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US 8,127,956 B2Granted
Collapsible structure
AssigneeBajer Design & Marketing, Inc.
InventorsDean B. Krotts, Michael S. Kellogg
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Abstract
A collapsible structure having an open top, a relatively rigid handle frame member, and a handle member used for ease in transporting goods, along with a method of collapsing same.
Claims10
A collapsible structure having an open top, said structure comprising:
- at least two opposed side panels, each side panel including a web having a perimeter, an edging attached to the perimeter of the web and forming a pocket about the periphery of said web, and a continuous loop frame;
- said loop frame being positioned within said pocket;
- each side panel having a bottom side and two lateral sides;
- at least two opposed end panels, each end panel including a web having a perimeter and an edging attached to at least a portion of said perimeter, said opposed end panels having a bottom side and at least two lateral sides;
- a floor panel having a plurality of sides, each of said floor panel sides being attached to one of the respective bottom sides of each said side panel and each end panel;
- a handle frame member, said handle frame member being attached to and encircling at least a portion of said open top periphery;
- a handle member, said handle member being pivotally attached to said handle frame member;
- a pair of pivot connectors, each one of said pair of pivot connectors being secured to said open top periphery and having a plurality of pivot points;
- wherein said handle frame member further comprises a first portion and a second portion, each respective portion including a curved portion and two pivot ends, wherein each of said pivot ends is adapted to be pivotally received in a respective pivot point of a respective pivot connector;
- wherein said open top periphery includes a first periphery portion and wherein a second periphery portion and said first periphery portion is attached to said first portion of said handle frame member by way of a handle frame edging material, said handle frame edging material being adapted to envelope said first portion therein;
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- wherein said second periphery portion includes means for releasable attachment of said second portion of said handle frame member to said second periphery portion.
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