US20080190810A1 - Collapsible Transport and Storage Container - Google Patents

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US20080190810A1
US20080190810A1 US11/792,870 US79287005A US2008190810A1 US 20080190810 A1 US20080190810 A1 US 20080190810A1 US 79287005 A US79287005 A US 79287005A US 2008190810 A1 US2008190810 A1 US 2008190810A1
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  • the present invention relates to a transport and storage container for transporting and providing objects, particularly vehicle accessory pieces, in the field of assembly lines, the container comprising a bottom plate, a first front side wall and an opposite second front side wall, a rear side wall, a front side wall opposite the rear side wall, and a pivotably fastened lid opposite the bottom plate, the container in the empty state being reducible in size in its outer dimensions by the walls being pivoted at least in part relative to one another, to which end bottom plate and walls and walls with walls are connected by hinges.
  • Transport containers are used in many ways for transporting the most different objects.
  • such transport containers are used in the car industry to transport accessory parts, subassemblies, or other parts required for the assembly of a vehicle from the supplier to the car manufacturer.
  • Such transport containers are then erected at the assembly line of the car manufacturer to remove the parts delivered in them and to mount them on the vehicle.
  • transport containers must be very stable so that the parts transported in them do not get damaged.
  • the transport containers must also be reusable to use them repeatedly for the intended transportation. That is why such containers are normally made from metal, whereby they have a considerable weight.
  • a further demand which is made on such containers is the demand to observe predetermined base area dimensions.
  • Standard containers as are used in the above-mentioned field, have a length of 1150 mm, a width of 1000 mm and a height of 1000 mm. Moreover, dimensions of 1200 ⁇ 1000 ⁇ 1000 or 1200 ⁇ 800 ⁇ 1000 (each time length ⁇ width ⁇ height) are standard. Containers of such sizes are above all the subject matter of the present invention.
  • the empty transport and storage containers can be reduced in their outer dimensions, i.e. they must be disassembled or collapsed, but at the same time they must not exceed the predetermined base area dimension, also in the collapsed or folded state.
  • a further demand which is made on such a transport and storage container is the demand that, apart from a lid opposite the bottom plate, a front side wall can also be opened so that the parts provided in the container can be removed at the assembly line.
  • the containers must be stackable, so that during assembly also several containers can be put one on top of the other so as to remove the parts through the respective opened front side walls subsequently.
  • a transport and storage container which comprises both a lid and front door leaves, so that the parts to be stowed away accordingly in the container can be introduced into or removed from the container from above via the lid and also via the front door opening.
  • all parts i.e. the bottom plate, the front side walls, the rear wall and the lid and the door leaves, are also connected to one another in the collapsed state, via corresponding hinges. No individual parts have to be handled, neither during unfolding of the transport and storage container nor during collapsing of the container.
  • the container is constructionally designed such that it can particularly be made from stable materials, such as metal, but nevertheless has a relatively low weight, despite its high stability, due to the construction according to the invention.
  • the pivot axis between the bottom plate and the first front side wall should be located at a corresponding distance above the plane of the bottom plate. Thanks to such a flat support of the individual plates of the container, i.e. not only of the bottom plate and the first front side wall, but also of the other walls, an overall height that is as small as possible is accomplished in the collapsed state.
  • the pivot axis between the bottom plate and the second front side wall should be located at a distance above the plane of the bottom plate which approximately corresponds to the sum of the thickness of the first front side wall and the first door leaf.
  • the first front side wall and the first door leaf can be accommodated under this second front side wall and the second door leaf.
  • the pivot axis between the bottom plate and the rear side wall should be located at a distance above the plane of the bottom plate which corresponds approximately to the sum of the thickness of the first front side wall and the first door leaf and the thickness of the second front side wall and the second door leaf, so that rear side wall and lid can rest flat on the second front side wall positioned thereunder.
  • the pivot axis is formed on the upper edge of a stationary section which is connected to the bottom plate and pertains to the first front side wall.
