US3406893A - Transport case, especially a stacking container - Google Patents

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US3406893A
US3406893A US640090A US64009067A US3406893A US 3406893 A US3406893 A US 3406893A US 640090 A US640090 A US 640090A US 64009067 A US64009067 A US 64009067A US 3406893 A US3406893 A US 3406893A
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Swane Albertus Antonius
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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
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
    • B65D21/0224—Auxiliary removable stacking elements other than covers
    • 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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/30—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure
    • B65D85/34—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for fruit, e.g. apples, oranges or tomatoes

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  • the present invention relates to improvements in or relating to .a transport case, especially a stacking container, for the temporary storage and transport of vegetables and fruit.
  • these known cases are of the type comprising an assembly of a bottom section with walls hinged thereto, which assembly can be made to form a container and can be fixed into that form either permanently or temporarily by one or more auxiliary means, the major drawbacks of these cases are the time and effort that are required to assemble and disassemble them, and their often insufficient rigidness and unduly high cost of manufacture.
  • the invention accordingly provides a transport case having a bottom section and walls hinged thereto which are made of hardboard or similar material and are fixed into the form of a container by a fixing frame slid on to the free edges of said walls.
  • the fixing frame may be provided with supports projecting above the upper edge of the container for the transport case to support a corresponding case placed thereon.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic view of the first embodiment
  • FIG. 2 partially shows the fixing frame for the first embodiment
  • FIG. 3 partially shows the fixing frame for the second embodiment.
  • the transport case consists of an assembly of a bottom section 1 and walls 2 hinged thereto which are made of hardboard or like material, said assembly, after being brought to the form of a container by turning up the walls 2, being fixed into that form by a fixing frame 3 which is a sliding fit on the upper edge of the container.
  • the fixing frame 3 is made of an angle section of metal or any other suitable material, which has its horizontal flange supported on the upwardly extending container walls 2 and its vertical flange in a close t to the external marginal zone of said walls.
  • a transport case which is made of very simple parts only, namely an assembly of a bottom section, walls, and a fixing frame, and which can be assembled and disassembled rapidly and without any skill, and, in the assembled condition, stands quite unequalled for strength.
  • the fixing frame can be fitted on two opposite sides with supports permanently or detachably secured thereto, said supports having a lip 5 for supporting the bottom of a next container stacked on the last preceding one.
  • These supports each have a bent-out hook 7 for holding the wall 2 carrying the associated support 4. In the absence of the supports 4 the hooks 7 may be a part of the fixing frame 3.
  • the fixing frame is made of barlike or wire material.
  • the fixing frame 6 proper which supports the vertical container walls 2 on the inside, is provided at the angular points with an angular structure 8 resting on the upper edges of the Walls 22 and embracing the contiguous walls 2 outwardly, so that the walls are pressed against the frame 6.
  • the angular structure 8 may be so constructed as to allow the assembled cases to be stacked one upon the other, thereby leaving an air slit between the successive cases and preventing the stacked cases from horizontal movement relative to each other.
  • the transport case according to the invention can be suitably constructed so as to be used once as well as more than once.
  • the cases When the cases are kept in stock, where they are in the disassembled condition, they require a minimal storage space.
  • This has the additional advantage that such boxes can be stacked next to each other and one on top of the other on the bottom section of the disassembled case, and that only then the walls are turned up and held together by the fixing frame.
  • the packaging of boxes and the like articles bound by a fixed size in a case can be considerably accelerated.
  • a transport case comprising a bottom section, walls hinged to the sides of said bottom section, and a detachable frame slid onto the upper part of said walls externally embracing said walls when said walls have been moved to a position perpendicular to said bottom section, said detachable frame being provided with supports extending above said container walls, to prevent relative movements in a stack or like cases.

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USD313557S (en) 1986-09-08 1991-01-08 Jefferson Sanur fit Corporation Bulk box
US5036979A (en) * 1990-12-21 1991-08-06 Selz John C Collapsible container
US5037027A (en) * 1990-12-18 1991-08-06 Bradford Company Tote box construction
US5531326A (en) * 1995-01-03 1996-07-02 Creative Foam Corporation Reinforcement and container using same
US20060124498A1 (en) * 2004-12-14 2006-06-15 Flanagan Patrick M Collapsible crate
US20060283733A1 (en) * 2005-05-31 2006-12-21 Masa Pedro O Transparent or translucent box for footwear
US20070164024A1 (en) * 2006-01-17 2007-07-19 Pyle Michael L Container system having a base convertible from a flat sheet to a three-dimensional receptacle

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US775090A (en) * 1904-03-08 1904-11-15 Richard J Hauser Fastener for the corners of paper boxes or the like.
US2034469A (en) * 1933-11-07 1936-03-17 John V Manners Container
US2941710A (en) * 1957-02-19 1960-06-21 Smith Collapsible container frame
US3220633A (en) * 1963-04-01 1965-11-30 Matepa Nv Stacking containers

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US775090A (en) * 1904-03-08 1904-11-15 Richard J Hauser Fastener for the corners of paper boxes or the like.
US2034469A (en) * 1933-11-07 1936-03-17 John V Manners Container
US2941710A (en) * 1957-02-19 1960-06-21 Smith Collapsible container frame
US3220633A (en) * 1963-04-01 1965-11-30 Matepa Nv Stacking containers

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
USD313557S (en) 1986-09-08 1991-01-08 Jefferson Sanur fit Corporation Bulk box
US5037027A (en) * 1990-12-18 1991-08-06 Bradford Company Tote box construction
US5036979A (en) * 1990-12-21 1991-08-06 Selz John C Collapsible container
US5531326A (en) * 1995-01-03 1996-07-02 Creative Foam Corporation Reinforcement and container using same
US20060124498A1 (en) * 2004-12-14 2006-06-15 Flanagan Patrick M Collapsible crate
US20060283733A1 (en) * 2005-05-31 2006-12-21 Masa Pedro O Transparent or translucent box for footwear
US20070164024A1 (en) * 2006-01-17 2007-07-19 Pyle Michael L Container system having a base convertible from a flat sheet to a three-dimensional receptacle

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