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(11) EP 0 352 880 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
18.07.1990 Bulletin 1990/29

(43) Date of publication A2:
31.01.1990 Bulletin 1990/05

(21) Application number: 89303839.8

(22) Date of filing: 18.04.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5B65D 43/22, F16B 3/00, E05B 65/08, B65D 55/16
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR IT LI NL

(30) Priority: 29.07.1988 GB 8818115

(71) Applicant: Lin Pac Mouldings Limited
Witton Bimingham B6 7HY (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Williams, David Arthur
    Hartford Nr. Northwich Cheshire, CW8 1QS (GB)

(74) Representative: Walters, Frederick James et al
Urquhart-Dykes & Lord 91 Wimpole Street
London W1M 8AH
London W1M 8AH (GB)


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    (54) A wall coupling


    (57) A wall coupling restrains adjacent walls 2 and 3 from displacement over each other. The two walls have co-­incident apertures 12 and 16. A flexible moulded plastics retaining strip 5 is carried by the wall 2 on its side remote from the wall 3. The strip 5 overlies the aperture 12 and has an end 8 which is secured relative to the wall 2 and an end 7 which is slidable along tracks on the wall 2 in a direction towards and from the end 8. A mid-length region 6 of the strip 5 between its ends 7 and 8 has integral hinges 13 to 15 so that during displacement of the strip end 7 towards the end 8, the region 6 doubles to project through the apertures 12 and 16 and thereby couple the walls 2 and 3 to restrain them from relative displacement.
    Stop/catch means can be provided to temporarily retain the strip end 7 in a position where the mid-length region 6 of the strip is in either a folded or an unfolded condition. The invention is suitable for coupling a container lid which carries the retaining strip 5 to a wall of a container body.





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