Conveyable container-shaped structural elements, and structures obtained from such structural elements
First Claim
1. A container-shaped conveyable structural element in the form of a parallelepiped and having a size corresponding to that of a standard container conforming with the ISO International Standard, comprising:
- a frame bearing walls and corner fittings, said corner fittings being located in corner positions of said frame which corresponds to the standard corner positions of said standard container and having sizes corresponding to those of standard corner fittings defined by said International Standard,at least one hinged panel supported by said frame for rotation about an axis parallel to one edge of said frame, said hinged panel being rotatable, from a closed position in which it forms a wall of said structural element, in a direction outward from the remainder of said frame to an open position, said hinged panel having first and second corners located on an edge of said hinged panel which is opposite to said rotation axis, first and second corner fittings being affixed to the first and second corners of said hinged panel and being removably attachable to associated members of said frame when said hinged panel is in said closed position, said associated members aligning said first and second corner fittings in positions corresponding to said standard corner positions when said panel is in its closed position and fastening said corner fittings to the remainder of said frame thereby allowing handling of said structural element as a container, said first and second corner fittings being, in the open position of said hinged panel, attachable to corresponding corner fittings of an adjacent container; and
stops means secured to said frame and to said hinged panel, said stop means being positioned so that the inner surface of said panel when in its open position is substantially coplanar with and adjacent to the inner surface of another wall of said structural element.
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Abstract
Conveyable container-shaped structural elements, and structures obtained from such structural elements. The container-shaped structural element comprises at least one hinged panel fixedly connected to two adjacent standard corner fittings lying along that panel edge opposite the edge close to the hinging axis, both of the corner fittings lying in the closed position of the hinged panel, in the standard position thereof for handling the container, and forming with the frame remaining portion, a container meeting the standard sizes for conveyable containers. The structures according to the invention comprise at least one such container with the hinged panel thereof in opened position, and means for connecting same to another container or the support thereof.
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13 Claims
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1. A container-shaped conveyable structural element in the form of a parallelepiped and having a size corresponding to that of a standard container conforming with the ISO International Standard, comprising:
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a frame bearing walls and corner fittings, said corner fittings being located in corner positions of said frame which corresponds to the standard corner positions of said standard container and having sizes corresponding to those of standard corner fittings defined by said International Standard, at least one hinged panel supported by said frame for rotation about an axis parallel to one edge of said frame, said hinged panel being rotatable, from a closed position in which it forms a wall of said structural element, in a direction outward from the remainder of said frame to an open position, said hinged panel having first and second corners located on an edge of said hinged panel which is opposite to said rotation axis, first and second corner fittings being affixed to the first and second corners of said hinged panel and being removably attachable to associated members of said frame when said hinged panel is in said closed position, said associated members aligning said first and second corner fittings in positions corresponding to said standard corner positions when said panel is in its closed position and fastening said corner fittings to the remainder of said frame thereby allowing handling of said structural element as a container, said first and second corner fittings being, in the open position of said hinged panel, attachable to corresponding corner fittings of an adjacent container; and stops means secured to said frame and to said hinged panel, said stop means being positioned so that the inner surface of said panel when in its open position is substantially coplanar with and adjacent to the inner surface of another wall of said structural element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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