Collapsible intermodal container

US11235921B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SPECTAINER PTY LIMITED · AU

Inventors

• Nicholas Oliver Press · Sydney, AU
• Robert Bruce Tiller · Forbes, AU
• Stephen Hill · Bedford, US
• Daniel Graham Salmon · Sydney, AU
• Lior Hershkovitz · Sydney, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 14, 2017
• Grant date: Feb 1, 2022
• Expiry date: Mar 5, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02W30/80
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A collapsible intermodal container includes first and second opposing side walls, the first side wall extending substantially parallel to the second side wall. Each of the first and second side walls having a lower end portion and an upper end portion. An upper wall is hingedly attached to the upper end portion of the first side wall, and a lower wall is hingedly attached to the lower end portion of the second side wall. In an erected configuration of the container, the upper wall extends from the upper end portion of the first side wall to the upper end portion of the second side wall, and the lower wall extends from the lower end portion of the second side wall to the lower end portion of the first side wall, such that the first and second side walls are spaced apart by a first distance to define an interior for storing goods. In a collapsed configuration of the container, the upper wall extends downwardly from the upper end portion of the first side wall to the lower end portion of the first side wall, and the lower wall extends upwardly from the lower end portion of the second side wall to the upper end portion of the second side wall.