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Patent US5588549 - Container with swivelling sidewalls - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsThe invention describes a container (1) with a base (2) and side wall parts (3 to 6) connected therewith so as to be orientable from a position approximately vertical to the base (2) into a position flat with the base (2). The side wall parts (3 to 6) are connected with the base (2) via articulation...http://www.google.com/patents/US5588549?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5588549 - Container with swivelling sidewallsAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS5588549 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 08/436,358PCT numberPCT/AT1993/000166Publication dateDec 31, 1996Filing dateOct 29, 1993Priority dateNov 18, 1992Fee statusLapsedAlso published asCA2149668A1, DE4395690D2, DE9308051U1, DE59305986D1, DE59309990D1, EP0668833A1, EP0668833B1, EP0773171A2, EP0773171A3, EP0773171B1, US5706555, WO1994011259A1Publication number08436358, 436358, PCT/1993/166, PCT/AT/1993/000166, PCT/AT/1993/00166, PCT/AT/93/000166, PCT/AT/93/00166, PCT/AT1993/000166, PCT/AT1993/00166, PCT/AT1993000166, PCT/AT199300166, PCT/AT93/000166, PCT/AT93/00166, PCT/AT93000166, PCT/AT9300166, US 5588549 A, US 5588549A, US-A-5588549, US5588549 A, US5588549AInventorsJosef FurtnerOriginal AssigneeSteiner Freizeitmobel Gesellschaft M.B.H. & Co. Kg.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (23), Referenced by (48), Classifications (14), Legal Events (6) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetContainer with swivelling sidewallsUS 5588549 AAbstract The invention describes a container (1) with a base (2) and side wall parts (3 to 6) connected therewith so as to be orientable from a position approximately vertical to the base (2) into a position flat with the base (2). The side wall parts (3 to 6) are connected with the base (2) via articulation arrangements (8) arranged in the region of the encircling longitudinal and transverse side faces (7). In addition, connecting arrangements (35) are arranged between the side wall parts (3 to 6) corresponding to the longitudinal and transverse side faces (7) and are constructed by a coupling device. This coupling device projects in the direction of an overlapping region (31) of the further side wall part (3 to 6) arranged at 90 the overlapping region (31) of the further side wall part (3 to 6), centering and/or locking mountings holding these. Between the side wall parts (3 to 6) and/or between these and the base (2) a locking device is arranged, which exerts a prestressing force directed in the engaging direction of the centering and/or locking elements.
5. The container of claim 1, wherein the side walls comprise a plate defining the surface of the side walls and a marginal strip defining the end faces, the detent arm being integral with the marginal strip of the side walls of the first pair and enclosing an angle of about 10 with the surface of the side walls of the second pair.
6. The container of claim 5, wherein the contact face encloses an angle of about 10
If the side wall parts 3,4,5,6 are in their righted position, in which they form an angle of 90 25, formed by the marginal strips 19 and, if necessary, the cross-pieces 21, runs within or congruent with a length 26 and a width 27 of the base 2. Thereby, in the region of a height 28 of the side wall parts, which corresponds to a depth 29 of the container 1, an overlapping region 31 is formed by end faces 30 formed by the marginal strips 19 and wall plates 18 facing thereto. Its width 32 corresponds to a height 33 of the marginal strips 19 or a total thickness 34 of the side wall parts 4,6 running at right angles thereto.
In FIG. 2 a partial region of the container 1 is illustrated with the base 2, and the side wall parts 3,4 arranged in the region of its encircling longitudinal and transverse side faces 7 via the articulation arrangements 8. These side wall parts are shown tilted in their position forming a plane with the base 2. In the position of use the side wall parts 3,4,5,6 form with the base 2 an angle of 90 equipped on the end side face 30 with the connecting arrangement 35, with which are associated the mountings 36 of the side wall part 3 in the overlapping region 31. The connecting arrangement 35 is formed by a coupling device 38 having centering and/or locking elements 37, which cooperate with the mountings 36, formed by centering and/or locking mountings 39. The centering and/or locking elements 37 comprise, in the direction of the height 28 of the side wall parts 4 or 6, in each case, at a distance, a strip-shaped centering extension 40 and a coupling extension 41, which project over the end side face 30 of the side wall part 4 or 6 in the direction of the adjoining side wall part 3 or 5. Preferably the centering extension 40 is arranged adjacent to the base 2, whereas the coupling extension 41 is, rather, associated with the region of an upper edge 42 of the container 1 or of the side wall part 4. Corresponding to a mean distance 43 of the centering extension 40 from the longitudinal and transverse side face 7 and a mean distance 44 between the centering extension 40 and the coupling extension 41, a centering mounting 45 and a coupling opening 46 of the centering- and/or locking mounting 39 are arranged in the overlapping region 31 of the associated side wall part 3.
90 running parallel to the encircling longitudinal and transverse side face 7 on an underside 50 facing away from the surface 10. A groove base 52 facing the surface 10 is constructed in a semicircular shape, in which a depth 53 of the groove 51 is greater than a width 54. A longitudinal central axis 55 of the articulation arrangement 8 running parallel to the longitudinal and transverse side faces 7 and the surface 10 is approximately in the centre of a thickness 56 of the base 2 or of a marginal strip 57 forming the longitudinal and transverse side face 7. The longitudinal and transverse side face 7 is rounded in a circular shape in a direction running transversely to its longitudinal extent, in which a radius 58 proceeding from the longitudinal central axis 55 corresponds to a distance 59 between the surface 10 of the base 2 and the longitudinal central axis 55. Concentrically to the longitudinal central axis 55 in the groove 51 a swivel pin 60 is arranged, extending in the direction of the longitudinal central axis 55, which is movably connected via a connecting cross-piece 61 with the side wall part 3 or a side face 62 facing the base 2, which projects over the side wall part 3 in the direction of the marginal strip 19 delimiting the base 2. A distance 63 between the side face 62 and the longitudinal central axis 55 corresponds here approximately to the radius 58 of the circularly rounded longitudinal and transverse side face 7.
45 the interior 9 has a distance 81 measured vertically onto the plane, which distance corresponds approximately to the radius 58 of the longitudinal and transverse side face 7 which is rounded in a circular shape transversely to the longitudinal extent. Through the selection of a distance 82, measured parallel to the distance 81, between the longitudinal central axis 55 and the contact face 80, there occurs in the righted position of the side wall part 3 a prestressing force between the support face 49 and the contact face 80 in the direction of tilting of the side wall part 3 into the position forming a plane with the base 2.
The coupling extension 41 is constructed in the form of a strip element 87 extending in longitudinal direction of the end side face 30, which strip element has at least one slit-shaped recess 88 arranged along the end side face 30. A contact face 89, opposite the end side face 30 and forming a boundary of the recess 88, runs at an angle of approximately 10 the end side face 30, in which a slit width 91, facing the inner surface 90, is greater than a slit width 92 facing the outer covering surface 25. This corresponds approximately to a thickness 93 of the wall plate 18. A width 94 of the strip element 87 is approximately 1/2 to 2/3 the total thickness 34 of the side wall part 4. A side face 95 of the strip element 87, facing the covering surface 25, is arranged at a distance 96 from the plane formed by the covering surface 25, which distance is slightly greater than a thickness 97 of the marginal strip 19 of the side wall part 3.
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