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US 5,370,255 AGranted
Collapsible multilayer container
OwnerTeng-Feng Yanginventor
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Abstract
A collapsible multilayer container includes a cover and a plurality of housings in which the housings are pivotally connected one by one so as to be collapsible for spacial savings and expandable for charming outlooks. The cover includes a pair of handles pivotally connected thereto for carrying purpose. And, the cover and the housings are securely locked together by a locking device.
Claims5
A collapsible multilayer container comprising:
- a cover including a pair of first guiding members secured on opposite side thereof;
- at least a pair of interconnected housings, each of said housings defining an internal open space for receiving articles therein, each of said housing having a peripheral vertically extending wall with a portion of said peripheral wall having a vertically extending extension portion having an upper edge and extending upwardly therefrom, one of said extension portions being longer than another of said extension portions and rotatably interconnected to an adjacent extension portion, the overall length of one of said extension portions being substantially the same length as the overall height of an adjacent interconnected housing whereby said housings are rotatably collapsible together with one of said housings disposed above another adjacent housing;
- second guiding means secured to the upper edges of said extension portions adapted to engage said first guiding means on said cover;
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- locking members releasably interconnecting said first and second guiding means whereby said cover may be secured to the upper edges of said extension portions closing off the internal open space of the uppermost one of said housing when rotated together.
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