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US 12,097,606 B2Granted
Bicycle transport container as well as rolling element for a bicycle transport container
AssigneeCanyon Bicycles GmbH
InventorNicolas Caratiola
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Abstract
Bicycle transport containers include a typically parallelepiped-shaped outer container. Retaining and/or receiving elements are provided inside the outer container for receiving bicycle elements such as bicycle frames, wheels and the like. In order to facilitate the transport of a bicycle transport container, the invention provides rolling elements on a bottom element of the outer container.
Claims20
A cardboard bicycle shipping container comprising:
- an outer cardboard container;
- retaining or receiving elements for bicycle elements, the elements being provided in the outer cardboard container;
- and
- a plurality of rolling elements directly connected to a bottom element of the outer cardboard container,
- wherein the bottom element comprises at least one opening therethrough designed to receive at least one of the plurality of rolling elements through the at least one opening thereby resulting in the plurality of rolling elements being directly connected to the bottom element of the outer cardboard container, and wherein at least one of the plurality of rolling elements comprises a connection part that is folded outward such that the connection part partly engages the bottom element of the outer cardboard container from behind.
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A plurality of rolling elements for a cardboard bicycle shipping container comprising:
- a connection part which in a mounted state engages partly behind a bottom element of the cardboard bicycle shipping container;
- and
- a fixing part adapted to be inserted into a recess of the connection part for connection with the connection part,
- wherein the bottom element comprises at least one opening therethrough designed to receive at least one of the plurality of rolling elements through the at least one opening thereby resulting in the plurality of rolling elements being directly connected to the bottom element of the cardboard bicycle shipping container, and wherein at least one of the plurality of rolling elements comprises a connection part that is folded outward such that the connection part partly engages the bottom element of the cardboard bicycle shipping container from behind.
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A cardboard bicycle shipping container comprising:
- an outer cardboard container;
- retaining or receiving elements for bicycle elements, the elements being provided in the outer container;
- and
- a plurality of rolling elements directly connected to a bottom element of the outer cardboard container through a plurality of respective openings in the bottom element,
- wherein each of the plurality of openings in the bottom element connectively receive one of the plurality of rolling elements therethrough so as to result in the direct connection of the plurality of rolling elements to the bottom element, and wherein the plurality of rolling elements each comprise a connection part that is folded outward such that the connection part abuts the inner side of the bottom element and partly engages the bottom element from behind.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.