Container having an access door latching system
OwnerDonald E. Wilcox, Charles S. Arenainventors
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Abstract
A container having an interior, comprising a base and four walls. One of the walls having an opening allowing access to the interior. The one of the walls having an at least one catch along a lateral side disposed a wall intermediate location. A door having a rigid upper portion and a rigid lower portion coupled together by a first hinge at a door intermediate location which is positioned at or above the wall intermediate location. The door having at least one rigid latch extending from the upper portion to a location below the door intermediate location when the door is in an unflexed state.
Claims10
A container having an interior to hold produce, comprising:
- A) a base;
- B) four walls, which in combination with the base define the interior, each of the walls being coupled to the base, at least one of the walls having an opening allowing access to the interior, the one of the walls having a first catch positioned at a wall intermediate location along a first lateral side of the opening;
- C) a door i) the door having a rigid upper portion and a rigid lower portion coupled to the upper portion by a first hinge at a door intermediate location, the door intermediate location being positioned at or above the wall intermediate location when the container is in an erected arrangement, the upper portion having an upper end and the lower portion having a lower end, ii) the door being coupled to the one of the walls by a hinge at the lower end, the door movable about the hinge at the lower end of the door from a closed position in which the door covers the opening to an open position in which the interior can be accessed through the opening, iii) the door having a first rigid latch extending from the upper portion to a location below the door intermediate location when the door is in an unflexed state and the first rigid latch aligned with the first catch so as to be received in a space defined by the first catch with an interior surface of the first catch facing an exterior-facing surface of the first latch when the door is moved to the closed position, and iv) the door having a connector to connect the upper end to the one of the walls to maintain the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.