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US 6,216,899 B1Granted
Dismountable container
OwnerEdda Dorothy Bragazza Vicariinventor
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The present invention refers to a box for transporting and storing different products, which is made of wood and can be fully assembled and disassembled. The box is suitably used for transporting pieces and automotive parts for long distances. The improved box comprises a pallet type bottom plate (10), side plates (20) and upper cover (30), said side plates (20) being coupled (i) together by means of pairs of hinges (24; 25), (ii) to bottom plate (10) by means of pairs of parts (27; 28) in the lower portion that cooperate with the respective pairs of parts (12′; 13′) of said bottom plate (10) and (iii) to cover (30) by means of latches (20′; 30′). In a first embodiment of the present invention, all said pairs of hinges (24; 25), pairs of parts (27; 28) of side plates and said pairs of parts (12′; 13′) of bottom plate (10) face the interior of said box. In a second preferred embodiment of the present invention, only one of hinges (240; 250) faces the outer part of the box, but both joints (230′; 240′) and rod (400) are accessed through the outer part of the box.
A box for transporting and storing of products, said box being adapted for the transport of automotive vehicle parts and to be disassembled and restored to its original shape, comprising a pallet-type bottom plate, side plates and upper cover, said side plates being coupled (i) together by pairs of side hinges, and (ii) to said bottom plate by pairs of horizontal sockets in the lower portion that cooperate with respective pairs of locking parts of said bottom plate, wherein said pairs of locking parts are provided with pairs of respective vertical locking pins which slide into respective L-shaped recesses provided in said pairs of sockets, and (iii) to said cover by latches, and by the coupling of wedge-shaped longitudinal protruberances in the upper end portion of said plates to corresponding recesses provided in the inner face of said cover, said pairs of side hinges, said pairs of sockets of said side plates and said pairs of locking parts on said bottom plate, all disposed interiorly of said box without any portion thereof projecting to its outer surface.
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