Collapsible portable storage container

US11267639B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Otter Products, LLC · US

Inventors

• Jonathan H. Guerdrum · Fort Collins, US
• Douglas A. Kempel · Wellington, US
• Matthew M. Glanzer · Fort Collins, US
• Richard W. Vinson · Fort Collins, US
• Patrick G. Skovsted · Fort Collins, US
• Jason Attfield Sagen · Portland, US
• Alan V. Morine · Fort Collins, US
• Todd Eichinger · Fort Collins, US
• Alex S. Breeden · Fort Collins, US
• Taylor S. Massey · Fort Collins, US
• Peter Goldsmith · Wayne, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 4, 2020
• Grant date: Mar 8, 2022
• Expiry date: Dec 4, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F25D2323/061
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A shipping container includes an insulated base, an upper perimeter portion including one or more securing mechanisms, insulated side panels, and an insulated lid. Each of the insulated side panels is movable between a respective first position and a respective second position, wherein the shipping container is in the first configuration when all of the insulated side panels are in the first positions and collapses into the second configuration when all of the side panels are in the second positions. The insulated lid is removably attachable for selectively closing and accessing an internal storage volume. Each of the securing mechanisms is configured to removably secure the upper perimeter portion to the insulated base when the shipping container is in the second configuration. Each of the securing mechanisms is also configured to removably secure the insulated lid to the upper perimeter portion in both the first and the second configurations.