Receptacles – Sectional – Telescoping
Patent
1998-11-20
2000-06-20
Pollard, Steven
Receptacles
Sectional
Telescoping
220 403, B65D 1114
Patent
active
060766921
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention is concerned with a receptacle designed for multiple uses, of which the dimensions can be varied and which can be used, in particular for the packaging, the handling, the storage, the transport and the display, more particularly in shops, of all types of consumer goods and also of all types of other items. The receptacle is in fact an improvement of a receptacle object of patent application FR-A-8810920, by the same inventor.
Such receptacles are actually already known, in particular from the above-mentioned document, of which the width is adjustable and which are comprised of two components co-operating with each other by means of fingers provided in the bottom part of each component, in such a manner as to be mutually interdigitated and allow an adjustment of the width of the receptacle by bringing together or pulling apart these two components, whereby the fingers slide one set relative to the other.
However, the adjustment of the width of the receptacle is limited in practice to an increase of about one third from the minimal width, owing to the design of the two constituent components and to the need of ensuring a sufficient rigidity of the assembly.
In fact, it has become rapidly apparent that this limitation was a serious drawback in practical use and required the manufacture and handling of several types of receptacles of different dimensions. Accordingly, the objective of the invention is to provide a receptacle of the above-mentioned type, but the length of which, on the one hand, can be extended beyond the above-mentioned limit and, on the other hand, can be adjusted in its length, i. e. in the direction perpendicular to that of the known receptacle, so that only one type of receptacle can be used, in its various dimensions, for stacking optimally on a standard pallet.
This objective is attained with the receptacle for multiple uses object of the invention, which has dimensions which can be varied longitudinally and laterally and which includes a planar bottom and lateral and longitudinal extension devices co-operating with said bottom by a sliding motion of elongate members which are part of these extension devices and which are integral with walls forming the walls of the receptacle in the assembly position.
The invention will now be described with reference to the appended drawings, which illustrate embodiments of the receptacle of variable dimensions.
FIG. 1 is an exploded view in perspective of a first embodiment of the receptacle according to the invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 1 in one assembly position.
FIG. 3a is a plan view of a bottom component of the first embodiment and FIGS. 3b and 3c are, respectively, a cross-sectional view (along A--A) and a side view of this component.
FIG. 4a is a plan view of a main component of a longitudinal extension device of the first embodiment and FIGS. 4b and 4c are, respectively, a side view and a front view of this component.
FIGS. 5a and 5b are, respectively, a plan view and a side view, of a secondary component of a longitudinal extension device of the first embodiment.
FIGS. 6a and 6b are, respectively, a plan view and a front view of a main component of a lateral extension device of the first embodiment and
FIG. 7 is a plan view of a secondary component of this device.
FIG. 8 is a plan view, in one of the assembly positions, of a second embodiment which is a simplified version of the first embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a plan view of the bottom of the simplified version of FIG. 8 and
FIG. 10 is a plan view of a longitudinal extension component of this version.
FIGS. 11a and 11b are, respectively, a plan view and a front view of a lateral extension component of the version of FIG. 8.
FIGS. 12 and 13 are plan views illustrating two different assembly positions of a third embodiment of the receptacle according to the invention.
FIGS. 14 and 15 are detailed perspective views showing two of the bottom components of the second embodiment.
FIGS. 16, 17 and 18 are detailed perspective views illustrating th
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