Snap together picking container
US4890740A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 25, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jan 2, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 25, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D11/1873
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A snap together picking container consists of two synthetic resin molded side members that are mirror images of each other, a folded blank of front, bottom and rear walls connected by living hinges and a sheet plastic top slid into mating grooves of the side members to abut against the rear wall. With or without the top, like containers may be stacked upon each other, with side shifting prevented by abutment flanges on the top of one container nesting between the side members of the upper container. Picking is provided through an opening due to a shortened top and a front wall shorter than the rear wall. Hook type snap assembly is provided between the walls and the side members having channels. Multiple width containers may be constructed by using inserts in the mold producing folding blank, which folded blank is shaped so as to be produced by a two part rigid plate mold without undercuts.
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