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US 5,875,904 AGranted
Box-like transport container
OwnerAlbertus Franciscus Vorstenboschinventor
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Abstract
The invention refers to a box-like transport container having at least one partially open side and a flexible covering element movable between an opened and a closed position. The box-like transport container preferably has a flexible covering element that in an opened position of the container is located close to an upright. In a preferred embodiment the flexible covering element can be rolled up or folded up.
Claims20
A box-like transport container, comprising:
- a base;
- a plurality of uprights detachably mounted to said base, wherein said uprights extend substantially perpendicular to said base;
- a roll-up mechanism attached to at least one of said uprights;
- a flexible covering means extendably carried on said roll-up mechanism and movable between an opened position in which at least one open side of said container is not covered by said covering means and a closed position in which said at least one open side of said container is covered by said covering means;
- and
- a spring biasing said flexible covering means toward the opened position,
- wherein said flexible covering means is configured to cover at least two adjacent open sides of said container in the closed position.
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A box-like transport container, comprising:
- a base;
- a plurality of uprights detachably mounted to said base, wherein said uprights extend substantially perpendicular to said base;
- at least one tubular profile removably attached to one of said uprights, said tubular profile having brushes extending along a longitudinal length of said tubular profile;
- a roll-up mechanism carried in said tubular profile;
- and
- a spring biased screen extendably carried on said roll-up mechanism, said screen having an outer end with a strip attached thereto,
- wherein said screen is movable between a first position in which said screen is wound around said roll-up mechanism to a second position in which said screen extends from said tubular profile and covers at least one open side of said container, and said screen is configured to cover at least two adjacent open sides of said container in the second position,
- wherein said strip is configured to engage another of said uprights and maintain said screen in the second position, and
- wherein said brushes remove dirt adhering to the screen while moving to and from the second position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.