Patent ID: 8926392
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: A45C,B65D,F15B

Abstract:
1. An active container, comprising: a container portion including one or more walls defining a cavity accessible through an opening; a handle portion coupled to said one or more walls configured to support said container portion while being carried; and an actuator assembly, including: a first actuating mechanism coupled to said handle portion, said first actuating mechanism having a bulb defining a first actuating volume containing a first quantity of air, said bulb repeatably collapsible to expel a portion of said first quantity of air through a first actuating port of said bulb, said bulb automatically expanding to refill said first actuating volume; a first remote actuator having a pair of flexible layers forming a non-deformable actuating balloon defining a second actuating volume accessible through a second actuating port, said first remote actuator having a fixed portion foldably coupled to a moving portion at a fold region with said moving portion at least partially overlapping said fixed portion defining a folded configuration, said fixed portion coupled to said one or more walls of said container portion with said fold region and said moving portion both disposed outside of said cavity, said first remote actuator unfolding about said fold region from said folded configuration in response to air entering into said second actuating volume with said moving portion moving away from said fixed portion and said first remote actuator folding about said fold region in response to air exiting from said second actuating volume, said first remote actuator biased to said folded configuration; and an air communication channel coupled to said first actuating port of said first actuating mechanism and to said second actuating port of said first remote actuator.