  • the pivot axis of the rear side wall should also be formed on the upper edge of a stationary section which is connected to the bottom plate and pertains to the rear side wall, by corresponding members.
  • the respective door leaves are each lockable to the bottom plate on the one hand and to the lid on the other hand by at least one lock.
  • this lock is formed by two bolts, at the top and at the bottom on the door, which engage into the bottom plate and the lid, respectively.
  • a lock that stiffens the container can be provided, which lock clamps the bottom plate against the lid.
  • a lock can be formed by a pivot arm which is pivotably held on the door leaf.
  • such a pivot arm then engages with its ends into a respective locking nose on the bottom plate and on the lid.
  • the center of gravity of the pivot arm should be arranged approximately at half the height of the door leaf.
  • the pivot axis is formed between the rear side wall and the lid by at least one corresponding hinge which is assigned to the lid, and said hinge is retained with the lid in a guide arrangement on the rear side wall such that the hinge can be spaced apart from the associated longitudinal edge of the rear side wall.
  • Such a guide arrangement can be formed by two rods, each of said rods being guided in a sleeve assigned to the rear side wall.
  • the two rods can here be formed by the free ends of a U-shaped stirrup, with the transverse member of the U-shaped stirrup connecting the two ends being assigned to the lid.
  • the lid is subdivided into two parts that are connected with a hinge, so that the part of the lid projecting beyond the basic dimension in the collapsed state can be folded inwards onto the other lid part. This, however, increases the height of the collapsed transport and storage container by the thickness of the folded-over lid part.
  • the respective pivotable connection between the first front side wall and the first door leaf and between the second front side wall and the second door leaf is formed by a tubular arrangement, with a thicker tube section assigned to the door leaf, and a thinner tube section assigned to the front side wall.
  • the thin tube section which is assigned to the front side wall is only retained on its upper and lower end, so that the thick tube section with the door leaf attached thereto can rotate freely around the thin tube section.
  • reinforcement plates may be arranged in the corner portions of the bottom plate and the side walls, the rear wall and the door leaves.
  • the length of the thicker tube section is chosen such that it is smaller than the height of the side edge of the door leaf and the front side wall, respectively.
  • the door leaf can thereby be lifted and lowered again to disengage it e.g. from corresponding locking members or to bring it again into engagement with such locking members.
  • the container comprises the above-mentioned reinforcement plates
  • the thick tube section should have a length corresponding to the length of the side edge of the front side wall minus the height of these reinforcement plates, so that the thick tube section of the door leaf can be lifted above the reinforcement plate. The door leaf can thereby for instance be disengaged from a locking with the reinforcement plate.
  • base members are formed on the bottom side of the bottom plate, the base members resting on the inner side of an edge formed on the outer side of the lid, with the containers being stacked one on top of the other.
  • An edge height of a few millimeters is here sufficient.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic drawing of a container according to the invention in the unfolded state, in which the various pivotable assignments of the individual parts are outlined by pivot axes and pivot arrows.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic view on the container of FIG. 1 from the direction of the viewing arrow II in FIG. 1 in the collapsed state of the container to show the arrangement of the individual parts of the container.
  • FIG. 3A is a schematic view on the container of FIG. 1 from the direction of the viewing arrow IIIA, but only shows the bottom plate with the rear side wall and the lid, and the lid in a projection onto the bottom plate protrudes over the edge thereof.
  • FIG. 3B is an illustration corresponding to FIG. 3A , but with the lid shifted.
  • FIG. 4 is a top view on the rear side wall and the lid connected thereto, the lid being only visible in part.
  • FIG. 5 shows the right side of the container of FIG. 1 in a slightly enlarged illustration to demonstrate the connection between the front side wall and the one door leaf.
  • FIG. 6 shows three collapsed containers, as can also be seen in FIG. 2 , arranged in stacked fashion one on top of the other.
  • the transport container as is shown in the figures, particularly in FIG. 1 , in a perspective, schematic illustration, comprises a bottom plate 1 , a first front side wall 2 , a second front side wall 3 , a rear side wall 4 , a first and a second door leaf 5 , 6 , as well as a lid 7 .
