US 11,952,206 B2Granted

Folding container

AssigneeCompact Container Systems, LLC

InventorsNorman Kendall, Joshua J. Kraft, Jay Cummings, Rich Reiter, John O'Brien

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Abstract

A foldable container adjustable between an unfolded condition and a folded condition comprises a roof panel and an opposing base panel, a front panel and an opposing door panel which are each hingedly connected to solely the roof panel, a right side panel and an opposing left side panel, a right side roof skirt and an opposing left side roof skirt having disparate heights, a left side compound beam and a right side compound beam extending from the base panel, and a left side hinge-beam structure and a right side hinge-beam structure each having a hinge point and a skirt retaining portion. The right side panel and the left side panel are hingedly coupled to their respective hinge-beam structures at the hinge points. The hinge points lie in different horizontal planes. The hinge points lie within a midline of their respective side panel.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A foldable container adjustable between an unfolded condition and a folded condition, comprising:

a roof panel and an opposing base panel;
a front panel and an opposing door panel, each of said front panel and said door panel hingedly connected to solely said roof panel;
a left side compound beam and a right side compound beam, each of said left side compound beam and said right side compound beam extending from said base panel;
a left side hinge-beam structure extending from said left side compound beam, said left side hinge-beam structure having a left side hinge point and a first skirt retaining portion;
a right side hinge-beam structure extending from said right side compound beam, said right side hinge-beam structure having a right side hinge point and a second skirt retaining portion;
a right side panel and an opposing left side panel, said right side panel being hingedly coupled to said right side hinge-beam structure at said right side hinge point, and said left side panel being hingedly coupled to said left side hinge-beam structure at said left side hinge point;
and
a right side roof skirt associated with said right side panel and an opposing left side roof skirt associated with said left side panel, a height of said right side roof skirt being disparate from a height of said left side roof skirt;
wherein:
said right side hinge point and said left side hinge point lie in different horizontal planes;
said right side hinge point lies within a midline of said right side panel;
and
said left side hinge point lies within a midline of said left side panel.

10 more elements

A foldable container adjustable between an unfolded condition and a folded condition, comprising:

a roof panel and an opposing base panel;
a front panel and an opposing door panel, each of said front panel and said door panel hingedly connected to solely said roof panel;
a first side panel and an opposing second side panel, said first side panel being offset from said second side panel by a vertical distance;
a first skirt retaining portion situated outwardly adjacent said first side panel;
a second skirt retaining portion situated outwardly adjacent said second side panel;
a first roof skirt associated with a top of said first side panel and an opposing second roof skirt associated with a top of said second side panel, said first roof skirt and said second roof skirt having a height difference;
and
a set of tracks situated on said first side panel;
wherein:
in said folded condition, said second side panel is upwardly adjacent said base panel, said first side panel is upwardly adjacent said second side panel, a group comprising said front panel and said door panel is upwardly adjacent said first panel, said roof panel is upwardly adjacent said group, said first roof skirt is received within said first skirt retaining portion, and said second roof skirt is received within said second skirt retaining portion;
and
said vertical distance equals said height difference.

9 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/443,224Filed 22 Jul 2021 · continuation in part
Priority: 13 Mar 2013
Published: US 2021/0347563 A111 Nov 2021
Granted: 9 Apr 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

B65D 88/522
Collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected: all side walls hingedly connected to each other or to another component of…
B65D 90/008
Component parts, details or accessories for large containers: doors for containers, e.g. ISO-containers
B65D 90/027
Wall construction: corrugated or zig-zag structures; Folded plate
B65D
Containers for storage or transport of articles or materials

Family

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Application15/694,775Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 2 Sep 2017
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Application16/740,321Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 10 Jan 2020
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US 11,192,713 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2014/0263297 A1Published application
US 2017/0362021 A1Published application
US 2019/0193931 A1Published application
US 2020/0148464 A1Published application
US 11,952,206 B2This patent

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