Global Patent Index - EP 0020171 A1

EP 0020171 A1 19801210 - Multi-trip containers.

Title (en)

Multi-trip containers.

Title (de)

Wiederverwendbare Behälter.

Title (fr)

Réceptacles réutilisables.

Publication

EP 0020171 A1 19801210 (EN)

Application

EP 80301831 A 19800602

Priority

  • GB 7919060 A 19790531
  • GB 7928301 A 19790814
  • GB 7942242 A 19791207

Abstract (en)

A multi-trip container, i.e. an assembled container which can be used to transport goods and be returned in a collapsed state for re-assembly, includes two U-shaped wall portions 13, 14 which face each other and come together to form an upstanding wall 12, having a pair of opposed double-thickness walls, 16, 16 and 17, 17 and two opposed single-thickness walls 15, 15. A lid 10 and base 11 are provided which are each erected from blanks to have a top or bottom and flanged surrounding edges or lip 32, 33. The material from which the parts of the container are formed is of dual-wall or triple-wall cardboard, either wax-impregnated or not. For a container 18.30 x 15.15 x 14.17 cm. the material may be dual-wall 7-ply wax-impregnated (at 200 DEG F) or triple-wall 9 or 11-ply non-waxed. The U-shaped wall members are creased so that the limbs 16, 17 can fold to overlie the web 15 when out-of-use. The container is advcantageous in being light but sturdy, easily handled during assembly and requires no stapling to attach one piece to the other.

IPC 1-7

B65D 5/32

IPC 8 full level

B65D 5/32 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B65D 5/324 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE DE FR GB LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0020171 A1 19801210

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 80301831 A 19800602