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

Claim 5:
6. 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;
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; and
a securing structure configured to facilitate maintenance of the storage container in a closed configuration;
wherein each of the first frame and second frame comprise a tab 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.