Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
206600000 | Knockdown or collapsible type | 24 |
20080314790 | Mechanically Expandable/Collapsible and Electronically Secured Container - This invention describes a container that is easily collapsible and expandable mechanically according to the dimensions of the assets to be contained in it. Boxing a small asset into a large container proves very storage inefficient. It also contains an electromechanically controlled locker to prevent unauthorized access to the contained assets. | 12-25-2008 |
20090032432 | STACKABLE PALLET SYSTEM INCLUDING V-SHAPED CORNER SUPPORTS - A modular packaging and display system for shipping and displaying products. The modular packaging and display system includes multiple display trays supported by a series of V-shaped spacers. The modular packaging and display system includes a plurality of V-shaped support members positioned near the corners of each display tray to stabilize the packaging system. The spacers and the support members are preferably formed from paperboard. The modular packaging and display system is strong enough to support the weight of the products and the trays and withstand the weight of one or more units stacked thereupon. | 02-05-2009 |
20090057191 | Stackable and collapsible pallet container - The pallet container is stackable on similar containers, without resting on the goods within the containers below, preventing damage to the palleted goods. Side panels of the pallet container hinge upon fold onto the base of the stabilize the propellers of a wind machine or alternatively a wind powered generator, and more particularly a system. The invention comprises a transportable and collapsible storage container, sized to receive a pallet of stacked articles. The storage container is stackable, to support a similar container stacked on top, without damage to the palleted contents stored within the container. The load of the storage container stacked above is handled by the walls of the storage container below. Preferably, the four walls of the pallet container hinge at the base of each wall, to fold flat for compact storage. The walls may be solid, slatted, meshed or grate. The walls interlock, when raised from the flat, storage position, to prevent unwanted folding of the container. The storage container may be employed as a stand-alone rack system, or in a carrier, such as a rail car, flatbed truck or trailer combination. | 03-05-2009 |
20090127158 | PALLET - A collapsible bin includes a base having a floor from which a plurality of spaced apart columns extend downwardly. A plurality of walls are hingeably connected to an upper surface of the base. A lid is securely received on upper edges of the walls when the walls are in the erected position. The lid can also be secured to the base when the walls are in the collapsed position. The bin is securely stackable in the collapsed and erected positions, with and without lids. | 05-21-2009 |
20090134057 | COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER - A collapsible container that in the assembled configuration provides for a predetermined central space protected by six walls that are perpendicularly mounted with respect to each abutting wall and in the e collapsed configuration occupies minimum space. A bottom wall is provided with a predetermined umber of hinge knuckles with a central through opening through which pins are passed. Parapets of different heights are provided to raise the knuckles to predetermined heights that will clear the stacked up thickness of the folded walls. The height of the front, rear and the two side lateral walls is determined by the width of the bottom wall which in turn will also determine the width and height of the front and rear walls. A handle is removably mounted to the top wall, protruding toward the exterior. | 05-28-2009 |
20100012550 | BAG-IN-BAG CONTAINER FOR BULK HANDLING OF FLUIDS - A palletized shipping container ( | 01-21-2010 |
20100059406 | SUPPORT DEVICE FOR MATERIALS HANDLING - A support device for materials handling includes a plurality of leg members used to form a support structure. A deck member is mounted on the support structure to form the support device. In particular, the deck member comprises a plurality of recesses on a first side shaped to receive the plurality of leg members. | 03-11-2010 |
20100065466 | Stackable collapsible container - A stackable, collapsible container for flowable materials. The container utilizes an outer container and a flexible inner liner retained by a base, a top and a plurality of support poles. The support poles are retained in a plurality of holes in the base provided with a plurality of wedges to secure the holes against lateral movement. Providing wedges within tapered holes facilitates the compression molding of the depth of holes required for adequately supporting the support poles. | 03-18-2010 |
20110132801 | Container - A container includes a pallet base having a rectangular deck and support portions extending downward from an underside of the deck and a channel extending into an upper surface of the deck along edges of the deck. A sidewall defines a corrugated rectangular wall having four sides and setting into the channel in the pallet. Magnets are embedded into two sections of the sidewall to attract and retain the sections together. A cover fits over the sidewall. Alignment portions are formed in the channel and complementary alignment portions are formed in the bottom of the sidewall for aligning the sidewall with the pallet base. The pallet base includes intersecting strap receiving portions formed in an underside of the pallet base and the cover includes intersecting strap receiving portions formed on a top portion of the cover. The sidewall may be a see through material to provide for viewing contents from outside the container. The sidewall has two elements joined together along complementary vertical edge elements with recessed magnets pulling the edges together. | 06-09-2011 |
