WO2021240304A1 - Récipient empilable - Google Patents

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WO2021240304A1
WO2021240304A1 PCT/IB2021/054299 IB2021054299W WO2021240304A1 WO 2021240304 A1 WO2021240304 A1 WO 2021240304A1 IB 2021054299 W IB2021054299 W IB 2021054299W WO 2021240304 A1 WO2021240304 A1 WO 2021240304A1
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support
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Martin Baker
Hugh Facey
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Loadhog Limited
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D21/00Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/04Open-ended containers shaped to be nested when empty and to be superposed when full
    • B65D21/043Identical stackable containers specially adapted for nesting after rotation around a vertical axis
    • B65D21/045Identical stackable containers specially adapted for nesting after rotation around a vertical axis about 180° only
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D21/00Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209Containers 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
    • B65D21/0212Containers presenting local stacking elements protruding from the upper or lower edge of a side wall, e.g. handles, lugs, ribs, grooves
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D21/00Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D21/00Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209Containers 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
    • B65D21/0213Containers presenting a continuous stacking profile along the upper or lower edge of at least two opposite side walls
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D21/00Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209Containers 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
    • B65D21/0215Containers with stacking feet or corner elements
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D21/00Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209Containers 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
    • B65D21/0216Containers with stacking ribs in the side walls
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D21/00Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209Containers 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
    • B65D21/023Closed containers provided with local cooperating elements in the top and bottom surfaces, e.g. projection and recess

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  • This invention relates to containers.
  • This invention also relates to container arrangements comprising a plurality of stacked containers.
  • This invention may also relate to container arrangements comprising a plurality of nested containers.
  • a container comprising: a base and a wall extending upwardly from the base; a plurality of support formations at a top region of the wall, each support formation having a support surface extending outwardly from the wall; and a plurality of projecting formations on the wall, each projecting formation having an engaging surface extending outwardly from the wall; wherein each support surface and each engaging surface slope downwardly from the wall.
  • a second container can be stacked on the first container so that the engaging surface of the second container engages the support surface of the first container.
  • the second container applies an inward force on the support surface of the first container.
  • the support formations and the projecting formations may be arranged so that the support surface of each support formation of the first container can engage the engaging surface of a respective projecting formation of a second container to support the containers on one another in a stacked condition of said containers.
  • a container arrangement comprising two of the containers as described above, wherein the support formations and the projecting formations are arranged so that the support surface of each support formation of the first of the containers can engage the engaging surface of a respective projecting formation of the second of the containers to support the containers on one another in a stacked condition of said containers.
  • a container arrangement comprising first and second containers, each container comprising: a base and a wall extending upwardly from the base; a plurality of support formations at a top region of the wall, each support formation having a support surface extending outwardly from the wall; and a plurality of projecting formations on the wall, each projecting formation having an engaging surface extending outwardly from the wall; wherein each support surface and each engaging surface slope downwardly from the wall; wherein the support formations and the projecting formations are arranged so that the support surface of each support formation of the first container can engage the engaging surface of a respective projecting formation of the second container to support the containers on one another in a stacked condition of said containers.
  • the engagement of the support surface of the first container with the engaging surface of the second container may apply an inward force on the support surface of the first container.
  • Said inward force on the support surface may urge the wall of the first container inwardly.
  • the first container may be a lower container.
  • the second container may be an upper container.
  • the downward slope of the support and engaging surfaces provides an advantage in the embodiment described herein that the wall of the first container arranged in a stacked condition is urged inwardly by the forces from the engaging surface of the second container on the support surface of the first container.
  • Each support formation may be an indentation defined at least partially by the wall.
  • The, or each, container may have a top rim portion on the wall.
  • the rim portion may comprise a cover member extending downwardly across the wall.
  • a connecting member may extend between the cover member and the wall.
  • the support formations may extend across the rim portion.
  • Each support formation may be defined by the wall and the rim portion.
  • Each indentation may be defined by wall and the rim portion.
  • Each support surface may extend across the rim portion from the wall.
  • Each support formation may have opposite side surfaces.
  • the side surfaces may extend from the support surface to the rim portion.
  • the side surfaces may extend from the support surface to the connecting member.
  • each support formation of the first container may receive therebetween respective projecting formations of the second container when the projecting formations engage the support surfaces.
  • the wall may have inner and outer faces.
  • the support formations may extend between the inner and outer faces.
  • Each support formation may have an opening in each of the inner and outer faces.
  • Each projecting formation may be elongate. Each projection may extend between the top and bottom regions of the wall. Each projecting formation may extend substantially the whole height of the wall.
  • the engaging surface may be a bottom surface of the projecting formation.
  • the engaging surface of each projecting formation may be provided at a bottom region of the wall.
  • Each projecting formation may project from the outer face of the wall.
