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Segmented interlocking tracks produced by injection molds

US5012943A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 7, 1990
Grant dateMay 7, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 7, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D11/1873
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A knock-down box produced by injection mold process comprises: a multiplicity of sides and a bottom, a multiplicity of male trapezoidal segments along an edge of the side, an alternating sequence of multiplicity of rectangular tracks and a multiplicity of female trapezoidal segments contiguous and in-line with each other parallel to an edge of the bottom, a dimensioning of the male trapezoidal segments to permit insertion into the rectangular tracks alternately in-line with the female trapezoidal sections, the dimensioning designed to assure a friction slip of the male trapezoid segments along the rectangular track into a captive engagement in female trapezoidal segment assuring a rigid construction of the bottom.

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