Storage container lid assembly and related methods and systems
AssigneeGSI Group Corporation
InventorsGarrett Schreiner, Raymond Fox, Thomas D. Fleshner
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Abstract
A storage container system includes a storage container having a frustoconical roof defining a central opening and a lid assembly mounted to the roof of the storage container. The lid assembly includes a rail guide member mounted to the roof of the storage container and oriented such that a center longitudinal axis of the rail guide member has a same pitch as the roof and a lid rotatably coupled to the rail guide member and configured to slide along the rail guide member between open and closed positions over the opening, where when the lid is in an open position, an upper surface of the lid has a same pitch as the roof.
Claims20
A lid assembly for a storage container, comprising:
- a rail guide member configured to be mounted to a slanted roof of the storage container, the roof being slanted relative to a horizontal plane by a first angle;
- a lid coupled to the rail guide member and configured to slide along the rail guide member between open and closed positions;
- an attachment bracket coupled to the lid, the attachment bracket comprising:
- a first member connected to a first lateral side of the lid and extending at a first acute angle relative to the upper surface of the lid and at least partially over the upper surface of the lid;
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- a second member connected to a second, opposite lateral side of the lid and extending at a second acute angle relative to the upper surface of the lid and in a direction laterally away from lid, wherein the first acute angle is smaller than the second acute angle, wherein:
- when the lid is in an open position, an upper surface is oriented at a second angle relative to the horizontal plane;
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- the second angle is at least substantially equal to the first angle.
A lid assembly mounted to a roof of a storage container, comprising:
- a rail guide member mounted to the roof of the storage container;
- a lid rotatably coupled to the rail guide member and configured to slide along the rail guide member between open and closed positions, wherein when the lid is in an open position, a center longitudinal axis of the rail guide member is at least substantially parallel to an upper surface of the lid;
- an attachment bracket coupled to the lid;
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- a coupling member coupled to the attachment bracket and slidably attached to the rail guide member.
A storage container system, comprising:
- a storage container having a frustoconical roof defining a central opening;
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- a lid assembly mounted to the roof of the storage container, the lid assembly comprising:
- a rail guide member mounted to the roof of the storage container and oriented such that a center longitudinal axis of the rail guide member has a same pitch as the roof;
- a lid rotatably coupled to the rail guide member and configured to slide along the rail guide member between open and closed positions over the opening;
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- an attachment bracket coupled to the lid, the attachment bracket comprising:
- a first member connected to a first lateral side of the lid and extending at a first acute angle relative to the upper surface of the lid and at least partially over the upper surface of the lid;
- and
- a second member connected to a second, opposite lateral side of the lid and extending at a second acute angle relative to the upper surface of the lid and in a direction laterally away from lid, wherein the first acute angle is smaller than the second acute angle,
- wherein when the lid is in an open position, an upper surface of the lid has a same pitch as the roof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.