Patent · US Expired

Container with collapsible lid members

US4765480A · kind A · utility

78Cited by
8References
8Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateAug 3, 1987
Grant dateAug 23, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 3, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D2251/1083
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A container with lid members closing off the top of the container. The lid members may be swung on opening of the container to hang downwardly outside the container. The lid members are collapsible, and when collapsed, may be swung to extend downwardly on the inside of the container. Containers are nestable with the lid members on the inside of the container.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.