A PILEABLE FOLDING BOX FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES

BOITE PLIANTE, EMPILABLE ET MULTI-USAGE

English Abstract

A folding light-weight box that can be assembled by various manufacturing
materials, able to be carried one onto the other, to convey the loads of all
the boxes of the pile via posts (4) provided in the feet (6), and may also
increase/decrease its height by simply modifying the side wall (3) and can be
generally conveyed very easily full or empty, occupying much smaller space
than its original volume.

French Abstract

Cette invention concerne une boîte pliante et légère qui peut être fabriquée à partir de matériaux de fabrication variés. Il est possible de former des piles de telles boîtes de façon à faire supporter aux montants (4) associés aux pieds (6) desdites boîtes, les charges de toutes les boîtes d'une pile. Il est possible d'accroître ou de diminuer la hauteur d'une telle boîte en modifiant simplement sa paroi latérale (3). Ces boîtes peuvent être transportées très facilement pleines ou vides, lorsqu'il est possible de les plier pour qu'elles aient un volume très inférieur à leur volume d'origine.

Claims

C L A I M S
1) A folding - dismantling box for carrying merchandise, characterised in
having identical bottom and lid, with specially formed sockets and protrusions,
which is assembled for the conveyance of merchandise and dismantled in order
to be returned or stored, also characterised in that the protrusions and socketsin the bottom of said box fit the sockets and protrusions in the lid thereof, thus
keeping fixedly together two of the boxes and in a convenient parallel
relationship when piled up.
2) A box according to claim 1, characterised in that it has the ability of
being formed with pre-constructed sides of different size, which are assembled
with the box bottom and lid of the same shape.
3) A folding box for carrying merchandise according to claim 1,
characterised in that it comprises wheels 32, fixedly resting onto the ground
when the box is raised in the opposite side or, otherwise, wheels positioned in
such a way that, when the box is parallel to the ground, they do not abut to it.
4) A folding box for carrying merchandise as in claim 1, characterised in
that the fitting point of the side wall and the lid - bottom are Y-shaped, so that
rain or any fluids do not penetrate the interior thereof but instead deviate to
outwards.
5) A box according to claims 1, 2, 3 and 4, characterised in that the lid-
bottom may have feet 27 embodied or additional to the lid-bottom, fitted with
posts 29, onto which loads are distributed and then to the supporting feet 27
therethough, so that they serve as a supporting column for merchandise,
whereas the fork of the pin enters the underside of the supporting feet 27.
6) A box according to the above claims 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, characterised in
that the lid fits with protrusions and sockets to the sockets and protrusions ofthe identical bottom of the said box when piling up boxes one onto another
with no selection of orientation and precise handling.




7) A box according to the above claims, characterised in that, upon
dismantling, its sides and the two identical bottoms-lids are placed one into the
other, thus occupying small space.
8) A box according to the above claims, characterised in that it has a
socket-aperture 35 through which a hoop 34 or wire or plastic strip with seal 36is passed and the lid 2 and bottom 2 can be directly sealed, one by one or
multiply one box to another, thus ensuring an intact box.
9) A flexible joint 25 bonded to a couple of members 24 and 26 under the
feet 27 and above 23, thus drawing and holding directly the lid 22 and the
bottom 2.

Description

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A ~ilc&blE folding box for mu~tiple IJUI ~,o~es.

The invention refers to a folding box for carrying items, merchandise
and for various multiple purposes, allowing the conveyance of various items,
s enabling simultaneously their storage as well as the return of the box to the
sender.
It may be used in any industrial or manufacturing procedure wherein
massive package and conveyance of products is required. At the same time, it is
foldable so that it requires minimum space when empty, and may be piled up
10 when full, conveyed by clark machine, provided with wheels, rendered
waterproof, when it is made of plastic material so that it is not destroyed whenit must be carried under rain or rests on a wet pavement or elsewhere, and it
also has the alternative of various applications such as:
1. ~Iavin~ plastic lid with metal side
15 ~ 2. ~Iaving plastic lid with paper side
3. Having plastic lid - plastic side
4. Having plastic lid of any material that could be laminated.
Additional possibilities include convenience in increasing/decreasing the
height of the box, while keeping the same dimensions of lid/bottom, as well as
2() the fact th~t the lid and the bottom of the box are exactly the same thing.
Current technology provides boxes for massive conveyance of various
products, which could be easily conveyed, light plastic boxes which are difficult
to be piled up, heavy plastic boxes which are dimcult to be conveyed, metal
boxes which, due to their weight and volume, are not suitable, and generally all25 the above mentioned are dimcult to be piled up and they cause problems
during manufacturing procedures.




