Portable container and associated coupling assembly
AssigneeG.T. Line S.R.L.
InventorMassimo TONELLI
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Abstract
A portable container, of the type of a suitcase, a trunk, a crate, a trolley, and the like, comprising a first shell portion and a second shell portion which are mutually articulated and can move between a configuration for closing an internal compartment and at least one open configuration for free access to the compartment; a safety device is coupled to the shell portions; the container also comprises an assembly for coupling the device to at least the first shell portion; the assembly is provided with: at least two inserts which are stably inserted in respective seats a slider, coupled to the device, a profiled element which is rigidly supported by the inserts and forms a guiding track for the slider, means for the rigid anchoring of the slider to the profiled element.
Claims11
A portable container comprising:
- a first shell portion and a second shell portion which are mutually articulated and are configured to move between a configuration for closing an internal compartment and at least one open configuration for free access to the compartment, a safety device being coupled to said shell portions and contrasting accidental movement toward said closed configuration in order to maintain said open configuration, wherein the container further comprises an assembly for coupling said device to at least said first shell portion, said assembly including:
- at least two inserts which are stably inserted in respective seats having a corresponding shape which are provided along a wall of said first shell portion,
- a slider coupled to said device,
- a profiled element which is rigidly supported by said inserts and forms a guiding track for said slider, which is movable along said track, and
- means for the rigid anchoring of said slider to said profiled element configured to can be activated at any position of said slider along said track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.