Easy open container
AssigneePanaseeall LLC
InventorSam Hon
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Abstract
A container is provided. The container comprises a cover, a base, and a body, which includes one or more spine structures and one or more door panels which may open and allow substantially lateral access to the interior of the container. The one or more door panels may be secured in a closed position by a latch mechanism. In a first mode, the latch mechanism is not released. In a second mode, the latch mechanism is released. The first mode and the second mode may operate concurrently and can be accessed separately via different mechanisms. A switch mechanism may alternate between the first mode and the second mode. Alternatively, a pedal includes a first pedal mechanism corresponding to the first mode and a second pedal mechanism corresponding to the second mode.
Claims11
A container comprising:
- a cover;
- a base;
- a body including
- one or more spine structures coupled to the cover and the base, and
- one or more door panels coupled to one or more of the following:
- the cover, the base, and the one or more spine structures,
- wherein the one or more door panels open and allow substantially lateral access to the interior of the container,
- wherein the one or more door panels are secured in a closed position by a latch mechanism;
- and
- a pedal system including a first pedal mechanism and a second pedal mechanism, wherein activation of the first pedal mechanism causes the container to operate in a first mode and activation of the second pedal mechanism causes the container to operate in a second mode,
- wherein in the first mode, the latch mechanism is not released, and
- wherein in the second mode, the latch mechanism is released.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.