Patent ID: 7252206
Filing Date: 2007-08-07
Classification: B65D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A door mechanism for retrofitting to an existing transportation container having a material receiving opening extending through a surface of the transportation container, the door mechanism comprising: a first door element and a second door element positioned substantially adjacent each other and configured to removably cover at least a portion of the material receiving opening; of the transportation container, wherein the substantially rigid door element is removable from the transportation container; at least one latching mechanism in operable communication with the at least one door element and configured to secure the door element over the material receiving opening and against at least a portion of an adjacent outer surface surrounding the material receiving opening; a support ridge attached to a surface of the transportation container and configured to support the at least one door element; and wherein each of the first door element and the second door element are in operable communication with a respective first latching mechanism and second latching mechanism, with the first latching mechanism configured to removably secure the first door element over a first portion of the material receiving opening and against at least a portion of an adjacent surface surrounding the first portion of the material receiving opening, and with the second latching mechanism configured to removably secure the second door element over a second portion of the material receiving opening and against at least a portion of an adjacent surface surrounding the second portion of the material receiving opening.