EP1055769A1 - Corbeille à linge avec supports rétractables - Google Patents

Corbeille à linge avec supports rétractables Download PDF

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EP1055769A1
EP1055769A1 EP00110277A EP00110277A EP1055769A1 EP 1055769 A1 EP1055769 A1 EP 1055769A1 EP 00110277 A EP00110277 A EP 00110277A EP 00110277 A EP00110277 A EP 00110277A EP 1055769 A1 EP1055769 A1 EP 1055769A1
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legs
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Natalino Piovani
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/20—External fittings
    • B65D25/24—External fittings for spacing bases of containers from supporting surfaces, e.g. legs
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F95/00—Laundry systems or arrangements of apparatus or machines; Mobile laundries 
    • D06F95/002—Baskets or bags specially adapted for holding or transporting laundry; Supports therefor

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  • the present invention relates to a laundry basket with retractable supports.
  • Baskets made of wicker or, more frequently, made of plastics are widely used to carry soiled or washed laundry.
  • some baskets In order to avoid having to bend too close to the ground to pick up or place the laundry in the basket, which can be a rather awkward operation, some baskets have retractable supporting legs.
  • conventional mechanisms for providing retractable legs suffer drawbacks linked to the complexity of assembly and to the difficulty in actuating the mechanism for opening and closing the legs, in addition to the excessive weight that the basket acquires.
  • Baskets of this type are known for example from US Patents no. 1,583,999, 1,917,903, 2,478,678, from the German document no. 2,261,316, from European Patent no. 7,335 and from British Patent no. 1,520,407.
  • the aim of the present invention is to solve the cited drawbacks of conventional devices, by providing a laundry basket with retractable legs having a mechanism which is simple to provide and practical to use.
  • an object of the present invention is to achieve the above aim with a structure which is relatively easy to provide in practice, safe in use, effective in operation and relatively low in cost.
  • the present laundry basket with retractable supports comprising a basket containment body which is substantially shaped like a parallelepiped, four legs which are joined in pairs by way of two transverse elements pivoted to the bottom of said body, and two handles for actuating said pairs of legs, characterized in that said actuation handles can slide vertically along two mutually opposite side walls of said body, respective pinion sectors being rigidly coupled to said transverse elements, coaxially supported at said pivots, and meshing with racks formed on flexible tabs which are rigidly coupled to said handles, the tabs being slideable parallel to the bottom of said body, so that the upward or downward actuation of said handles causes the lifting or lowering of said legs, respectively.
  • 1 generally designates a laundry basket with retractable supports according to the invention.
  • the basket 1 is composed of a main containment body 2, on the shorter sides of which two actuation handles 3a, 3b for actuating the pairs of legs 4 and 5 can slide vertically.
  • the main body 2 formed by molding plastics, is substantially shaped like a parallelepiped with rounded edges and is slightly flared toward the inlet; its rim 6 is folded back and outward so as to facilitate grip.
  • a laminar supporting ridge 8 which is high enough to contain, within its profile, the pairs of legs 4 and 5 when they are in the retracted position.
  • Two thin parallel ribs 9 and 10 define, along the longer axis of the bottom 10a, a sort of channel 11 which is partially interrupted proximate to the ends by two perpendicular partitions 12 and 13.
  • Each one of the pairs of legs 4 and 5 is formed by two stems which are parallel to the longer sides of the basket and are connected by a transverse beam which is pivoted to the ends of the longer sides of the ridge 8 by way of respective pivots 24 and 25 engaging appropriately brackets 26 and 27 which are rigidly coupled inside the ridge 8.
  • a seat 4a, 4b is provided having two mutually opposite walls between which a secondary supporting beam 4c, 4d is provided on which expansion pins 28a, 28b fix pinion toothed sectors 29a, 29b which cover an angle of approximately 180° and whose teeth are directed toward the bottom 10a of the main body 2.
  • Two flexible rectangular tabs 30 and 31 slide along the initial portions of the channel 11, and their opposite ends have respective coupling holes for a spring 32 which draws the two tabs towards each other along the channel 11.
  • the central part of the tabs 30,31 has a toothed rack-like portion 33, 34 which is suitable to mesh with the pinion toothed sectors 29a, 29b, while the other end bends so as to follow the profile of the side walls of the main body 2 and couples with an interlock coupling, by means of a triangular lug 35, 36, in respective openings 37 and 38 of the actuation handles 3a, 3b.
  • the handles 3a, 3b are formed by rectangular laminas 3c, 3d made of plastics which are guided in the slots 18 and 19.
  • a protrusion 39a, 39b which acts as a grip for the user's fingers during leg retraction.
  • the tops of the laminas 3c, 3d form an inner edge 40a, 40b adapted to engage the raised portions 22 and 23 and an outer lip 41a, 41b which engages the opening 20 when the lever is raised.
  • the two pairs of legs 4 and 5 are adjacent to the bottom 10a of the main body 2.
  • the toothed sectors 29a, 29b mesh with the end of the portion of the racks 33, 34 that lies proximate to the spring 32.
  • the spring 32 is tensioned, but it cannot move the tabs 30 and 31 closer one another because said tabs are rigidly coupled, by means of the engagement of the lugs 35, 36 in the openings 37, 38, to the actuation handles 3a, 3b, which are in turn locked in the raised position due to the abutment of the edges 40a, 40b on the wedge-shaped raised portions 22, 23.
  • the invention achieves the intended aim and object, by providing a laundry basket with a mechanism for actuating its retractable legs which is extremely simple to use and manufacture and has a limited weight.

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EP00110277A 1999-05-27 2000-05-22 Corbeille à linge avec supports rétractables Withdrawn EP1055769A1 (fr)

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ITBO990069 IT247465Y1 (it) 1999-05-27 1999-05-27 Cesta per biancheria con sostegni retrattili .
ITBO990069 1999-05-27

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Cited By (3)

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EP1223109A1 (fr) * 2001-01-15 2002-07-17 Sergio Tontarelli Récipient en matière plastique à parois rabattables comportant des pieds repliables
EP3085830A1 (fr) * 2015-04-23 2016-10-26 Jelenia Plast Sp. z o.o. Conteneur comprenant un element repliable
WO2017024287A1 (fr) * 2015-08-06 2017-02-09 Clevermade, Llc Caisse à claire-voie multifonctionnelle munie des pieds

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US2478678A (en) * 1948-05-08 1949-08-09 Gordon J Agnew Portable laundry basket and foldable support therefor
EP0007335A1 (fr) * 1977-07-19 1980-02-06 Rudolf Bieri Bac a pieds repliables.
DE29807130U1 (de) * 1998-04-15 1998-09-24 Warszewski, Jaroslaw Piotr, 10999 Berlin Stapelbarer Wäschekorb mit Klappständer

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2478678A (en) * 1948-05-08 1949-08-09 Gordon J Agnew Portable laundry basket and foldable support therefor
EP0007335A1 (fr) * 1977-07-19 1980-02-06 Rudolf Bieri Bac a pieds repliables.
DE29807130U1 (de) * 1998-04-15 1998-09-24 Warszewski, Jaroslaw Piotr, 10999 Berlin Stapelbarer Wäschekorb mit Klappständer

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1223109A1 (fr) * 2001-01-15 2002-07-17 Sergio Tontarelli Récipient en matière plastique à parois rabattables comportant des pieds repliables
EP3085830A1 (fr) * 2015-04-23 2016-10-26 Jelenia Plast Sp. z o.o. Conteneur comprenant un element repliable
WO2017024287A1 (fr) * 2015-08-06 2017-02-09 Clevermade, Llc Caisse à claire-voie multifonctionnelle munie des pieds

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