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US4942971A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Drehtainer Consulting GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Peter Neugebauer · Barmstedt, DE
• Helmut Meyer · Halstenbek, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 2, 1988
• Grant date: Jul 24, 1990
• Expiry date: May 2, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D88/126
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a container having a base plate with a longitudinal axis, two end walls extending generally perpendicularly of said base plate, and a hood extending from and above said base plate and between said end walls. The hood is comprised of at least one rigid piece and is displaceable along the longitudinal axis of the base plate. At least one of the end walls is secured permanently to the hood and releasably secured to the base plate.