US20180297749A1 - Apparatus of containment and transport of objects - Google Patents

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US20180297749A1
US20180297749A1 US15/766,684 US201615766684A US2018297749A1 US 20180297749 A1 US20180297749 A1 US 20180297749A1 US 201615766684 A US201615766684 A US 201615766684A US 2018297749 A1 US2018297749 A1 US 2018297749A1
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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
    • 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
    • B65D25/28—Handles
    • B65D25/2835—Swingable handles
    • B65D25/2838—Swingable handles provided on a local area of the side wall(s)
    • B65D25/2841—Horizontal, e.g. U-shaped
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D2525/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D2525/28—Handles
    • B65D2525/281—Details relating to handles
    • B65D2525/286—Details relating to handles movable between two or more stable positions, e.g. a retracted and an extended position
    • B65D2525/288—Details relating to handles movable between two or more stable positions, e.g. a retracted and an extended position by pivoting action

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus of containment and transport of objects.
  • the present invention relates to an apparatus of containment and transport of objects, for example a basket for clothes, or like a basket for toys, or any other type of household object.
  • a basket In a domestic environment, and more specifically in the case of clothes that are discharged from the washing machine, or from the dryer, and are put directly in a container, usually a basket. Then, this basket must be lifted and transported in other environments to hang out the clothes or iron them, usually at a certain height from the ground. A similar situation occurs for storing or take toys or any other type of object into or from a basket.
  • the patent application U.S. Pat. No. 4,022,414 describes a basket for clothes with a support bracket. These brackets are foldable from an open position of support to a rest position in a cavity formed on the basket bottom. In the rest position the brackets are coplanar.
  • this basket has folding support brackets that allow the elevation, does not facilitate in any way the transportation and the lifting of the basket itself and of its contents.
  • the known apparatuses haven't structures allowing to perform conveniently and easily such lifting operations and to support the basket elevated from the ground.
  • Scope of the present invention is to provide an apparatus of containment and transport of objects, which can be raised and/or over headed with respect to the ground in practical, simple and economical way, therefore to overcome the limitations that influence the current apparatuses with reference to the known technique.
  • an apparatus of containment and transport of objects is provided, as defined in claim 1 .
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic three-dimensional view of an apparatus of containment and transport of objects, in a laying configuration on the ground, according the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic three-dimensional bottom view of the apparatus of an apparatus of containment and transport of objects, in the laying configuration on the ground, according to the invention
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic front view with a magnification of a lateral detail of the apparatus of containment and transport of objects, in the rest laying configuration on the ground, according to the invention
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic three-dimensional view of the apparatus of containment and transport of objects, in the phase of transitions from the rest laying configuration to a configuration of lifting from the ground, according to the invention
  • FIG. 5 shows a three-dimensional schematic view of a gripping and support element of the apparatus of containment and transport of objects, in the phase of transition from the laying configuration to the configuration of lifting from the ground, according to the invention
  • FIGS. 6A-6B show prospective views of hooking means of the gripping and support element in a seat of a lower portion of the apparatus of containment and transport of objects, in the locking phase in the configuration of lifting from the ground, according to the invention
  • FIG. 7 shows a three-dimensional schematic view of the apparatus of containment and transport of objects, in the configuration of lifting from the ground, according to the invention
  • FIGS. 8A-8B show three-dimensional schematic views of a locking tooth of the gripping and support elements of the apparatus of containment and transport of objects, according to the invention.
  • the apparatus of containment and transport of objects 1 comprises a main body 2 and a pair of gripping and support elements 3 placed on the sides of the main body 2 .
  • the main body 2 is a hollow body used to contain objects, such as a basket for clothes or toys or magazines, comprising a bottom 4 and a cavity 5 .
  • the gripping and support elements 3 can be in a position of being hooked to the external side walls of the main body 2 , in a first closed configuration in which the apparatus 1 is in configuration of laying on the ground, in which these gripping and support elements 3 act as convenient handles for gripping the apparatus 1 from the ground.
  • the gripping and support elements 3 comprise a first upper grip and support portion 3 a and a second lower portion 3 b connected to the side edges of the lower surface of the bottom 4 of the main body 2 .
  • Each gripping and support element 3 is configured to rotate on the outer side walls 2 a independently from the other gripping and support element 3 , thus switching from a first vertical position in which each gripping and support element 3 is fixed to the main hollow body 2 to a second vertical position rotated of 180° from the first vertical position, in which each gripping and support element 3 is laying down on the ground.
  • the lower end 3 c of the lower portion 3 b are hinged to the external side walls 2 a , in correspondence of lower corner seats 2 b which accommodate the hinges 7 .
  • the lower portions 3 b of the gripping and support elements 3 have internally a protrusion 8 , for example a locking tooth, better shown in FIG. 8A , configured to be fit in a seat 8 a better shown in FIG. 8B of the outer side walls 2 a of the hollow body 2 , when the gripping and support elements 3 are located in the closure configuration.
  • the gripping and support elements 3 can be rotated outwards by 180° around the hinges 7 and thus arranged in a second open configuration in which the apparatus 1 is in the configuration of lifting from the ground.
  • the first gripping and support element 3 connected to the left side of the apparatus 1 is configured to be rotated counterclockwise and the second gripping and support element 3 connected to the right side of the apparatus 1 is configured to be rotated clockwise, so that the gripping and support elements 3 result parallel to each other and rest on the ground with the upper portions 3 a acting as a support to maintain the apparatus 1 in a raised position on the ground.
  • the lower ends of the lower portions 3 b of the gripping and supporting elements 3 are externally provided with a protuberance 9 , for example a further locking tooth, configured to be fit in a suitable seat 10 of outer surface of the bottom 4 .
  • a protuberance 9 for example a further locking tooth
  • the apparatus of containment and transport of objects is made of plastics.
  • the apparatus 1 has variable and adaptable height.
  • the apparatus 1 is stable both in the configuration of laying on the ground and in the configuration of lifting from the ground.
  • the switch from one configuration to another one is carried out doing simple movements.
  • the apparatus of containment and transport objects allows to facilitate the operations of storing, transporting and handling the objects, such as clothes, toys, magazines and any other household object.
  • Another advantage of the apparatus of containment and transport of objects according to the invention is to be always stable.

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