20110192760 | TRANSPORT OF GOODS - A collapsible container includes a base two ends and one or two sides. Two pairs of lifting element guide formations are connected to the base. The ends are displaceable relative to the base between an erect condition in which they extend upwardly from opposed ends of the base and a collapsed condition in which they are generally parallel with the base. The ends have a width which is less than the spacing between the lifting element guide formations in a pair such that when two or more of the containers are arranged in a stack, in their collapsed conditions, ends of one container are positioned between the lifting element guide formations of a container positioned immediately above said one container in a stack. | 08-11-2011 |
20110220544 | ENHANCED STRUCTURE FOR PACKING, TRANSPORTATION AND DISPLAY OF DIVERSE PRODUCTS - The present invention relates to a novel enhanced structure for packing, transportation and display of diverse products which allows transporting large volumes of products reliably and efficiently from the point of manufacture to the point of sale, structure that gives various competitive advantages related to the containers already known in the market, with the most important being, the solid structural stiffness which comes from a quick and reliable assembling of the whole structure, which is achieved from the configuration of the fastening gussets that attach the upper and lower frames with the support and containment side posts, and the configuration of the structural profiles that make up both the upper frame and the bottom frame. | 09-15-2011 |
20110253590 | LOADABLE CONTAINER ABLE TO BE COLLAPSED IN CASE OF NO LOAD - There is provided a container loadable with at least one object. The container comprises a pallet with a loadable upper side and first protruding fastening means arranged apart from the edges of the pallet. The container also comprises a closable sidewall with second fastening means suitable to fit into the first fastening means of the pallet comprising at least a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side. The fourth side is configured to be opened to load the container. The sidewall and the pallet may be fastened together with the first and second fastening means defining a loadable volume which is able to be collapsed in case of no loaded objects by moving the sidewall towards the upper side of the pallet, for of at least two of the first to fourth sides along the first fastening means. The sidewall may be detachable from the pallet. The sides of the sidewalls may be detachable from each other to enable a separate replacement of the sides without replacing the complete sidewall. | 10-20-2011 |
20110308993 | COLLAPSIBLE BULK BIN CONTAINER - A collapsible shipping container is capable of configured from a collapsed position for storage and transportation to a constructed position for containment of articles therein and back again to the collapsed position after use. The collapsible shipping container comprises a foldable tray having at least two pallet runner sleeves spaced apart from one another and each of which being formed on respective opposed lateral edges of the foldable tray. A plurality of elongated pallet runners each of which having an inner support structure integrally formed thereto. The plurality of elongated pallet runners each of which is adapted to be inserted into each of the respective plurality of pallet runner sleeves. A foldable side wall body is adapted to rest upon the foldable tray to form an interior space to receive a plurality of articles. The foldable side wall body comprises end walls, side walls, and side body flaps to form an enclosed bottom thereof. Each of the end walls includes an articulation fold formed therein so that during the collapsed position, the articulation folds move toward the interior space and during the constructed position, the articulation folds move away from the interior space. A lid is configured to telescopically enclosing the collapsible shipping container. | 12-22-2011 |
20120152799 | COLLAPSIBLE PLASTIC CONTAINER - A collapsible container has end and side wall panels, and a gate that are assembled onto a pallet base and supported by flanges extending up from a planer base. Either the side or the end walls each have a hinge structure between panels of the walls. The hinge structure permits inward folding of the hinged panels so that they can lay flat, one upon the other, in a folded or collapsed position with the non-hinged panels also laying flat. The end and side walls can be removed from their respective bases and multiple ones of the folded wall configurations can fit within an assembled container. As a result, substantially the entire volume of the assembled container can be filled with the folded wall configurations of other containers for return shipment. This enables a highly efficient return shipment ratio of the containers. | 06-21-2012 |
20130270151 | REUSABLE PALLET CONTAINER - A reusable pallet container is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the disclosure, a pallet container for holding vehicle windshields for storage, transportation or otherwise is disclosed. The pallet container includes a frame structure defining a base, and a periphery, wherein one or more side restraints are provided to be mounted on-board the pallet container to inhibit movement of windshields internally of the pallet container, wherein at least one of said one or more side restraints comprises a flexible fluid containing device. | 10-17-2013 |
