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US 5,441,321 AGranted
Openable container base
OwnerLadislav S. Karpisekinventor
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Abstract
A container base (1) including a rectangular ring frame (5) with four sides defining an opening (5a) through the base frame, a base bottom (1a, 2), a pivot connection (6) between the ring frame (5) and the base bottom (1a, 2) and latches (50) releaseably couple the ring frame (5) and the base bottom (1a, 5) together. Each side (7) of the ring frame (5) has slots (8) for engagement by hooks (22) on four wall panels (21) so that the wall panels (22) can be coupled to the base (1).
Claims6
A container base, comprising:
- a four-sided rectangular ring frame with each side of said four-sided rectangular ring frame having an inner face, said inner faces of the four sides of said ring frame defining an opening through said ring frame;
- four separate interconnectable wall panels;
- coupling means having first elements on each of the four sides of said ring frame for engagement by second elements of said coupling means, said second elements being on each of said four separate interconnectable wall panels;
- a base bottom larger in size than the opening through said ring frame;
- a hinge connection connecting said base bottom to a first side of said ring frame;
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- latch means for releasably retaining said base bottom in a covering relationship with the opening through said ring frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.