  • the bottom plate 1 is provided on the bottom side, each time in the corners, with feet 8 in such a manner that the bottom plate 1 is held at an adequate distance above a floor to be able to collect and deposit the transport and storage container with a mobile fork lift.
  • the first door leaf 5 is pivotable with a hinge 9 in the direction of pivot arrow 10 and 11 , respectively, such that the first door leaf 5 can be placed flat on the inner side of the first front side wall 2 .
  • a special hinge arrangement for pivoting the door leaf 5 on the front side wall 2 is shown in FIG. 5 and will be explained further below.
  • the second door leaf 6 which is the left one in FIG. 1 , is pivotable with the second front side wall 3 around a hinge 12 in the direction of pivot member 13 and pivot arrow 14 , respectively, such that this door leaf 6 , in accordance with door leaf 5 , can be made to rest on the inner side of the second front side wall 3 .
  • the first front side wall 2 is pivotable around a hinge 15 in the direction of the pivot arrow 16 and the pivot arrow 17 , respectively, towards the bottom plate 1 .
  • the hinge 18 is positioned with its axis at a higher level above the bottom plate 1 than the hinge 15 of the first front side wall. This is accomplished through a corresponding edge strip 21 and 22 , respectively, which forms part of the respective front side wall and is firmly connected to the bottom plate 1 .
  • the edge strip 21 which is assigned to the first front side wall 2 can be omitted if the hinge 15 is designed accordingly.
  • the rear side wall 4 is held on the bottom plate 1 and on an edge strip 23 , respectively, which is firmly connected to the bottom plate 1 and forms part of the rear side wall 4 , via a hinge 24 which is pivotable about the pivot axis 25 .
  • the lid 7 is connected to the upper edge of the rear side wall 4 by means of a hinge 26 which in the direction of the pivot arrow 27 can be pivoted by 270° outwards in such a manner that the lid 7 comes to rest with its outer side on the outer side of the rear side wall 4 .
  • Each door leaf 5 , 6 may have assigned thereto a lock which is e.g. realized by a pivot arm held in its middle and in the middle of the height of the door leaf 5 , 6 about a point of rotation, and the respective hook-like ends of such a pivot arm can be locked in holding protrusions which are assigned to the bottom plate 1 on the one hand and to the lid 7 on the other hand.
  • a lock which is e.g. realized by a pivot arm held in its middle and in the middle of the height of the door leaf 5 , 6 about a point of rotation, and the respective hook-like ends of such a pivot arm can be locked in holding protrusions which are assigned to the bottom plate 1 on the one hand and to the lid 7 on the other hand.
  • the two pivot arms are pivoted into the respective positions, as can be seen in FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 1 shows a lock in the case of which in the area of the front edge of the lid 7 two lateral lock slides 28 are arranged, which lock on corresponding holding protrusions 30 fastened to the side walls.
  • the lid 7 is locked on the side walls, the two door leaves 5 , 6 are simultaneously locked via the lid 7 , to which end lugs may for instance be provided on the front edge of the lid, with the lugs gripping over the door leaves 5 , 6 on the outside.
  • the right first door leaf 5 is first pivoted onto the inner side of the first front side wall 2 .
  • the front side wall 2 is pivoted, with the first door leaf 5 being positioned thereunder, around the hinge 15 towards the bottom plate 1 and placed on the bottom plate 1 .
  • This arrangement of bottom plate 1 , first door leaf 5 and first front side wall 2 can be seen in FIG. 2 .
  • the left second door leaf 6 is also pivoted onto the inner side of the second front side wall 3 , whereupon the second front side wall 3 is pivoted around the hinge 18 towards the bottom plate 1 .
  • the individual members are located one on top of the other in a preferably planar or flat configuration to achieve an overall height of the container that is as small as possible in its collapsed state. In comparison with its unfolded state, as shown in FIG. 1 , the overall height of the container can be reduced to about one third of its height in the collapsed state.
