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US 5,890,612 AGranted
Collapsible aircraft container
AssigneeEuropean Aviation Products--S.R.L.
InventorPaolo Coppi
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Abstract
This invention concerns a collapsible container, whose outer profile is shaped to fit the walls of an aircraft luggage compartment, consisting of a rigid base frame supporting an accordion folding frame and whose sides are covered by sheet plate and sections of sturdy canvas.
Claims13
A collapsible container, comprising:
- a slanted rear base frame;
- a front base frame spatially supported from said slanted rear base frame;
- a front intermediate frame pivotally coupled to said front base frame;
- a rear intermediate frame pivotally coupled to said slanted rear base frame;
- a front upper frame pivotally coupled to said front intermediate frame;
- a rear upper frame pivotally coupled to said rear intermediate frame, wherein said front and rear intermediate frames and said front and rear upper frames are movable from an upright position to rest respectively upon said front and rear base frames;
- locking means for releasably locking said front and rear intermediate frames and said front and rear upper frames in a working position and in a folded position such that said collapsible container is collapsible from said working position to said folded position.
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A collapsible container, comprising:
- a slanted rear base frame;
- a front base frame spatially supported from said slanted rear base frame;
- a front intermediate frame pivotally coupled to said front base frame;
- a rear intermediate frame pivotally coupled to said slanted rear base frame;
- a front upper frame pivotally coupled to said front intermediate frame;
- a rear upper frame pivotally coupled to said rear intermediate frame, wherein said front and rear intermediate frames and said front and rear upper frames are movable from an upright position to rest respectively upon said front and rear base frames;
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- locking means for releasably locking said front and rear intermediate frames and said front and rear upper frames in a working position,
- wherein said front and rear intermediate frames and said front and rear upper frames are folded in a folded position so as to be collapsible from said working position,
- said container in said folded position has a height approximately one third a height of said container in said working position, and
- said front and rear upper frames each include upright members each having a channel defined thereby, upright members of each of said front and rear intermediate frames being received in said channel, respectively, in said folded position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.