Patent ID: 11970314
Assignee: BIG BEE, LITTLE BEE LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 17:
18. A storage container comprising:
a frame structure having a hinge with a pivot axis, a first frame component, and a second frame component; the hinge coupling the first frame component and the second frame component and configured to facilitate rotation about the pivot axis (i) of the first frame component away from the second frame component to achieve an open configuration or (ii) of the first frame component toward the second frame component to achieve a closed configuration; and
a first shell that is configured to be releasably secured by the first frame component, and a second shell that is configured to be releasably secured by the second frame component;
wherein, when the first shell is secured by the first frame component, the second shell is secured by the second frame component, and the storage container is in the closed configuration, an interior volume bounded by the frame structure, the first shell and the second shell is isolated from a space exterior to the interior volume;
wherein, the first frame component comprises a raised protrusion and the second frame component comprises a corresponding receiving aperture, wherein the raised protrusion and the corresponding receiving aperture are configured to form, when engaged, a compression fit that releasably secures the first frame component to the second frame component; and
wherein the first frame component and second frame component comprise tabs at corresponding corners that are configured to allow a user to pinch together the first frame component with its corresponding first shell and the second frame component with its corresponding second shell or to pull apart the first frame component with its corresponding first shell from the second frame component with its corresponding second shell.