US 5,273,175 A · Split box case construction

Abstract

A case construction for containers includes separable, identically configured, compartmentalized box units having connecting elements on interfacing side walls in the form of tubular elements comprising male and female segments in which those on one box unit telescopically cooperate with corresponding segments on an associated box unit to restrict relative movement between the box units in longitudinal and transverse direction and also serve to restrict movement of containers disposed in the compartments. A latch member is carried by one end wall of each box unit and is movable along tracks between a latching position straddling the connected box units and an unlatching position permitting separation thereof. The bottom wall of the box units contain ribs forming a channel network that enables optional column- or cross-stacking of the case constructions.

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Dependent claims

A case construction, comprising:

a pair of independent box units adopted for separable interconnection, said box units each having a generally rectangular bottom wall and opposed side and end walls upstanding from said bottom wall to define an open top;
each of said box units having side walls carrying connectors cooperable with those on the other box unit to restrict relative movement between said box units in directions parallel to longitudinal and transverse axes of said box units, while permitting relative movement therebetween in a direction substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal and transverse axes;
and
latching means carried by the end walls of each box unit including mutually alignable track means carried by adjacent end walls of united box units, and a latch member carried by the end wall of one of said box units and slidable along said track means between an unlatching position enabling relative movement in a direction perpendicular to said longitudinal and transverse axes and a latching position preventing such relative movement.

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Split box case construction

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Abstract

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