20130327680 | COMBINATION BULK CONTAINER AND PALLET - The present disclosure provides a combination bulk container and pallet having an assembled configuration and a collapsed configuration. In one embodiment, the combination bulk container and pallet includes: a pallet including a bottom tray, a material supporter, and a plurality of support legs positioned between the bottom tray and the material supporter; a collapsible sidewall structure having a collapsed configuration when the combination bulk container and pallet is in the collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration when the combination bulk container and pallet is in the assembled configuration; and a cover. When the combination bulk container and pallet is in the collapsed configuration, the cover covers the sidewall structure (which is in the collapsed configuration). When the combination bulk container and pallet is in the assembled configuration, the cover covers a material holding area defined by the sidewall structure (which is in the expanded configuration) and the material supporter. | 12-12-2013 |
20140001082 | Attachment Frame | 01-02-2014 |
20140021090 | CORNER BEAD FOR RECEIVING WALLS OF A BODY SHELL AND COLLAPSIBLE BODY SHELL THAT CAN BE ASSEMBLED AND TAKEN APART - A corner bead for receiving walls of a body shell, having an outer outgrowth, is provided with a rim for hooking a tensile element thereon, and possibly a projection is provided with a transverse retaining area suitable for being inserted into a groove parallel to one edge of a wall of the body shell. Such a corner bead and a tensile element make it possible, at the same time, to assemble a body shell and ensure the transport and storage thereof when same is taken apart. | 01-23-2014 |
20140246353 | Collapsible Packaging Sleeve for Attaching to a Base and Container Formed Therefrom - The present invention provides a packaging sleeve that can be attached to a base, such as a pallet, to form a container. The container can be used for the shipping and/or storage of goods. The packaging sleeve comprises latching members by which the packaging sleeve may be securably attached to the base in a manner of seconds. The present invention also provides a collapsible packaging sleeve having four panels, each panel being hingedly connected to two adjacent panels by non-metallic hinges. By operation of the non-metallic hinges, the box can be collapsed such that the packaging sleeve lays substantially flat, rendering it suitable for easy, out of the way storage and enhancing warehouse efficiency. The non-metallic hinges are designed to have a long life span and to be operable with panels having various dimensions. | 09-04-2014 |
20140284247 | Sleeve Pack Assembly with Latching Mechanism - A sleeve pack assembly with a latching mechanism that can be engaged by an operator's foot when in an upright position. The latching mechanism includes a front facing engagement panel. The engagement panel is connected to a spring element in the pallet and to one or more projections or prongs for engaging and/or disengaging apertures in at least one side of a sleeve. | 09-25-2014 |
20150021229 | COLLAPSIBLE SUPERSTRUCTURE - In summary, this document describes a collapsible superstructure | 01-22-2015 |
20150108037 | NESTABLE PALLET AND STACKABLE SLEEVE PACK - A nestable pallet includes a first frame, at least one corner foot extending away from the frame, and at least one off-set corner foot extending away from the frame. The at least one corner foot being complementary with the at least one off-set corner foot, such that the pallet is nestable with a substantially identical pallet in a first nesting configuration and a second nesting configuration. In a preferred embodiment, the first frame includes a structural sheet fixed to the frame. | 04-23-2015 |
20160075466 | PALLET CONTAINER - A pallet container having eight side walls, a bottom piece, two leg flaps that are used to automatically deploy the container from a flat, collapsed position, and a series of inside folds and outside folds. The pallet container is constructed from one or more blanks made of cardboard. The blanks used to make the pallet container may have different configurations. The pallet container has an open and a closed position and can be converted from one position to the other by a single person without the need of special tools or equipment. A cardboard blank for making the pallet container is also disclosed. | 03-17-2016 |
20160185486 | STACK AND FOLD DAIRY SHELVES - A shelving system includes a plurality of collapsible containers stacked on one another and on a pallet or dolly. Each collapsible container includes a base and a pair of opposed side walls pivotably connected to the base and movable between an upright position and a collapsed position on the base. Each collapsible container further includes a rear wall pivotably connected to the base and movable between an upright position and a collapsed position on the base. The rear wall may include a pair of opposed flange portions with a lower central portion therebetween. A front wall is pivotably connected to the base opposite the rear wall and is movable between an upright position and a retracted position outward of the container. The pallet accommodates the stack of collapsible containers and has thin outer columns so that the shelving system can fit into existing store refrigerators. | 06-30-2016 |