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~ nother main object of the invention is to deal with various problems
such as strength, functionality and durability of such materials, giving shape to
manufacturing solutions, some of which will be described in details hereinafter,wherein the above mentioned and the advantages of the present invention will
s be obvious.
The invention will be obvious to those skilled in the art with reference
to the accompanying drawings, wherein some preferred industrial
embodiments of the invention are illustrated by way of example:
Fig I shows the box of the invention in perspective
0 Fig. '~ shows the box being piled up
Fig. 3 shows a side section of the box of the invention
Fig. 4 shows one foot of the box and its fitting at the post
Fig. 5 shows the conveyance of the box by a person, with the aid of a
wheel fulcrum
Fig. 6 shows the fitting point of the side wall and the lid of the box.
Fig. 7 shows in perspective the manner in which one box fits and
engages into the other.
Fig. 8 shows a view of a box wherein the bottom and lid are secured by
hoop and seal.
Fig. 9 shows a view of 3 boxes secured together by hoop and seal.
In relation to a selected indicative example of an industrial application
of the invention, a numbering of the main parts of the object follows, with
reference to the respective numerals of these parts in the attached drawings,
wherein these are showed in an indicative describing illustration, without scale,
25 only in size ratio between each other.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the box in fig. I
consists of the following main parts and accessories:

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Lid I, I_id 2, Side 3, Post 4, Wheels 5, Feet 6, Adjusting Guides during
piling-up 7.
Fig. 2 shows:
Box 8 provided with a Box 9, a fitting point 10 thereof, posts for load
5 conveyance I I, securing elastic part 12, feet fitting point ! 3.
Fig. 3 shows:
A section of lid/bottom 14, a section of the ~Itting point between
side/lid/bottom 15, a section of the post ] 6, a securing elastic part for
bottom/lid 17, rubber fitting point 18, side 19, pin fitting point 20, feet for load
o conveyance 21.
~ig. 4 shows:
Lid/bottom 22, feet 23, grip 23, elastic part 25, grip 26, foot 27, side 28,
post for load conveyance 29.
Fig. 5 shows:
A box with an adjusted fulcrum 30 which, upon a slight deviation,
brings the wheels 32 in contact with the ground, thus accomplishing
movement.
Fig. 6 shows a detail of the fitting point between the side wall and the
lid of the box, which is U-shaped with an aperture at its lower-most hollow
20 point, so that no fluid could penetrate the inside of the box but, instead, fluids
deviate to the outside. In this manner, the box is rendered waterproof and can
be stored in non-covered places.
The accomplishment of this invention is an easy-to-use box, adjustable
one OlltO another, regardless of orientation since the lid and the bottom of the25 box are identical and designed in such a manner that no precise handling is
~ required for the adjustment of one box onto another. The said lox of the
invention can bear Ioads despite its light-v~eight structure~ it has a varying

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height depending on the needs, the lid and bottom are identical and secured
between each other while maintaining the in between distance from one
another with the post. After being used, the box folds and takes minimum
space since the bottom and lid are placed one into the other. It can be stored in
minimum space such as e.g. shelves or one onto the other, it has minimum
weight and is provided with wheels and feet for support as ~vell as posts, whichare all secured between each other, it is provided with sockets for pins, and it is
easy to convey by a wheel fulcrum and, when necessary, may be piled up in
open space since it is waterproof.
o It may be made of various meterials such as e.g. paper, metal, pressured
paper, plastic, etc.
It must be estimated that the object of the invenlion is not limited by
the above examples. The accomplishment of the invention may be effected by
several manufacturing ways, methods, accessories and devices which all fall in
1S the scope of the present invention.
It must be also noted that the present description has been made with
reference to only some exemplary embodiments. Thus, any alteration or
modification in the shape, forrn, arrangement, utilised materials and
accessories of construction and assembly are considered to be included in the
scope and purposes of the present description.

Representative Drawing