Method and apparatus for cleaning a collapsible container
OwnerAzard Sabounjianinventor
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Abstract
A panel or container having a spring loop frame is coiled into overlapping loops and releasably restrained in that configuration for washing and/or drying. Encircling straps can be used, but preferably the collapsed frame or frames are placed in a bag selectively sized to restrain expansion, and the bag is releasably closed.
Claims25
A method of cleaning a collapsing a collapsible container having a spring loop frame in a pocket of each of a plurality of panels which panels are joined together to form a container, the container having an expanded configuration in which the frames are uncoiled to form a container having a bottom connected to at least some of the panels, and having a collapsed configuration in which the frames are coiled adjacent each other, said method comprising the steps of:
- folding the panels toward an adjacent panel until the side panels are adjacent and overlie each other;
- rotating and biasing two opposite portions of the adjacent and overlying side panels to coil the frames into adjacent generally circular loops overlying each other to form the collapsed configuration of the container;
- inserting said adjacent overlaying loops into a washing pouch through an opening in the washing pouch, the washing pouch being sized to restrain the loops adjacent each other in the collapsed container configuration;
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- washing pouch and collapsed container in a washing machine.
A method of cleaning a collapsing a collapsible container having a spring loop frame in a pocket of each of a plurality of panels which panels are joined together to form a container, the container having an expanded configuration in which the frames are uncoiled to form a container having a bottom connected to at least some of the panels, and having a collapsed configuration in which the frames are coiled adjacent each other, said method comprising the steps of:
- folding the panels toward an adjacent panel until the side panels are adjacent and overlie each other;
- rotating and biasing two opposite portions of the adjacent and overlying side panels to coil the frames into adjacent generally circular loops overlying each other to form the collapsed configuration of the container;
- restraining the overlaying loops adjacent each other in the collapsed container configuration;
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- washing the collapsed container in a washing machine while restraining the overlaying loops adjacent each other in the collapsed container configuration.
A method of cleaning a collapsing a collapsible container having a spring loop frame in a pocket of each of a plurality of panels which panels are joined together to form a container, the container having an expanded configuration in which the frames are uncoiled to form a container having a bottom connected to at least some of the panels, and having a collapsed configuration in which the frames are coiled adjacent each other, said method comprising the steps of:
- folding the panels toward an adjacent panel until the side panels are adjacent and overlie each other in a partially-collapsed configuration;
- restraining the panels in the partially collapsed configuration;
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- inserting the panels into an opening of a washing machine which opening is smaller than the panel, and washing the containers in the washing machine while restraining the panels in the partially collapsed configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.