  • Each of the projecting formations may define by a respective recess.
  • Each recess may extend from the inner face of the wall.
  • Each recess may be elongate.
  • Each recess may have a top opening at the top region of the wall.
  • the recesses of the first container may receive the projecting formations of the second container to allow the second container to be nested within the first container.
  • the projecting formations of the second container may be aligned with the support formations of the first container, thereby allowing the projecting formations of the second container to be received by the support formations of the first container to allow the upper container to be stacked on the second container.
  • the second container may be oriented at an angle of 180° relative to the first container.
  • the projecting formations of the second container may be aligned with the elongate recesses defined by the wall of the first container, thereby allowing projecting formations of the second container to be received in the elongate recesses of the lower container to allow the second container to be nested within the first container.
  • the second container may have the same orientation as the first container.
  • the wall may comprise opposite first wall portions.
  • Each of said opposite first wall portions may have a plurality of the support formations and a plurality of the projecting formations.
  • Each of the first wall portions may have three of the support formations and three of the projecting formations.
  • Each of the first wall portions may have a handle.
  • each of the first wall portions may have two of the handles.
  • The, or each, handle may be an aperture defined by the respective first wall portion.
  • the wall may extend downwardly from the base to provide a plurality of downwardly extending foot portions. A plurality of the foot portions may be spaced along each of the opposite walls.
  • the wall may include six of the foot portions. Three of the foot portions may be spaced along each of the opposite walls.
  • Each projecting formation may be aligned with a respective one of the foot portions.
  • Each of the support formations may be aligned with a respective one of the foot portions.
  • the wall may comprise two second wall portions extending between the first wall portions.
  • the second wall portions may be shorter than the first wall portions.
  • Each of the second wall portions may have a region of the rim portion. Said region of the rim portion may be below the rest of the rim portion, thereby defining a lowered top edge of the second wall portions.
  • The, or each, container may comprise locating members to locate the second container substantially centrally on the first container when the second container is stacked on the first container.
  • the locating members may comprise ribs.
  • the ribs may be buttress ribs.
  • At least one locating member may be provided on each projecting formation. Desirably, two of the locating members may be provided on each projecting formation.
  • the locating members may be attached to the projecting formation.
  • the locating members may extend downwardly from the projecting formations.
  • the locating members may be provided on the engaging surfaces of the projecting formations. As used herein, the word downwardly means away from the top region of the wall.
  • the locating members may be provided on the wall.
  • the locating members may be attached to the wall.
  • the locating members may extend between the projecting formations and the wall.
  • the locating members may be provided on the foot portions.
  • the locating members may be attached to the foot portions. At least one locating member may be provided on each foot portion.
  • two of the locating members may be provided on each foot portion.
  • the locating members may extend between the projecting formations and the foot portions.
  • the locating members When the second container is stacked on the first container, the locating members may engage the top region of the wall of the first container adjacent the support formations.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a container arrangement, in which a plurality of containers are arranged in a stacked condition;
  • Figure 2 is a close up of the region marked II in Figure 1 ;
  • Figure 3 is a sectional plan view showing an engaging surface of a projecting formation of an upper container in engagement with a support surface of a support formation;
  • Figure 4 is a view from below of a container; and Figure 5 is a close up view of the region marked V in Figure 4.
  • Figure 1 shows a container arrangement 10 comprising a plurality of containers 12 stacked on one another.
  • a container arrangement 10 comprising a plurality of containers 12 stacked on one another.
  • three containers 12 are shown, but it will be appreciated that the container arrangement 10 could comprise any suitable number of containers 12, such as two, four, five or six.
  • Each of the containers 12 comprises a base 14 and a wall 16 on the base 14.
  • the wall 16 extends upwardly from the base 14 to provide an internal space 18 in which objects can be held.
  • the wall 16 extends downwardly from the base 14 to provide a plurality of foot portions 20 to support the base 14 above the ground and allow access under the base 14 for the forks of a forklift truck.
  • a rim portion 22 extends from the top edge 27 of the wall 16.
  • the rim portion 22 comprises a cover member 24 extending downwardly across the top region 28 of the wall 16, thereby covering the top region 28 of the wall 16.
  • the rim portion 22 further includes connecting members 26 extending between the top edge 27 of the wall 16 and the cover member 24.
  • the wall 16 comprises opposite first wall portions 30.
  • Each of the opposite first wall portions 30 has two handles 32 in the form of apertures defined by the respective first wall portion 30.
  • the wall 16 also has two second wall portions 34 extending between the first wall portions 30.
  • the second wall portions 34 are shorter than the first wall portions 30.
  • Each of the second wall portions 34 has a region of the rim portion 22 that is below the rest of the rim portion 22, thereby providing a lowered region 36 of the top edge 27 at each of the second wall portions 34.
