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US 12,728,933 B2Granted
Access system for a container of goods
OwnerGreg E. Bernainventor
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Abstract
An access system for a container of goods, cargo or people having an access opening, a track and a plurality of load bearing panels. The panels are arranged in a flush orientation in a first plane to occlude the access opening. Each panel is individually moveable to a second plane then slidable along the second plane to enable access to the interior.
Claims29
An access system for a container of goods comprising:
- an access opening in a container of goods;
- an upper track in the access opening;
- a lower track in the access opening;
- and
- a plurality of load bearing panels each independently moveable in a first direction along the upper and the lower tracks and independently moveable in a second direction along the upper and the lower tracks,
- wherein the first direction and the second direction are generally perpendicular.
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A container for storing goods comprising:
- a pair of end walls;
- a top wall;
- a bottom wall;
- an interior;
- at least one side wall having therein an access opening and having a plurality of load bearing panels in a first position along a first plane wherein the panels enclose the access opening;
- and
- a track,
- wherein each panel is independently moveable in the track from the first position to a second position in a second plane and moveable along the second plane to expose portions of the interior.
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A container for holding cargo comprising:
- a plurality of walls oriented to have an interior adapted to hold cargo;
- an access opening in at least one of the plurality of walls for accessing the interior;
- and
- a plurality of load bearing panels arranged in a flush orientation in first plane to occlude the access opening,
- wherein each panel is individually moveable to a second plane using a track then slidable along the second plane to enable access to the interior.
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A container for holding cargo comprising:
- a plurality of walls oriented to have an interior adapted to hold cargo;
- an access opening in at least one of the plurality of walls for accessing the interior;
- and
- a plurality of load bearing panels;
- the container having a first configuration wherein the plurality of load bearing panels are positioned in a common first plane to occlude the access opening, a second configuration wherein at least one panel is positioned in a second plane allowing access to a portion of the access opening and a third configuration wherein all of the panels are removed from the access opening allowing access to the entire access opening;
- wherein each panel is individually moveable from the first plane to the second plane using a track and slidable along the second plane to enable access to the interior.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.