PACKAGING CONTAINER OF VARIABLE LENGTH
First Claim
1. A packaging container of variable length for long objects, in particular heavy tools, said packaging container comprising:
- two cylinder-shaped hollow bodies, one of said hollow bodies being an inner hollow body with an outer casing and the other of said hollow bodies being an outer hollow body with an inner casing and an outer casing, each of said bodies being closed at one end and being open at the opposite end, said bodies being telescopically pushed together and pulled apart by a sliding movement along the longitudinal axis of said bodies;
at least one longitudinal row of detent elements that extend substantially over the outer casing of the inner hollow body, andat least one counter detent element that is mounted adjacent the open end of the outer hollow body and that engages the at least one longitudinal row of detent elements, said at least one counter detent element being located on a separate locking element that is attached to the outer casing of the outer hollow body at the open end thereof, when at least one of the counter detents is in the locked position with a detent element, said locking element permitting relative movement of the inner and outer hollow bodies in the push-together direction, but form-lockingly engaging the inner and outer hollow bodies in the pull-apart direction, and when the counter detents are in the unlocked position, the locking element permitting relative movement of the inner and outer hollow bodies in the push-together direction and in the pull-apart direction.
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Abstract
A packaging container (1) wherein an inner body (6) slides telescopically within an outer body (7). A locking element (12) is fitted to the outer body (7) and secures the position of inner body (6) with respect the outer body (7). Locking element (12) includes spring tabs (10) with radial hooks (16) that engage detent elements (8) on inner body (6) at times when a fastener (14) on locking element (12) is closed. Locking element (12) is composed of sections (12a-12d) such that the locking element can be laid open and inner body (6) can be withdrawn from outer body (7).
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35 Claims
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1. A packaging container of variable length for long objects, in particular heavy tools, said packaging container comprising:
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two cylinder-shaped hollow bodies, one of said hollow bodies being an inner hollow body with an outer casing and the other of said hollow bodies being an outer hollow body with an inner casing and an outer casing, each of said bodies being closed at one end and being open at the opposite end, said bodies being telescopically pushed together and pulled apart by a sliding movement along the longitudinal axis of said bodies; at least one longitudinal row of detent elements that extend substantially over the outer casing of the inner hollow body, and at least one counter detent element that is mounted adjacent the open end of the outer hollow body and that engages the at least one longitudinal row of detent elements, said at least one counter detent element being located on a separate locking element that is attached to the outer casing of the outer hollow body at the open end thereof, when at least one of the counter detents is in the locked position with a detent element, said locking element permitting relative movement of the inner and outer hollow bodies in the push-together direction, but form-lockingly engaging the inner and outer hollow bodies in the pull-apart direction, and when the counter detents are in the unlocked position, the locking element permitting relative movement of the inner and outer hollow bodies in the push-together direction and in the pull-apart direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A packaging container of variable length for long objects, in particular heavy tools, said packaging container comprising:
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two cylinder-shaped hollow bodies, one of said hollow bodies being an inner hollow body with an outer casing and the other of said hollow bodies being an outer hollow body with an inner casing and an outer casing, each of said bodies being closed at one end and being open at the opposite end, said bodies being capable of being telescopically pushed together and pulled apart by means of a sliding movement along the longitudinal axis of said bodies; at least one longitudinal row of detent elements that extend substantially over the outer casing of the inner hollow body, and at least one counter-detent element that is mounted in the area of the open end of the outer hollow body and that engages the at least one longitudinal row of detent elements, said at least one counter detent element being located on the inner casing of the outer hollow body, wherein a separate ring-shaped locking band that can be selectively opened and closed, is mounted on the outer casing of the outer hollow body at the open end thereof, when the locking band is in the closed position the counter-detent element form-lockingly engages a detent element of the longitudinal row of detent elements to block the relative movement of the inner and outer hollow bodies in the push-together direction and in the pull-apart direction, but when the locking band is in the open position the counter-detent element permits relative movement of the inner and outer hollow bodies in the push-together direction and in the pull-apart direction. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A variable length packaging container comprising:
