Reusable transport container with a lateral wall with an orientation sensor
AssigneeSchoeller Allibert GmbH
InventorFrederik Dejans
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Abstract
A reusable transport container includes a base and foldable and/or collapsible side panel sections arranged on the base. The side panel sections can be brought into an upright position in which the side panel sections are substantially perpendicular to the base, and into a non-upright position in which the side panel sections are folded or collapsed. The reusable transport container includes a sensor configured to distinguish between the upright position and the non-upright position of at least one side panel section, and a transmitting device coupled to or integrated in the sensor configured to output different signals corresponding to the position detected by the sensor.
Claims18
A reusable transport container comprising:
- a base and side panel sections arranged on the base, the side panel sections being foldable and/or collapsible, the side panel sections being movable to an upright position in which the side panel sections are substantially perpendicular to the base, and movable to a non-upright position in which the side panel sections are folded or collapsed;
- at least one tilt sensor configured to distinguish between the upright position and the non-upright position of at least one of the side panel sections based on an orientation of the at least one tilt sensor and earth's gravitational field, such that the at least one tilt sensor is configured to independently determine whether the at least one of the side panel sections is in the upright position or in the non-upright position;
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- a transmitting device coupled to or integrated in the at least one tilt sensor, the transmitting device configured to output different signals corresponding to the orientation of the at least one tilt sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.