EP 1468928 A1 20041020 - Foldable wall system and foldable container
Title (en)
Foldable wall system and foldable container
Title (de)
Faltbares Paneelwandsystem und faltbarer Behälter
Title (fr)
Système de panneaux pliable et récipient pliable
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 03008988 A 20030417
Abstract (en)
The present invention relates to a foldable wall system (1) comprising at least two, in particular flat, essentially horizontally aligned panels (2,4) which are joined along a flexible folding axis by at least one film hinge, wherein adjacent to the film hinge, in particular between two adjacent film hinges (6,8), at least one elastic stretch band (16) and/or spring is/are located which is joined, in particular in one piece, with the first panel at least on one of its sides and with the second, adjacent panel at least on its opposite side, and which is separated from the film hinge at least partially, in particular in the area of the folding axis of the film hinge, whereby the elastic stretch band or spring is adapted to be unstretched when the adjacent panels are folded, and stretched when said panels are not completely folded or are unfolded. Also, the invention relates to a collapsible container which comprises a base, two pairs of opposite side walls and a circumferential rim on top of said side walls wherein at least one side wall, in particular both side walls of at least one pair of opposite side walls, comprises a foldable wall system of the invention. Furthermore the invention encompasses methods for the preparation of a foldable wall system and of a collapsible container. <IMAGE> <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B65D 1/22 (2006.01); E05D 1/02 (2006.01); E05F 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B65D 1/225 (2013.01); E05D 1/02 (2013.01); E05F 1/1284 (2013.01); E05Y 2999/00 (2024.05)
Citation (applicant)
- US 6015056 A 20000118 - OVERHOLT TRENTON M [US], et al
- DE 20120563 U1 20020404 - BOEDEKER BOLLENZ HERRIET [DE]
- DE 9218977 U1 19960808 - SCHOELLER PLAST AG [CH]
- EP 0575594 A1 19931229 - SCHOELLER PLAST AG [CH]
- CH 683092 A5 19940114 - CREATECHNIC AG
- US 5540343 A 19960730 - SCHUMACHER CLEMENS [DE]
- EP 0873944 A1 19981028 - OWENS ILLINOIS CLOSURE INC [US]
- US 4403712 A 19830913 - WIESINGER WILHELM [CH]
- EP 0322018 A2 19890628 - SHELL INT RESEARCH [NL]
Citation (search report)
- [XAY] US 3628215 A 19711221 - EVERBURG DONALD E
- [Y] GB 2367054 A 20020327 - COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINERS LTD [GB]
- [A] NL 6614138 A 19680408
- [A] GB 1056999 A 19670201 - INITIAL PLASTICS LTD
- [DA] US 5257708 A 19931102 - DUBACH WERNER F [CH]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 03008988 A 20030417