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US 9,676,515 B2Granted
Panel and support structure for collapsible container, and collapsible container
AssigneeCompact Crates Limited
InventorAnthony Court Huggett
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Abstract
This invention relates to a collapsible container and more particularly, but not exclusively, to a collapsible container for use in packaging and transportation. The collapsible container includes a number of panels each having a panel body, with elongate tubular members secured to edges of the bodies. Each of the tubular members has at least one recessed section that forms interlocking engagement means.
Claims24
A collapsible container comprising:
- a plurality of upper panels, and
- a bottom panel,
- each panel having a body defining a plurality of edges and an elongate tubular member along each of the edges of the body;
- each tubular member having at least one cut-away section to form an interlocking formation that is an alternating tenon and mortise formation, wherein each cut-away section comprises a residual portion of said tubular member, each mortise being shaped so that a tenon is received therein in an arrangement wherein the received tenon is not concentric with adjacent tenons, whereby an engagement member passing through the tenons has a secure or friction fit therein;
- the bottom panel having a plurality of reinforced downwardly protruding supports comprised of a plurality of panels for raising up the bottom panel and thereby the collapsible container;
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- at least one interlocking formation on the bottom panel engaging an interlocking formation on at least one upper pane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.