US 4,792,055 AGranted

Shipping container for educational materials and the like

AssigneeComprehensive Health Education Foundation

InventorsJay M. Schupack, Alan Biggs

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Abstract

A container which includes a lower body portion to receive articles and an upper lid portion which forms a top for the body portion. An upstanding rib is provided along the upper edge of the body which is received into a mating channel on the lower edge of the lid. The lid is hinged to the body and clamps are included which secure the lid to the body. The body includes a horizontal rib which extends outwardly from the body in the vicinity of the upper edge thereof, while the lid includes a mating horizontal rib which extends outwardly in the vicinity of the lower edge thereof. Both the lid and the body include an indented portion in the front surface approximately central thereof. A portion of the horizontal rib of the body extends across the opening defined by the indented portion, thereby forming a handle for the container.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A container, comprising:

a lower body portion, open at the top thereof, which defines a volume for placement of articles therein, the body portion including a first circumferential rib which extends outwardly from the exterior surface of the body portion in the vicinity of the upper edge thereof;
an upper lid portion, movably secured to the body portion, forming a top for the body portion, said lid portion including a second circumferential rib in the vicinity of the lower edge thereof, wherein the first and second circumferential ribs abut each other when the lid portion is closed on the body portion and have similar dimensions, wherein the body portion and the lid portion include an indented portion in the respective front walls thereof, extending substantially from the top to the bottom of the container;
means formed from an extension of the first circumferential rib extending across said indented portion, forming a handle for the container;
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means for clamping the lid portion to the body portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.