Patent ID: 9725222
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B01L,B65D

Claim:
1. Device for at least one of storing and transporting a plurality of packaging containers, comprising: a tub-shaped lower part, an upper part for closing the lower part in a closed position in which the upper part and the lower part enclose an interior of the device, the lower part comprising a bottom and a lower-part wall projecting from the bottom in a direction of the upper part, a positioning device formed integrally with the upper part for defined positioning of the packaging containers such that the packaging containers are prevented from touching one another so as to avoid damage, the upper part comprising a circumferential upper-part wall which faces the lower part and, in the closed position, engages over the lower-part wall on all sides, the lower part further comprises a wall element which with the lower-part wall forms a circumferential wall of the lower part, the wall element being movable relative to the lower part in order to at least partially open a gap in the lower-part wall, the gap extending to a bottom plane defined by the bottom, and a connection device for releasably connecting the wall element to the bottom and the lower-part wall, the connection device comprising first and second interacting connection elements which are arranged or formed, on the one hand, on at least one of the bottom and the lower-part wall and, on the other hand, on the wall element, wherein: the first and second connection elements engage one another with at least one of force locking and positive locking in a storage position in which the wall element forms part of the circumferential wall, and the bottom wall comprises a flat interior bottom surface enabling the packaging containers to be one of pushed or slid along the bottom surface and out of the gap.