Container having door assembly and multiple layers of tracks
AssigneeBradford Company
InventorMatthew S. Sanger
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Abstract
A container for holding product therein during shipment and being returned for reuse has a movable door assembly, front frame, tracks supported by opposite sides of the container, and a plurality of dunnage supports extending between the tracks. The dunnage supports may comprise multiple pieces including end members and a tubular support, the end members being movable in the tracks. The dunnage supports support dunnage, such as pouches, for supporting products during storage or shipment.
Claims20
A container for holding product therein during shipment, the container comprising:
- a base and two side walls;
- a plurality of parallel tracks supported by each wall at multiple spaced levels;
- a plurality of movable dunnage supports extending between opposed tracks of each level;
- dunnage supported by the dunnage supports;
- a front frame having two side members, each side member having multiple slots;
- a door assembly movable between a raised and locked position and a lowered position, the door assembly having upper and lower pins on each side adapted to move in the slots of the side members of the front frame to guide the door assembly during movement, an upper slot of each side member having a curved portion, upper pins of the door assembly being located at outer ends of the curved portions when the door assembly is in its raised and locked position.
A container for holding product therein during shipment, the container comprising:
- a base and opposed sides;
- a plurality of tracks supported by opposed sides of the container at spaced levels;
- a plurality of movable dunnage supports extending between opposed tracks of each level;
- dunnage supported by the dunnage supports;
- a door assembly movable between a raised position and a lowered position, the door assembly having multiple pins on each side, said pins being adapted to move in slots of side members secured to the container, at least one slot of each side member having a curved upper portion upper pins of the door assembly being located at outer ends of the curved portions when the door assembly is in its raised position.
A container for holding product therein during shipment, the container comprising:
- a base and two side walls;
- parallel tracks supported by each wall at multiple spaced levels;
- movable dunnage supports extending between opposed tracks of each level;
- dunnage supported by the dunnage supports;
- a front frame including slotted side members joined together by a connector, the connector being secured to the base of the container;
- a door assembly movable between a raised and locked position and a lowered position, a moveable portion of the door assembly having upper and lower pins on each side adapted to move in slots of the side members of the front frame to guide the movable portion of the door assembly during movement, an upper slot of each side member having a curved upper portion, upper pins of the movable portion of the door assembly being located at outer ends of the curved portions of the upper slots when the door assembly is in its raised and locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.