Transport container

US6772897B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• IFCO SYSTEMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Richard Kellerer · Straubing, DE
• Christian Barth · Celle, DE
• Heinz Oster · Starnberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 5, 2002
• Grant date: Aug 10, 2004
• Expiry date: Aug 2, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D21/0235
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention concerns a transport container, preferably made of plastic material, especially for vegetables, fruit and the like, with a floorboard (2) and several, preferably four, collapsible side walls (3, 4, 5, 6) that are arranged circumferentially on the floorboard (2) and can be folded down onto it. According to a first aspect of the invention, the floorboard (2) is provided with an essentially rectangular frame (8) in which there extends a floor profile (9) with a smooth surface, said floor profile (9) being stiffened by the provision of several bulges (10) that are formed by the curvature of the floor profile (9) in several space directions. According to a second aspect of the invention, the collapsible side walls (3, 4, 5, 6) can be fastened to each other in the upright position by means of a fastening mechanism (7, 4) provided on adjacent side walls (3, 5; 3, 6; 5, 4; 5, 6) in which a fastening bolt of a fastener arranged on one side wall (3, 5) can engage with a recess in the adjacent side wall), where the fastener (7), which is essentially accommodated in the side wall (3, 5), comprises or operates a displaceable element (16) that can be displaced against the f…