  • FIG. 3 now shows the bottom plate 1 of the container from the direction of the viewing arrow IIIA in FIG. 1 with the edge strip 23 , the inwardly folded rear side wall 4 and the lid 7 folded on the outside onto the rear side wall 5 .
  • FIG. 3A with identical dimensions of the width of the bottom plate 1 and the height of the rear side wall 4 , including the edge strip 23 , when the lid 7 having a width corresponding to the bottom plate 1 rests folded over on the rear side wall 4 , the lid 7 protrudes on the outside over the bottom plate 1 . This is due to the fact that the rear side wall 4 is shorter by reason of the edge strip 23 than the corresponding dimension of the lid 7 .
  • the edge strip 23 of the rear side wall 4 is needed to bring the rear side wall 4 into a plane above the two front side walls 3 and 4 with the door leaves 5 and 6 connected thereto, as shown in FIG. 2 and explained above. Since such a lid 7 protruding over the base area of the bottom plate 1 is not acceptable for reasons of transport and space requirements, the lid 7 is slidably held relative to the rear side wall 4 in the direction of arrow 43 , namely in the area of the pivot axis 26 , so that the lid 7 can be shifted into such a position in which its free edge 31 ends with the edge of the bottom plate 1 or directly above the edge strip 23 . As a result, and also in the collapsed state of the transport container, the base area dimension thereof, as predetermined by the bottom plate 1 , is not exceeded.
  • FIG. 4 shows an embodiment in which the lid 7 or its hinge 26 , respectively, is held on a U-shaped stirrup 32 .
  • the two free legs 33 of the U-shaped stirrup 32 are guided in sleeve members 34 which are firmly fastened to the rear side wall 4 .
  • the lid 7 can be shifted in the direction of arrow 43 until the thickened ends of the legs 33 of the stirrup 32 come to rest on the front sides of the sleeves 34 .
  • the shifting of the lid 7 relative to the rear side wall 4 can also be accomplished in a different way.
  • the shift mechanism should be kept as flat as possible so that the overall height of the transport container in the collapsed state is not excessively increased.
  • FIG. 5 shows the hinge connection 9 between the right first side wall 2 and the right first door leaf 5 .
  • This hinge connection is formed by a thin tube or a thin rod 35 and a thick tube 36 slid thereover.
  • the thin rod 35 is part of the first front side wall 2 and is held between an upper ledge 37 and a lower ledge 38 on its front ends.
  • a small gap 39 is left between the thin rod 35 and the wall plate of the front side wall 2 so as not to impede the rotation of the thick tube 36 .
  • the door leaf 5 is fastened to the thick tube 36 so that the door leaf 5 is pivotable with the tube 36 guided around the thin tube 35 in such a manner as has been explained above with reference to FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 5 shows the hinge connection 9 between the right first side wall 2 and the right first door leaf 5 .
  • This hinge connection is formed by a thin tube or a thin rod 35 and a thick tube 36 slid thereover.
  • the thin rod 35 is part of the first front side wall 2 and is held between
  • the tube 36 is shorter than the rod 35 , namely by a length corresponding to the height of reinforcement plates 40 which stiffen the lower corner area of the transport container and are firmly connected to the bottom plate 1 .
  • locking members may be provided which will only disengage from a corresponding engagement if the door leaf 5 , prior to a pivotal movement, is lifted upwards in the direction of arrow 41 .
  • Such locking members can be directly provided in the area of the reinforcement plates 40 or, however, between the lower edge of the door leaf 5 and the bottom plate 1 .
  • the lid 7 has an upstanding edge, or edge members, designated by reference numeral 42 .
  • This edge 42 serves, as shown in FIG. 6 , to arrange individual transport containers, particularly in their collapsed state, in stacked fashion such that they cannot get displaced relative to one another.
  • collapsed transport containers and also transport containers that are unfolded and filled with objects can be stacked one on top of the other. As can be seen in FIG. 6 , approximately three of the collapsed transport containers occupy the space of one unfolded transport container.

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