Land vehicles – Wheeled – Tiltable vehicles – stabilized by attendant or article
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-23
2001-08-28
Johnson, Brian L. (Department: 3618)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Tiltable vehicles, stabilized by attendant or article
C280S047180, C280S047260, C280S079110
Reexamination Certificate
active
06279928
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF INVENTION
This invention pertains to a compartmentalized storage container that can also be used to transport and ship articles such as chairs and tables.
As determined by the prior art described below, there are a number of containers for storage and shipping.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,783,712 is directed to a portable lavatory, equipped with receptacles for toilet accessories which may easily be folded into a portable package or unfolded and set up for use. A rectangular frame consists of side boards, a top and four legs. There is also a rectangular leg frame. The legs are all fastened by screws. There is a wash stand in the top, a backboard with mirror. There are two backboard leaves hingedly connected to the backboard. On the sides of the stand top are hinged leaves. The backboard leaves have pockets for toilet accessories. to pack the stand, screws are removed from the legs, the leaves are folded over the backboard. The soap holder is swung upward to disengage a lug from the flange of the bowl. Then the folded leaves are turned down to overlie the stand top. The towel rods are removed from their arms. the top leaves that held the towel rods are turned over to lie on top of the backboard Another set of arms lie alongside the end boardsThe leg parts are packed around the edges of the bowl and one leg frame is stowed on top of them.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,951,604 shows a bag for folding chairs, for storage and transportation. The bag is made of a single piece of canvas. There are provided a number of fabric partitions to keep the chairs separate from each other. To receive the chairs the bag is opened up. Folding chars are inserted into the tops of each of the compartments. A strap is then threaded through several slots of the dividing walls and the free ends of the strap tied in a loop. The strap serves to prevent the free ends of the chairs from rubbing against each other if the dividing wall sags. Then the flaps of the bag are turned down and a strap that extends all around the bag is tightened. Securing loops around this strap serve as a handle.
U.S. Pat. No. teaches 2,387,790 a multicompartment carton that is capable of displaying as well as retaining packaged articles. There is formed a book-simulating carton having a plurality of compartments effectively arranged for display when the book is opened. The carton is prepared from folding of a prepared single blank of sheet material such as paper board. The blank comprises a series of panel members arranged in side by side alignment. Certain of the panel members are provided with appurtenant top and bottom extensions which provide end closures for the compartments. In folding the blank to form a book-like carton, inner panel members
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are above outer panel members
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. Internal panels
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,
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provide the lateral walls of the cover compartments. Spacing panel members
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are superimposed in face to face contact on the inner margins of outer panels
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and intermediate compartment forming panels
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are made to stand up in mutual opposition at the lateral margins of the central panel
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. The carton in question shows smoking tobacco in pockets of panel members
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and a pipe in intermediate panel
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.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,418,731 depicts a knockdown baby chair made in sections which are assembled by sliding connections to be quickly disassembled and packed in a compact bundle for transport. Assembly is quick and without special tools. The high chair has two sides, a back, seat and tray. Each side has two legs, a slot therebetween and a shoulder. A pair of top and bottom angle irons extend from the rear to the sides. After the sides are assembled with the back, the seat is assembled, the angle irons depending therefrom fitting in sockets to tie down the back sides and seat together. The tray is then put on the high chair, the tray also having angle irons fitting into sockets. The high chair is secured on a conventional chair with straps passing through the slots. When disassembled, the chair is packed in a valise that is provided with compartments.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,547.661 illustrates an extendible table combined witha kitchen cabinet. In use when doors
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,
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of the cabinet are closed, table numbers
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will be positioned in the space
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formed between the top
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and the inner wall
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. When it is desired to use the table, either one or both doors can be swung outwardly to an extended position. The doors may be latched in their open position. When the doors are opened, stools
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may be removed from compartment
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, normally closed when the doors are in closed position.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,660,228 is another example of a knockdown chair of the type used in the living room. This chair can be easily disassembled for shipping. there are two mating portions, the back rest and seat which are separable from one another with the arms being swingable to a vertical position and releasbly bolted to the back rest. The legs are also bolted to the seat, and the seat is pinned to the back rest. A box is shown for packing the disassembled elements, the legs being placed within type seat interior and the head rest and arms placed below the seat.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,957,201 shows a shipping carton for folding tables having detachable table tops, each table top being attachable to a support base including two pair of pivotably connected legs. The carton receives table tops in top to bottom relationship oriented so that they are parallel to the side walls of the enclosure. The carton also receives corresponding numbers of support bases having two pairs of legs in closed position. One half of the bases are arranged in a side by side first stack between one side of the vertical stacks of table tops, and with the other half arranged in sided by side second stack between the opposite side of vertical stacks and the opposite side of the container from the first side wall.
While there are a number of containers for storage and transport, none of these containers show the combination of a foldable table foldable chairs that are arranged in a very compact manner and are easily removable and assembled.
It is an object of this invention to provide a rigid, lightweight container that provides for storage and transport of at least two foldable chairs and a foldable table.
It is a further object of this invention to assemble chairs and table that once unfolded are ready for use without any accessories for assembling.
It is also an object of this invention to provide a container wherein the objects in the container are held securely in place but easily releasble.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The storage and shipping container is made of injection molded plastic using a thermosetting resin such as a polyester. The container has a top side with two hinged doors. A hinged cover adjacent one end of the doors and a closed back end. The doors are held in closed position by a pair of spaced magnetic clamps that are placed on the the inner side of the doors, or alternatively the doors are secured by a spring type latch, such as found in brief or dispatch cases. In the case of the magnetic clamps the doors are opened by attaching a knob on each door exterior. In the case of the latch type closure, pressure on the latch will release the spring allowing the doors to open. The edge of the cover is hinged so that its inner edge slightly overlies the doors to open when closed, and is secured by a latch interconnecting the cover with one of the doors. The latch also aids in securing the doors. Adhesively or integrally secured to the inner side of each door are a pair of channels into which a conventional folding chair is inserted. To hold the chairs in place in the event the length of the channels are greater than that of the chairs removable slats can be placed in the channels to hold the doors in place. Similarly a conventional folding table is stored between a pair of spaced channels adhesively bonded or integral with the inner back side of the container. The folding table is placed below the channels holding the chairs and a partition separate the channels holding th
Gort Elaine
Halper Robert
Johnson Brian L.
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