GB2299984A - Foldable container - Google Patents

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GB2299984A
GB2299984A GB9507859A GB9507859A GB2299984A GB 2299984 A GB2299984 A GB 2299984A GB 9507859 A GB9507859 A GB 9507859A GB 9507859 A GB9507859 A GB 9507859A GB 2299984 A GB2299984 A GB 2299984A
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John Alexander Simmonds
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D11/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material
    • B65D11/18—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected
    • B65D11/182—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected comprising two side walls hinged along the sides of a base panel and to an upper frame and two other side walls being hinged only to the upper frame
    • B65D11/1826—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected comprising two side walls hinged along the sides of a base panel and to an upper frame and two other side walls being hinged only to the upper frame and one or more side walls being foldable along a median line
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D88/00—Large containers
    • B65D88/52—Large containers collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected
    • B65D88/522—Large containers collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected all side walls hingedly connected to each other or to another component of the container
    • B65D88/524—Large containers collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected all side walls hingedly connected to each other or to another component of the container and one or more side walls being foldable along an additional median line

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Abstract

A foldable container for the transport of animals or goods or for storage comprises end panels 30 which may be folded downwardly over a bottom 20 and side panels 25 hinged to the bottom 20 and to a top 10 and having hinge lines allowing them to be folded double over the bottom 20.

Description

Foldaway Container This invention relates to a foldaway container for the transport of animals, goods or storage.
At present, a container consists of a rigid box which has an opening at one end for access.
The containers come in various sizes from small to 40ft long ships containers, they all have one problem, when not in use, they are an expensive waste of space.
A fine example of this, is a- cat- basket, it will spend 99% of its life empty,- taking up room and a problem to store. The same problem exists for the 40ft long ships container.
According to the present invention, there is provided a foldaway container, comprising of a box like container with a rigid roof and rigid bottom, the two end panels are hinged to the bottom of the container and fold inward, they are secured to the top of the container with releasable catchment or bolted.
One of the end panels incorporate a door or doors for access to the container The two side panels are both hinged at top and bottom of container and are both hinged in the middle of the side panels When the end panels are released from the top of the container, and are both lowered inward to the bottom of container, this allows the two hinged side panels to pivot inward, and allows the roof to collapse to the bottom of the container, and in so doing reduces the size of the container.
The space that one container occupied normally, would then accomodate ten or twelve container.
Foldaway Container A specific embodiment of the invention will now be described by-way of example with reference to the accompanying drawing , in which drawings 1 to 8 show a foldaway cat basket used as an example.
Figure 1 shows the container in a foldaway mode, the dotted lines indicate the positions of side panels 25 and end panel 30 within the foldaway container, in this mode the top 10 and bottom 20 are clipped together.
Fig 2 Illustrates the movement of the side side panels 25 as the top 10 is raisdd Fig 3 shows end elevation with both side panels 25 fully erected the dotted lines indicate position of end panel 30 Fig 4 end elevation with end panel 30 erected and locked into top 10, side panels 25. In this position the container becomes rigid Fig 5 Side elevation of container in foldaway mode dotted lines indicate end panels 30.
Fig 6 Shows side elevation of container erected, dotted lines indicate position of end panels 30 Fig 7 Illustrates cross-section of side panels 25 and end panels 30 interlocked Fig 8 shows container fully erected Fig 9 Container in foldaway position Foldaway Container Fg 10 Side elevation of unit -in use on end to form an open top storage unit Fig 11 Shown as open top container - In this position what was the top 10 and the bottom 20 becomes the sides and the end 30 becomes the top and bottom as the container is stan ding on its end The open end is formed by the end panels 30 being a rigid rim that interlocks with side panels 25 and top 10 and bottom 20, the other end panel 30 is solid Fig 12 End elevation of fully erected container Fig 14 Shows container in use as a stackable storage container Fig 15 Shows container half erected Fig 16 Shows Open front container stacked for display or storage Fig 17 Shows container with open front for storage or display Foldaway Container Referring to the drawing, the container comprises of an oblong box with a rigid top 10 and a rigid bottom 20, two side panels 25 and two end panels30 one of which has a door or dobrs in.
In order to foldaway the container, the two side panels 25 must be hinged at the top 10 and bottom 20 of the container and in the middle of the side panels 25. The two end panels 30 are both hinged at the bottom 20 of container, and both fold inward to lay flat in-the bottom 20 of container, and in so doing take away the rigidity from the side panels 25 and the top 10.
The side panels 25 are designed to only fold inward, and as the two side panels 25 fold, the top10 is lowered to the bottom 20, and the side panels 25 and end panels 30 are accommodated completely within the top 10 and bottom 20 of container, these can then be clipped together.
To erect container one has to simply raise the-top 10 and this automatically brings the two side panels 25 to an erect position, when the end panels 30 are in araised position and lock into the top 10, the side panels 25 will become rigid and reform the container.
When the container is in the foldaway mode, the top 10 and bottom 20 are clipped together.

Claims (4)

  1. Foldaway Container
    Claims The foldaway container comprising an oblong box in various sizes with a door or doors in one end for access to container The end panels are adapted to fold inward, by being hinged at the bottom of the container.
    The two side panels are adapted to fold inward from the top and bottom of the container This is achieved by way of hinging the side panels at the top and bottom and in the middle.
    When the container is in the foldaway mode, the side and end panels are completely accommodated within the top and bottom compartments, this forms a flat container and as such occupies a fraction of the space of a standard container and as such, is easy to store.
  2. 2 The foldaway container as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the two end panels are hinged to the bottom of container and when erect form a rigid infill between top, bottom and sides.
  3. 3 The foldaway container as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the two side panels are so designed as to fold inward and are restricted in movement to go no further than 90 degrees to the bottom of container, and in the erect position form a rigid construction.
  4. 4 The foldaway container as claimed in claim 1, claim 2 or claim 3, wherein the edge of the end panels and the edge of the side panels meet are designed to interlock, thus preventing any movement of the side and end panels and creating a rigid construction 5 A foldaway container substantially as described herein with a reference to figures 1 to 12 and 14 to 17.
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EP1924507A2 (en) * 2005-09-15 2008-05-28 Bradford Company Collapsible container for air shipment cargo and method of use

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GB1007196A (en) * 1963-06-17 1965-10-13 Duramin Engineering Company Lt Improvements in or relating to collapsible freight containers
US4214669A (en) * 1979-01-15 1980-07-29 Mcquiston William W Cargo container
WO1990002084A1 (en) * 1988-08-23 1990-03-08 Geoffrey Raymond Richter Collapsible shipping container
WO1994020699A1 (en) * 1993-03-01 1994-09-15 Ugland Industrier A/S Improvement in a collapsible container, housing accommodation, etc.

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1007196A (en) * 1963-06-17 1965-10-13 Duramin Engineering Company Lt Improvements in or relating to collapsible freight containers
US4214669A (en) * 1979-01-15 1980-07-29 Mcquiston William W Cargo container
WO1990002084A1 (en) * 1988-08-23 1990-03-08 Geoffrey Raymond Richter Collapsible shipping container
WO1994020699A1 (en) * 1993-03-01 1994-09-15 Ugland Industrier A/S Improvement in a collapsible container, housing accommodation, etc.

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1924507A2 (en) * 2005-09-15 2008-05-28 Bradford Company Collapsible container for air shipment cargo and method of use
EP1924507A4 (en) * 2005-09-15 2009-12-30 Bradford Co Collapsible container for air shipment cargo and method of use

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