Container with divider

US8727172B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rubbermaid Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Roderick Burgess · Charlotte, US
• Liam Driscoll · Charlotte, US
• Timothy Aaron Emig · Concord, US
• Thomas E. Hanna · Huntersville, US
• Natalia V. Johnson · Cornelius, US
• Lauren Briana Mazzio · Concord, US
• Britton Mockridge · Roswell, US
• Tim Pierzynski · Apple Creek, US
• Robert J. Warner, Jr. · Akron, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 26, 2012
• Grant date: May 20, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 26, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2501/2421
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A container comprises a receptacle defining a space where the receptacle comprises a wall having a draft. A divider is mounted to the receptacle such that the divider rotates between a first position and a second position such that when the divider is in the first position the space defines a single space and when the divider is in the second position the divider defines two spaces. In another embodiment a divider is mounted to the receptacle such that the divider translates between a first position and a second position such that when the divider is in the first position the space defines a single space and when the divider is in the second position the divider defines two spaces.