Portable container
AssigneeTTS Tooltechnic Systems AG & Co. KG
InventorsAndreas Koenig, Timo Kuhls, Raimund Schäffer, Lutz Wolle
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Abstract
A portable container (1) is proposed, with a container body (2) which has a top (4), facing upwards in a first container alignment. A movable carrying handle (5) provided on the container body (2) may be moved from a not-in-use position close to the container body (2) into a position of use, so that it may be used to carry the container in the first container alignment. Also formed on the top (4) is an immovable additional carrying handle (6) formed by a side wall of a recess (38) which has an engaging recess (54) in which the fingers of one hand may engage in order to carry the container (1) in a second container alignment with its top (4) oriented to the side.
Claims21
A portable container with a container body and a movable carrying handle mounted pivotably on the container body about a pivot axis, wherein the container body has a top which faces upwards on adoption of a first container alignment and on which it is provided with a recess bounded by a side wall, and wherein the movable carrying handle may be positioned in either a position of use extending upwards above the container body, on adopting the first container alignment, or in a not-in-use position closer to the container body relative to the former position, and wherein a length section of the side wall of the recess forms an immovable additional carrying handle usable as an alternative to the movable carrying handle, and wherein it has an engaging recess open towards the recess and in which the fingers of a hand may engage from below, when the container body adopts a second container alignment with the top oriented sideways, and wherein the length section of the side wall of the recess forming the additional carrying handle and the engaging recess have a linear longitudinal extent extending parallel to the pivot axis of the movable carrying handle.
A portable container with a container body and a movable carrying handle mounted on the container body, wherein the container body has a top which faces upwards on adoption of a first container alignment and on which it is provided with a recess bounded by a side wall, and wherein the movable carrying handle may be positioned in either a position of use extending upwards above the container body, on adopting the first container alignment, or in a not-in-use position closer to the container body relative to the former position, and wherein a length section of the side wall of the recess forms an immovable additional carrying handle usable as an alternative to the movable carrying handle, and wherein it has an engaging recess open towards the recess and in which the fingers of a hand may engage from below, when the container body adopts a second container alignment with the top oriented sideways, and
- wherein the movable carrying handle in the not-in-use position dips into the recess of the container body bounded at the side by the additional carrying handle, wherein there is provided between the movable carrying handle and the additional carrying handle a gap allowing grasping of the additional carrying handle when the carrying handle is moved into the not-in-use position, and
- wherein the movable carrying handle is bow-shaped and has two handle limbs mounted movably on the container body and a holding bar which may be gripped with one hand, extending between the two handle limbs, and wherein the length section of the side wall of the recess forming the additional carrying handle extends parallel to the holding bar of the movable carrying handle.
A portable container with a container body and a movable carrying handle mounted on the container body, wherein the container body has a top which faces upwards on adoption of a first container alignment and on which it is provided with a recess bounded by a side wall, and wherein the movable carrying handle may be positioned in either a position of use extending upwards above the container body, on adopting the first container alignment, or in a not-in-use position closer to the container body relative to the former position, and wherein a length section of the side wall of the recess forms an immovable additional carrying handle usable as an alternative to the movable carrying handle, and wherein it has an engaging recess open towards the recess and in which the fingers of a hand may engage from below, when the container body adopts a second container alignment with the top oriented sideways, and
- wherein the container body has a box- or bowl-shaped bottom part lying below in the first container alignment, and a lid assigned to the opening, here facing upwards, of the bottom part.
A portable container with a container body and a movable carrying handle mounted on the container body, wherein the container body has a top which faces upwards on adoption of a first container alignment and on which it is provided with a recess bounded by a side wall, and wherein the movable carrying handle may be positioned in either a position of use extending upwards above the container body, on adopting the first container alignment, or in a not-in-use position closer to the container body relative to the former position, and wherein a length section of the side wall of the recess forms an immovable additional carrying handle usable as an alternative to the movable carrying handle, and wherein it has an engaging recess open towards the recess and in which the fingers of a hand may engage from below, when the container body adopts a second container alignment with the top oriented sideways, and
- wherein the container is equipped with connecting means for the reciprocal connection of two stacked containers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.