat Safe - A knockdown safe or security box precursor is made of a flat base, side panels, end panels and a collar which together form a box. The sides and ends are joined together and to the base by fasteners which allow the box to be freighted as a stack of panels and components and then erected as a box by the use of fasteners which are only accessible from inside the box. | 10-10-2013 |
20130320006 | TRANSPORT AND PRESENTATION CRATE - A crate includes a base and at least two pairs of mutually opposing side walls, a first one of the side walls extending upward from the base in a vertical direction at least partly by a retrieval height only which is smaller than the height of one or more of the remaining side walls so as to define a lateral opening dimensioned to enable accessing and retrieving products contained within the crate through the lateral opening. The crate further includes an insert for being arranged on the base, the insert being configured in dependence on the products to be received by the crate. The crate further includes a blocking element and a latching mechanism so as to latch the blocking element in a first, closed position. | 12-05-2013 |
20140110404 | CONTAINER FASTENING ASSEMBLY - A connection arrangement for connection of vertically and/or horizontally arranged containers. Each of the containers provides bosses or projections over a collinear pair of which is placed a separate plate. The plate provides matched polygonal apertures to receive the projections. Each of the projections provides an aperture there through to receive a retainer pin or bolt. The pin or bolt abuts the plate when engaged. The arrangement greatly expedites the separation of the containers when desired. The user needs only tap out the retainer pin and pull off the plate. This obviates the use of fasteners which can freeze, rust or become otherwise inoperative or cumbersome. | 04-24-2014 |
20140117011 | Fluid Containment Apparatus - The inventive technology may include several independent inventive aspects relating to: attachment componentry and associated supports (such as flanges) that are used to create a tight, vandal resistant seal between adjacent panels of a fluid containment apparatus, and facilitate assembly of panels to form such apparatus, and facilitate disassembly thereof; strategic location of crane hook attachment components so as to avoid unwanted misorientation of a panel suspended at such components during containment apparatus construction; attachment componentry that include angled driven pin axes and/or provision of automatically self-seating upon pin driving of, e.g., protrusions in proper positions in corresponding apertures, where such proper positions may coincide with proper, tight sealing relative positions of adjacent, attached panels and enhance installed apparatus stability. | 05-01-2014 |
20140197168 | COLLAPSIBLE NESTABLE CONTAINER - A collapsible nestable container is provided. The collapsible nestable container may comprise a plurality of panels, each having one or more locking features that interlock with the locking features of the other panels to form an assembled container. The panels further comprise one or more nesting features, that interlock with the nesting features of the other panels to allow the panels to nest in a collapsed configuration with similar or dissimilar panels. | 07-17-2014 |
20140209600 | CONTAINER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A panel can have a plurality of grooves. An insert can be installed into one or more of the grooves. The inserts can have one or more mating elements that protrude from the side of the insert. The one or more mating elements can be sized and positioned to help secure the insert within a groove. | 07-31-2014 |
20140312034 | FOLDABLE CRATE AND LOCKING MECHANISMS THEREFOR - A foldable crate includes a base platform, a pair of longitudinal sidewalls forming a hinged connection with the base platform and a pair of flanking sidewalls forming a hinged connection with the base platform. The flanking sidewalls accommodate a locking mechanism, which includes an actuator, a transmission mechanism and a pair of locking elements, threaded into channels at the top portion of the flanking sidewalls. | 10-23-2014 |
20140332528 | COLLAPSIBLE CUP FOR HOT AND COLD BEVERAGES - A novel cup is disclosed that may be collapsed and extended to hold cold or hot liquids safely. The cup preferably comprises a telescoping body comprising a plurality of rings of varying outer diameters, each ring having an outer wall and an inner wall forming an air gap therebetween, a leak-proof mechanism comprising an O-ring disposed about one or more rings, and a locking mechanism comprising an annular track disposed about one ring, and a pin disposed about another ring adapted to fit within the track and slideably engage it. The locking mechanism may further comprise a first magnet seated within the air gap of a first ring, and a second magnet seated within the air gap of a second ring, whereby the first and second magnets create a magnetic pull toward one another to help keep the cup in either a collapsed or extended position. | 11-13-2014 |
20150014309 | STORAGE BOX - A storage box includes a base, two opposite first side plates coupled to the base and two opposite second side plates coupled to the base and connecting the two first side plates. The base includes two base plates coupled to each other. Each base plate includes a fixing flange, a first sliding flange and a second sliding flange extending from the fixing flange. The first side plates are pivotally coupled to the fixing flanges of the base plates. The second side plates each include two sliding plates respectively and pivotally coupled to the first sliding flange of a corresponding one of the base plates and the second sliding flange of the other one of the base plates. The two base plates are configured to be movable relative to each other. The two sliding plates of each second side plate are configured to be movable relative to each other. | 01-15-2015 |
20150028027 | CRATE WITH RETRACTABLE WALL - A crate includes a base and a plurality of walls including a front wall. The front wall is movable between a retracted, open position and a closed position. In some embodiments, the front wall includes a frame, a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is hingeably connected to the frame and the second portion is hingeably connected to the first portion. | 01-29-2015 |
20150292546 | CAPTIVE FASTENER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A captive fastener assembly and method comprising a retaining plate for positioning upon a perimeteral surface of a cover of an enclosure during use, the retaining plate comprising a plurality of plate openings having an inner diameter for the passage of a plurality of respective captive fasteners. The captive fastener assembly further comprises a plurality of respective securing rings having inner and outer diameters, the plurality of capture fasteners comprising an annular notch for fixedly attaching to the inner diameter of the securing ring during use, wherein the outer diameter of the securing rings is greater than the inner diameter of the plate openings. | 10-15-2015 |
20160068301 | Shipping Container and Spring Lock Therefor - A spring lock for interconnecting adjacent walls of a shipping container having foldable walls, said spring lock including a mounting portion and a clamping portion, and a shipping container with foldable walls wherein at least one pair of adjacent walls is interconnected with a spring lock. | 03-10-2016 |
20160090208 | Shipping Container and Forkstrap Connector Therefor - A forkstrap connector for removably connecting individual forkstraps or a forkstrap unit to a shipping container, said forkstrap connector including plurality of barbs for engaging the forkstraps of forkstrap unit and a shipping container utilizing at least one forkstrap connector. | 03-31-2016 |
20160101896 | KNOCKDOWN CRATE AND METHOD OF DISPLAY PACKAGING - An improved knockdown crate and method of display for sale thereof. The knockdown crate generally includes two end panels, each with a bottom edge and opposing side edges, each edge comprising an interior groove extending the length thereof; a bottom panel comprising a plurality of longitudinal slats and two transverse connection members connecting the plurality of longitudinal slats in parallel, the transverse connection members have a geometric cross section which seat with the interior grooves of the bottom edges of the two end panels; and two side panels each comprising a plurality of longitudinal slats and two transverse connection members connecting the plurality of longitudinal slats in parallel, the transverse connection members have a geometric cross section which seat with the interior grooves of the opposing side edges of the two end panels respectively. | 04-14-2016 |
20160376057 | CONFIGURABLE SHIPPING CRATE ASSEMBLY - A bracket for securing a plurality of support members for a shipping crate assembly is also disclosed. The bracket forms a corner of the shipping crate assembly. The bracket includes first and second non-identical plates. The first and second non-identical plates are joined along a connection line. The first and second non-identical plates extend perpendicularly from each other. A foot is secured to the first and second non-identical plates, the foot being secured along the connection line. | 12-29-2016 |
20220134633 | TRANSPORT DEVICE - The invention relates to a transport device ( | 05-05-2022 |