Patent ID: 11858723
Assignee: QT-SYSTEM LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 19:
20. A modular portable storage container system comprising:
a first container section and a second container section, the first and second container sections each defining a partial storage compartment, the partial storage compartments of the first and second container sections facing and spaced apart from one another in an open position, and the first and second container sections facing and in contact with one another and forming a complete storage compartment in a closed position;
the first container section comprising:
a first end portion;
a first wall portion affixed to the first end portion at a first connecting surface;
a second end portion affixed to the first wall portion at a second connecting surface, the first connecting surface disposed opposite the second connecting surface, wherein
the first end portion and the second end portion of the first container section each have a first lock mechanism portion comprising:
a rotatable handle;
a pivot shaft defining an axis of rotation and extending from the rotatable handle disposed on the first end portion through the first wall portion to the rotatable handle disposed on the second end portion, the rotatable handles disposed on the first and second end portions each rotating about the pivot shaft and extending radially outward from the pivot shaft; and
a lock arm disposed within a hollow portion of the first and second end portions and fixed for common rotation with the rotatable handle, and the pivot shaft, the lock arm extending radially outward from the pivot shaft and terminating at a roller assembly; and

the second container section comprising:
a third end portion;
a second wall portion affixed to the third end portion at a third connecting surface;
a fourth end portion affixed to the second wall portion at a fourth connecting surface, the third connecting surface disposed opposite the fourth connecting surface, wherein

the third end portion and the fourth end portion of the second container section each have a second lock mechanism portion comprising:
a lock track disposed within a hollow portion of the third and fourth end portions, the lock track extending from a fluted open portion to a closed end, with a continuous track portion disposed therebetween; and

wherein in the closed position, the roller assembly engages with the lock track and retains the first container section in contact with the second container section.