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.
Claims19
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, characterized by;
- at least one sensor configured to distinguish between the upright position and the non-upright position of at least one of the side panel sections;
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- a transmitting device coupled to or integrated in the at least one sensor, the transmitting device configured to output different signals corresponding to a position detected by the at least one sensor.
A method of determining a storage state of a reusable transport container that has a foldable and/or collapsible side panel section and a position sensor in or on the foldable and/or collapsible side panel section, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting an orientation of the position sensor;
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- determining whether the foldable and/or collapsible side panel section is in an upright position or a non-upright position based on the orientation of the position sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.