Lining picking containers

US12396397B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Velcro IP Holdings LLC · US

Inventors

• Jerry G. Hodsdon · Manchester, US
• Michael J. Perkins · Bedford, US
• Gregory Cole Winters · Leander, US
• Gregory K. Kopanski · Manchester, US
• Joseph Mark Buhl · Menifee, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 9, 2023
• Grant date: Aug 26, 2025
• Expiry date: Sep 19, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2231/001
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A picking container liner sleeve in the form of a sheet or tube of resin is placed inside a produce picking container and held in place by releasably engaging cooperative touch fasteners on the rim of the picking container and the upper end of the liner sleeve. The liner sleeve is sized to line the container in use to inhibit contact between picked produce and an interior surface of the produce picking container with the lower end of the produce picking container in a closed position, but to allow picked produce to fall through the lower end of the produce picking container with the lower end of the produce picking container in an open position.