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a first tubular-shaped hollow body that is defined along a longitudinal axis by an outer surface and an inner surface, said first tubular-shaped hollow body being closed at one end and being open at the opposite end; a second tubular-shaped hollow body that is defined along a longitudinal axis by an outer surface and an inner surface, said second tubular-shaped hollow body being closed at one end and being open at the opposite end, said second tubular-shaped body having a smaller cross-section than the cross-section of said first tubular-shaped hollow body such that said second tubular-shaped hollow body fits within the open end of said first tubular-shaped hollow body so as to slidingly engage said first tubular-shaped hollow body in a longitudinal direction, the outer surface of said second tubular-shaped hollow body having at least one row of detent elements that extend outwardly from said outer surface, said row of detent elements being oriented in the longitudinal direction along said outer surface; and a locking element that has open and closed positions, said locking element engaging said first tubular-shaped hollow body adjacent the open end of said first tubular-shaped hollow body such that, at times when said locking element is closed, the longitudinal position of said locking element on said first tubular-shaped hollow body is fixed, said locking element having a closed position in which at least one counter-detent element of said locking element engages at least one of the detent elements of said at least one row of detent elements that extend outwardly from the outer surface of the second tubular-shaped hollow body such that said counter-detent element is movable in a longitudinal direction and in a first sense across said detent elements in said row of detent elements and is not movable in the opposite sense across said detent elements in said row of detent elements, said locking element also having an open position in which no counter-detent element of said locking element engages any detent element of said at least one row of detent elements such that; at times when the locking element is in said closed position, the second tubular-shaped hollow body is moveable in a direction longitudinally into the first tubular-shaped hollow body when the closed end of the first tubular-shaped hollow body is urged toward the closed end of the second tubular-shaped hollow body, but the second tubular-shaped hollow body is not movable longitudinally out of the first tubular-shaped longitudinal body when the closed end of the first tubular-shaped hollow body is urged away from the closed end of the second tubular-shaped hollow body; and at times when the locking element is in said open position, the second tubular-shaped hollow body is moveable in a direction longitudinally into the first tubular-shaped hollow body and is also moveable in a direction longitudinally out of the first tubular-shaped hollow body. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A variable length packaging container comprising:
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a first tubular-shaped hollow body that is defined along a longitudinal axis by an outer surface and an inner surface, said first tubular-shaped hollow body being closed at one longitudinal end and being open at the opposite longitudinal end; a second tubular-shaped hollow body that is defined along a longitudinal axis by an outer surface and an inner surface, said second tubular-shaped hollow body being closed at one longitudinal end and being open at the opposite longitudinal end, said second tubular-shaped body having a smaller cross-section than the cross-section of said first tubular-shaped hollow body such that the open end of said second tubular-shaped hollow body fits within the open end of said first tubular-shaped hollow body and the second tubular-shaped hollow body slidingly engages said first tubular-shaped hollow body in a longitudinal direction, the outer surface of said second tubular-shaped hollow body having at least one row of detent elements that extend outwardly from said outer surface, said row of detent elements being oriented in the longitudinal direction along said outer surface; and a locking element that engages said first tubular-shaped hollow body adjacent the open end of said first tubular-shaped hollow body such that the longitudinal position of said locking element on said first tubular-shaped hollow body is fixed, said locking element having a closed position in which at least one counter-detent element of said locking element engages at least one of the detent elements of said at least one row of detent elements such that said counter-detent element is not movable in the longitudinal direction across said detent elements, said locking element also having an open position in which no counter-detent element of said locking element engages any detent element of said at least one row of detent elements such that; at times when the locking element is in said closed position, the second tubular-shaped hollow body is not moveable in a longitudinal direction with respect to the first tubular-shaped hollow body; and at times when the locking element is in said open position, the second tubular-shaped hollow body is moveable in a direction longitudinally into the first tubular-shaped hollow body and is also moveable in a direction longitudinally out of the first tubular-shaped hollow body. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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