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US3473690A
US3473690A US737049A US3473690DA US3473690A US 3473690 A US3473690 A US 3473690A US 737049 A US737049 A US 737049A US 3473690D A US3473690D A US 3473690DA US 3473690 A US3473690 A US 3473690A
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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
    • B65D25/02—Internal fittings
    • B65D25/04—Partitions
    • 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
    • B65D21/0212—Containers presenting local stacking elements protruding from the upper or lower edge of a side wall, e.g. handles, lugs, ribs, grooves
    • 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
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/24—Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants
    • B65D81/26—Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants with provision for draining away, or absorbing, or removing by ventilation, fluids, e.g. exuded by contents; Applications of corrosion inhibitors or desiccators
    • B65D81/263—Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants with provision for draining away, or absorbing, or removing by ventilation, fluids, e.g. exuded by contents; Applications of corrosion inhibitors or desiccators for ventilating the contents
    • 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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  • Boxes of this type comprise a bottom wall and two pairs of side walls, the side walls of each pair being parallel to each other and one pair of the side walls being perpendicular to the other pair of side walls.
  • Each of the walls has an inner and an outer face, and the side walls form a box edge in a plane parallel to the bottom wall. It has been proposed to make such boxes of molded material, for instance composition board consisting of ligneous or fibrous masses in a suitable binder.
  • This and other Objects are accomplished according to the invention by providing a pair of like handle means extending inwardly from the side walls of one pair of side walls, with each handle means having an element extending in the plane parallel to the bottom wall.
  • the edges of the side walls of the other pair of side walls each have a pair of edge portions in this plane defining therebetween like elongated indentations.
  • the outer face of the bottom wall defines recesses whereinto the handle means elements and the edge portions fit whereby a plu- V rality of the boxes may be securely stacked in superposed relationship.
  • the handle means elements may be of trapezoidal shape and the recesses may have groove portions of mating shape.
  • the recesses are a pair of like grooves at opposite ends of the bottom wall, each groove including a pair of L-shaped groove portions at the corners of the box and a central groove portion extending inwardly from the L-shaped groove portions.
  • the central groove portion is U-shaped. In either case, the handle means el ments fit into the central groove portions.
  • a cover is mounted in the elongated indentations of the side wall edges, and the handle means define a pair of like grooves of a width corresponding to the thickness of the cover.
  • the cover is mounted by a snap fit in the grooves.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective top view of a box for packing bananas according to one embodiment of this invention, with the cover removed;
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective bottom view, at a smaller scale, of the box of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective bottom view of another embodiment of a box for packing bananas.
  • FIG. 4 is a fragmentary top view of a box with a cover.
  • FIGS. 1, 2 and 4 there is shown a rectangularly parallelepiped box particularly useful for packing individual bananas.
  • This box comprises a bottom wall 1, a first pair of like side walls 3, 5 and a second pair of like side walls 2, 4.
  • the side walls of each pair are parallel to each other and one pair of side walls is perpendicular to the other pair of side walls.
  • Each wall has an inner and outer face, and the side walls form a box edge in a plane parallel to the bottom wall 1.
  • a reinforcing rib 7 extends centrally along the inner face of the bottom wall perpendicularly to the pair of side walls 2, 4, a recess corresponding in shape to this reinforcing rib being formed in the outer face of the bottom Wall, as appears from FIG. 2.
  • a pair of like handle means 21, 22 extend inwardly from the side walls 3, 5, each handle means consisting of a generally prismatic body of trapezoidal section having an element which extends in the plane of the box edge.
  • the edges of the side walls 2, 4 each have a pair of edge portions 2a, 2a and 4a, 4a in this plane, which define therebetween like elongated indentations 19, 20.
  • the outer face of the bottom wall 1 defines recesses whereinto the handle means elements and the edge portions fit, thus enabling a plurality of such boxes to be securely stacked in superposed relationship.
  • the recesses in the outer bottom wall face are a pair of like grooves at opposite ends of the bottom wall, each groove including a pair of like L-shaped groove portions 10, 11 and 13, 14 at the corners of the box, and a central groove portion 8 and 9 extending inwardly from the L-shaped groove portions.
  • the central groove portions are of mating shape with the trapezoidal handle means elements in the edge plane of the box.
