EP 1824745 A4 20090715 - BULK BIN WITH AUTO-CLOSING BOTTOM
Title (en)
BULK BIN WITH AUTO-CLOSING BOTTOM
Title (de)
GROSSRAUMBEHÄLTER MIT SELBSTSCHLIESSENDEM BODEN
Title (fr)
CELLULE DE STOCKAGE EN VRAC MUNIE D'UN FOND A FERMETURE AUTOMATIQUE
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 2005045191 W 20051214
- US 63607304 P 20041214
- US 30143805 A 20051213
Abstract (en)
[origin: US2006124716A1] A bin ( 10, 40, 50, 70, 80 ) has an auto-closing bottom and can be manufactured and shipped and stored in a flattened configuration and moved to an open expanded configuration at a point of use. The bin has opposed sidewalls ( 11, 12 ) and opposed end walls ( 13, 14 and 15, 16 ) and major bottom flaps ( 18, 19 ) on the sidewalls and minor bottom flaps ( 20, 21 and 22, 23 ) on the end walls. The flaps automatically move to their closed position when the bin is moved from its flattened configuration to its expanded configuration. A connecting web ( 25 - 28, 43 ) is foldably connected between each major bottom flap and an adjacent first side edge of an adjacent minor bottom flap, and adjacent side edges of the minor bottom flaps are foldably interconnected ( 29, 30 or 44 ), so that when the sidewalls and end walls are moved from their flattened configuration to their open expanded configuration, the major and minor bottom flaps automatically fold inwardly toward one another to close the bottom of the bin.
IPC 8 full level
B65D 5/36 (2006.01); B65B 43/10 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B65D 5/029 (2013.01 - EP US); B65D 5/06 (2013.01 - EP US); B65D 5/3621 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
- [X] US 2044103 A 19360616 - HARRY ROSSI
- [X] US 4199098 A 19800422 - LOPEZ LOUIS R [US]
- See references of WO 2006065874A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 2006124716 A1 20060615; AU 2005317178 A1 20060622; BR PI0517185 A 20080930; CA 2590291 A1 20060622; EP 1824745 A1 20070829; EP 1824745 A4 20090715; MX 2007007057 A 20070626; WO 2006065874 A1 20060622
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 30143805 A 20051213; AU 2005317178 A 20051214; BR PI0517185 A 20051214; CA 2590291 A 20051214; EP 05853991 A 20051214; MX 2007007057 A 20051214; US 2005045191 W 20051214