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US 10,808,440 B2Granted
Door, closing system and logistics container
AssigneeK. Hartwall Oy Ab
InventorsMarkku Tiilikainen, Mikko Järvi
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Abstract
A safe and user-friendly door, especially for logistics containers, which preferably includes a quadrilateral frame, defining the perimeter for the door. A latch is provided movably to the frame so as to be manipulated between a locking state, in which at least a distal portion of the latch protrudes outside the perimeter, and a released state, in which the distal portion is flush with or inside the perimeter. The frame also preferably includes a diagonal guide, which is configured to guide the latch between the locking state and the released state by allowing deviation of the latch along a path diagonal to the quadrilateral shape of the frame.
Claims13
A door comprising:
- a quadrilateral frame defining a perimeter for the door and comprising a first diagonal guide which extends diagonally inside the perimeter of the door and which comprises an inner cavity, and
- a latch comprising a first projection and being provided movably into the inner cavity of the first diagonal guide of the frame, the projection extending along a main extending direction of the first diagonal guide, the latch being configured to be manipulated between:
- a locking state, in which at least a distal portion of the latch protrudes outside said perimeter, and
- a released state, in which the distal portion is flush with or inside said perimeter, and
- wherein the first diagonal guide is configured to guide the latch between the locking state and the released state by allowing deviation of the latch along a path diagonal to the quadrilateral shape of the frame,
- wherein the door comprises a holding mechanism for holding the latch in at least one of the released state and the locking state, the holding mechanism comprising:
- at least one opening provided to the first diagonal guide, and
- a holding protrusion provided to the first projection of the latch and configured to be resiliently deviated by the distal portion in a dimension perpendicular to the main extending dimension of the first projection so as to releasably engage each said at least one opening.
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A closing system comprising:
- a first door jamb comprising a first catch,
- a second door jamb provided at a distance from the first door jamb, and
- a door, which:
- is hinged to the second doorjamb so as to be turned between a closed state an open state,
- comprises a quadrilateral frame defining a perimeter for the door, the door frame comprising a first diagonal guide which is configured to guide the latch between the locking state and the released state by deviating the latch along a path diagonal to the quadrilateral shape of the frame, and which
- comprises a latch provided to the frame and configured to be manipulated between:
- a locking state, in which at least a distal portion of the latch protrudes into the first catch of the first door jamb, and a
- released state, in which the distal portion is outside of the first catch of the first doorjamb,
- wherein the first diagonal guide is configured to guide the latch between the locking state and the released state by allowing deviation of the latch along a path diagonal to the quadrilateral shape of the frame,
- wherein the door comprises a holding mechanism for holding the latch in at least one of the released state and the locking state, the holding mechanism comprising:
- at least one opening provided to the first diagonal guide, and
- a holding protrusion provided to the first projection of the latch and configured to be resiliently deviated by the distal portion in a dimension perpendicular to a main extending dimension of the first projection so as to releasably engage each said at least one opening, when the latch is in the released state.
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A logistics container comprising a closing system which comprises:
- a first door jamb comprising a first catch,
- a second door jamb provided at a distance from the first door jamb, and
- a door, which:
- is hinged to the second doorjamb so as to be turned between a closed state and open state,
- comprises a quadrilateral frame defining a perimeter for the door, the door frame comprising a first diagonal guide, and in which
- a latch is provided to the quadrilateral frame is configured to be manipulated between:
- a locking state, in which at least a distal portion of the latch protrudes into the first catch of the first door jamb, and a
- released state, in which the distal portion is outside of the first catch of the first doorjamb,
- wherein the first diagonal guide is configured to guide the latch between the locking state and the released state by allowing deviation of the latch along a path diagonal to the quadrilateral shape of the frame,
- wherein the door comprises a holding mechanism for holding the latch in at least one of the released state and the locking state, the holding mechanism comprising:
- at least one opening provided to the first diagonal guide, and
- a holding protrusion provided to the first projection of the latch and configured to be resiliently deviated by the distal portion in a dimension perpendicular to a main extending dimension of the first projection so as to releasably engage each said at least one first opening and
- wherein the first jamb is a frame beam of a first side wall and wherein the second door jamb is a frame beam of second side wall opposing the first side wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.