US 10,239,656 B2 · Bulk bin side wall retention

Abstract

A bulk bin container having a retention clip for blocking both a first and second pin of a hinge axis element is provided. The container includes a generally rectangular base having one or more upward wall extensions along the edges of the base where each extension includes a plurality of hinge pockets for receiving a hinge axis element from the side walls. The retention clips connect to the base for blocking both the first hinge pin and the second hinge pin of the hinge axis element.

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Dependent claims

A collapsible bulk bin container comprising:

a generally rectangular base having a first upward wall extension along a first edge of the base, the first upward wall extension having a first hinge pocket for receiving a hinge axis from a side wall;
a first side wall having a first hinge axis extending from a bottom portion of the side wall, the first hinge axis having a first hinge pin extending outward in a first direction and a second hinge pin extending outward in a second direction opposing the first direction;
a first removable retention clip connected to the base that blocks the first hinge pin when the first hinge axis is positioned in the first hinge pocket of the first upward wall extension, the first removable retention clip including an arm having a first end and extending to an opposing second end, the arm configured to form a portion of an outer surface of the first upward wall extension and a first blocking segment connected to the first end of the arm and extending inwardly from the outer surface of the first upward wall extension and a second blocking segment connected at the second end of the arm and extending inwardly from the outer surface of the first upward wall extension.

A collapsible bulk bin container comprising:

a base having a first wall extension along a first side, a second wall extension along a second side, a third wall extension along a third side and a fourth wall extension along a fourth side, each of the first, second, third and fourth wall extensions having a plurality of hinge pockets;
a first side wall having a plurality of hinge axes extending from a bottom portion of the first side wall, each hinge axis of the plurality of hinge axes having a molded-in first axis pin and a molded-in second axis pin;
a second side wall having a plurality of hinge axes extending from a bottom portion of the second side wall, each hinge axis of the plurality of hinge axes having a molded-in first axis pin and a molded-in second axis pin;
a third side wall having a plurality of hinge axes extending from a bottom portion of the third side wall, each hinge axis of the plurality of hinge axes having a molded-in first axis pin and a molded-in second axis pin;
a fourth side wall having a plurality of hinge axes extending from a bottom portion of the fourth side wall, each hinge axis of the plurality of hinge axes having a molded-in first axis pin and a molded-in second axis pin;
and,
a plurality of removable retention clips, each removable retention clip blocking both the first hinge axis pin and the second hinge axis pin of one of the plurality of hinge axes in one of the side walls, each removable retention clip including an arm having a first end and extending to an opposing second end, the arm configured to form a portion of the outer surface of a one of the first, second, third and fourth extension walls, a first blocking segment connected to the first end of the arm and extending inward from the outer surface of the one extension wall and a second blocking segment connected at the second end of the arm and extending inwardly from the one extension wall.

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Summary1,029 words

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#The present invention is generally directed toward improved structure for retaining hinged side walls in a collapsible bulk bin container that does not utilize hinge rods; and more particularly to a bulk bin container having a retention clip for securing two hinge pins of a molded-in hinge axis of a side wall.

#Plastic bulk bin containers typically consist of a base and four hingeably connected sidewalls. The side walls are in an approximately horizontal position when the bulk container is in a collapsed state, and in a vertical position when the container is erected to receive shipping goods. The side walls rotate about a hinge axis connecting the side wall to a base portion of the container.

Brief description of the drawings7 figures

#To understand the present invention, it will now be described by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

#FIG. 1 is a perspective exploded view of a retention clip with a side wall and base portion in accordance with the present invention;

#FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the side wall secured to the base portion with the retention clip;

Detailed description886 words

#While this invention is susceptible of embodiments in many different forms, there is shown in the drawings, and will herein be described in detail preferred embodiments of the invention with the understanding that the present disclosure is to be considered as an exemplification of the principles of the invention and is not intended to limit the broad aspect of the invention to the embodiments illustrated.

#The present invention provides retention structure for holding a collapsible side wall to a base of a bulk bin container without the use of a hinge rod. The structure is used for side walls having molded-in axis elements that cooperate with structure in and/or connected to the base.

#FIG. 1 provides a partial exploded view of a base 10 of a collapsible bulk bin, a side wall 12 and a retention clip 14 in accordance with the present invention (while the invention is described with respect to retaining a single side wall to the base, this description is applicable to each of the side walls). The base 10 has a generally rectangular bottom wall 16 (see e.g., FIG. 4), and partial walls (or wall extensions) extending upward from the side edges of the bottom wall 16. As shown in the Figure, a first wall extension 18 includes a hinge pocket 20 aligned with the retention clip 14 and a hinge axis element 22 of the side wall 12.

Facts

Application

15/058,716Filed 2 Mar 2016 · us provisional application

Priority

10 Mar 2015

Published

US 2016/0264289 A115 Sep 2016

Granted

26 Mar 2019

Term ends

25 Jun 2036

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment, including 115 days of adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification10 codes

B65D 11/1833
Collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected: whereby all side walls are hingedly connected to the base panel
B65D 21/086
Containers of variable capacity: collapsible or telescopic containers
E05D 1/06
Pinless hinges; Substitutes for hinges: consisting of two easily-separable parts
E05D 7/1061
To allow easy separation or connection of the parts at the hinge axis: in a radial direction

Timeline

10 Mar 2015Priority claimedParent application 62/130,944
2 Mar 2016Application filedUS 15/058,716
27 Apr 2016Assigned to Orbis Corporationassignment of assignor's interest
15 Sep 2016PublishedUS 2016/0264289 A1
26 Mar 2019GrantedUS 10,239,656 B2
12 Oct 2026TodayWithin its term
25 Jun 2036Term endsEstimated, includes 115 days of adjustment

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