  • the inner face of the bottom wall has ribs corresponding in shape to the recesses in the outer bottom wall face, thus providing additional reinforcement. Also, elongated openings 12, 15 are provided in side walls 2 and 4 for purposes of aeration.
  • a cover 6 is mounted in the elongated indentations 19, 20 of the edges of side walls 2, 4, the rectangular cover having a cut-out 6a at each corner to fit abutting edge portions 2a, 4a.
  • the handle means define a pair of like grooves 23, 24 which extend parallel to the bottom wall slightly below the top wall element of the handle means. These grooves are of a width corresponding to the thickness of the cover 6 so that the cover may be mounted in grooves 23, 24 by a snap fit, thus keeping the cover in position on the box.
  • FIG. 3 differs from the above-described embodiment only in the shape of the recesses in the outer face of the bottom wall (and the corresponding ribs on the inner face of the bottom wall). All other elements, which carry like reference numerals, are identical and will, therefore, not be described again.
  • the trapezoidal central groove portions 8, 9 are replaced by U-shaped groove portions, each such portion including a connecting portion 29 and two leg portions 28, 28.
  • the handle means fit into the connection portions 29, 29 of the recesses.
  • Elongated aerating openings 27 are provided in the leg portions 28 of the recesses, and aerating slots 30 are provided in the side walls 2 and 4.
  • bosses 31 and/or 32 of various shapes, such as cylindrical, prisamatic, cross-shaped, etc., may be provided on the outer faces of the side walls. Such bosses will space adjacent boxes from each other when stacks of boxes are placed side-by-side, thus permitting ventilation between the stacks of boxes and also avoiding sticking together of adjacent box walls.
  • additional aerating openings 33 may be provided in cover 6 and openings 34 in bottom wall 1.
  • a partition wall 35 may be removably mounted in grooved guides 25, 26 between the side walls 2, 4.
  • a plurality of bananas may be arranged in each compartment of the box formed by the partition wall, the reinforcing ribs at two opposite edges of the compartments hardly interfering with the placement of the bananas.
  • the configuration of the U-shaped reinforcement ribs of the embodiment of FIG. 3 makes this box particularly useful for packing bunches of bananas. In this case, the tips of the bananas will rest on the bottom wall while their arcuately concave portions will arc over the ribs formed by legs 28.
  • a box comprising a bottom wall and two pairs of side walls, the side walls of each pair being parallel to each other and one pair of side walls being perpendicular to the other pair of side walls, each of said walls having an inner and an outer face, and the side walls forming a box edge in a plane parallel to the bottom wall, the improvement of:
  • each handle means having an element extending in said plane
  • each groove in the outer bottom wall face are a pair of like grooves at opposite ends of the bottom wall, each groove including a pair of like L-shaped groove portions at the corners of the box and a central groove portion extending inwardly from said L-shaped groove portions.
  • said handle means elements being of trapezoidal shape and said central groove portions being of mating shape.
  • the inner face of the bottom wall having ribs corresponding in shape to the recesses in the outer bottom wall face.
  • a partition wall removably mounted between one of the pairs of side walls.
  • a reinforcing rib extending centrally along the inner face of the bottom wall perpendicularly to one of the pairs of side walls.
  • At least one of said walls defining openings for aeration.
  • a cover mounted in the elongated indentations of the side wall edges, the handle means defining a pair of like grooves of a width corresponding to the thickness of the cover, said cover being mounted by a snap fit in said grooves.
  • a plurality of bosses provided on the outer faces of the side walls, for spacing adjacent boxes from each other.

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US3148797A (en) * 1961-02-08 1964-09-15 Union Carbide Corp Case for bottled beverages
US3130860A (en) * 1961-05-10 1964-04-28 Union Carbide Corp Open top container
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US3675808A (en) * 1970-06-26 1972-07-11 Delbert L Brink Knockdown foamed plastic shipping container
US4029209A (en) * 1976-05-03 1977-06-14 Frahm Carl E Stackable carrying case
US4102554A (en) * 1976-12-15 1978-07-25 Equipto Electronics Corporation Instrument cabinet
EP0011726A1 (fr) * 1978-11-08 1980-06-11 Fritz Schäfer Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung Fabriken für Lager- und Betriebseinrichtungen Caisse de transport et/ou d'emmagasinage
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