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US 2010/0133264 A1Published application
Folding/Unfolding transport container and a method of folding and unfolding a transport container
AssigneesIndian Institute of Technology Delhi, Simpri Investments Limited
InventorsAnoop Chawla, Sudipto Mukherjee
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Abstract
A foldable transport container is provided which substantially folds horizontally against a side wall (SSI) and in which the process of folding can be facilitated using external automatic apparatus.
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A foldable transport container comprising:
- a planar foldable base (B), said base divided into two or more sections (B1, B2),
- a foldable top (T) divided into at least two sections, each section being coupled to its immediate next section by a top folding mechanism that facilitates the folding of said top;
- at least two opposing sides (SS1, SS2) connected to the base at one end and to the top at the other end;
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- at least two foldable panels (FS1, FS2) connecting to the said sides, said panels having a folding mechanism to fold them inwards so as to facilitate the horizontal folding of the panels.
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A foldable transportable container substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A foldable transport container comprising:
- a planar foldable base (B), said base divided into two or more sections (B1, B2), each section being coupled to its immediate next section by a base folding mechanism that facilitates the folding of the said base;
- a foldable top (T) divided into at least two sections, each section being coupled to its immediate next section by a top folding mechanism that facilitates the folding of said top;
- at least two opposing sides (SS1, SS2) connected to the base at one end and to the top at the other end;
- at least two foldable panels (FS1, FS2) connecting to the said sides, said panels having a folding mechanism to fold them inwards so as to facilitate the horizontal folding of the panels,
- said base folding mechanism comprising a plurality of links (L1, L2, L3);
- said first link (L1) is rigidly connected to the first section of the base (B1),
- said second link (L2) is connected to the second section of the base (B2) by a first rotation axis (R1) at one end and at the other end to the first link (L1) by a second rotation axis (R2), and
- said third link (L3) is connected to the first link (L1) at one end by a third rotation axis (R3) and to the second part of the base (B2) at the other end by a fourth rotation axis (R4).
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