Patent ID: 6722516
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A transport container, comprising:a base; at least two side walls pivotally joined to the base by hinge mechanisms such that the side walls are pivotable into erected positions generally perpendicular to the base; and a connecting mechanism arranged in an overlap region between an end face of a first of the side walls and an internal face of a second of the side walls for detachably connecting the side walls in the erected positions, a locking mechanism being provided as a latching element mounted so as to be displaceable in the first side wall and joined to the first side wall by at least one elastically deformable retaining arm, the retaining arm having a fixed end and an opposite free end region that forms the latching element, the retaining arm being arranged to be displaced from a locking position into a releasing position in the connecting mechanism, and wherein the first side wall includes a first reinforcing rib proximate the fixed end of the retaining arm and a second reinforcing rib spaced a distance from the first reinforcing rib in a direction of the free end region forming the latching element, the retaining arm projecting through an orifice in the second reinforcing rib such that the second rib is disposed between the free end region of the retaining arm and the first rib, the orifice in the second reinforcing rib serving to retain the retaining arm within the orifice while an inner edge of the orifice forms a pivot surface about which the end region of the retaining arm that forms the latching element pivots to move between the locking position and the releasing position.