  • the first wall portions 30 of each container 12 are provided with support formations 38 and projecting formations 40.
  • each first wall portion 30 has three of the support formations 38 spaced along the length of the respective first wall portion 30.
  • each first wall portion 30 has three of the projecting formations 40 spaced along the length of each first wall portion 30.
  • the projecting formations 40 are hollow, thereby providing elongate recesses 42 defined in the wall 16. Each elongate recess 42 extends the length of the projecting formation 40 that defines it, and has an open upper end 44.
  • Each of the support formations 38 is in the form of an indentation defined in the top edge 27 of first wall portion 30 and in the rim portion 22.
  • Each support formation 38 has a sloping support surface 46.
  • Each support formation 38 extends from the first wall portion 30 outwardly therefrom to the cover member 24 of the rim portion 22.
  • Opposite side surfaces 48 extend upwardly from the support surface 46.
  • the support surface 46 slopes downwardly from the first wall portion 30 to the cover member 24.
  • the support surface 46 is arranged at an angle of substantially 70° to the wall 16.
  • Each of the projecting formations 40 is elongate and extends upwardly along the first wall 16. In the embodiment shown, each projecting formation 40 extends substantially the whole height of the first wall portion 30.
  • Each projecting formation 40 has a bottom end 50 at a bottom region of the wall 16, the bottom end 50 having an engaging surface 52 for engaging the support surface 46 of a support formation 38 defined by another container 12.
  • the engaging surface 52 extends outwardly from the first wall portion 30 and slopes downwardly therefrom at an angle to the first wall portion 30 of substantially 110
  • the middle container 12 is oriented at an angle of 180° relative to the lower container 12
  • the upper container 12 is oriented at an angle of 180° to the middle container 12 thereby having the same orientation as the lower container
  • the containers 12 are arranged so that support formations 38 of the of the lower container 12 are aligned with the projecting formations 40 of the upper container 12 stacked thereon.
  • the support formations 38 of the lower container 12 receive the bottom ends 50 of projecting formations 40 of the upper container 12.
  • the weight of the upper container 12 presses the engaging surfaces 52 of the upper container 12 onto the support surfaces 46 of the lower container 12, as indicated by the arrow W in Figure 4.
  • the slopes of the engaging and support surfaces 46 causes the weight of the upper container 12 to create an inward force on first wall portion 30 of the container 12 below, as indicated by the arrows F in Figure 3.
  • the first wall portion 30 of the lower container 12 is urged inwardly, thereby helping to prevent outward bowing of the first wall portions 30.
  • the effect is to locate the upper container 12 in the most stable position on the container 12 below.
  • the container 12 has locating members in the form of buttress ribs 54 to locate the upper container 12 substantially centrally on the lower container 12 when the containers 12 are in the stacked condition.
  • the buttress ribs 54 are provided on each projecting formation 40.
  • the buttress ribs extend downwardly from the lower end of the projecting formations 40, and are attached to the engaging surfaces 52 of the projecting formations 40.
  • the buttress ribs 54 are also attached to the foot portions 20.
  • the containers 12 can be arranged in one another in a nested condition. In the nested condition, all the containers 12 have the same orientation, so that the projecting formations 40 of an upper container 12 are aligned with the projecting formations 40 of the, or each, container 12 below.
  • the projecting formations 40 of the upper container 12 are received in the elongate recesses 42 via the open upper ends 44 of the elongate recesses 42 of the container 12 below, thereby locating the containers 12 in the nested condition.
  • a container 12 and a container arrangement 10 in which the support formations 38 of a lower container 12 receive the projecting formations 40 of the container 12 above, thereby locating the upper container 12 on the lower container 12 in a stacked condition of the containers 12.
  • the containers 12 may not possess the foot portions 20.

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Selon l'invention, un récipient (12) comprend une base (14) et une paroi (16) s'étendant vers le haut à partir de la base (14) ; une pluralité de formations de support (38) au niveau d'une région supérieure de la paroi (16), chaque formation de support (38) comportant une surface de support (46) s'étendant vers l'extérieur à partir de la paroi (16) ; et une pluralité de formations en saillie (40) sur la paroi (16), chaque formation en saillie (40) comportant une surface d'engagement (52) s'étendant vers l'extérieur à partir de la paroi (16) ; chaque surface de support (46) et chaque surface d'engagement (52) étant inclinées vers le bas à partir de la paroi (16). Les formations de support (38) et les formations en saillie (40) sont agencées de telle sorte que la surface de support (46) de chaque formation de support (38) du récipient (12) puisse s'engager avec la surface d'engagement (52) d'une formation en saillie respective (40) d'un autre récipient (12) pour supporter les récipients (12) les uns sur les autres dans un état empilé desdits récipients (12).
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