Stackable transportation container of sheet metal

• US 5,238,115 A
• Filed: 10/15/1991
• Issued: 08/24/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fritz Schã¤Fer Gesellschaft Mit Beschrã¤Nkter Haftung (Fritz Schã¤Fer KG Einrichtungssysteme)
• Original Assignee: Fritz Schã¤Fer Gesellschaft Mit Beschrã¤Nkter Haftung (Fritz Schã¤Fer KG Einrichtungssysteme)
• Inventors: Schafer, Gerhard
• Primary Examiner(s): Shoap, Allan N.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J
• Application Number:
  US07/776,555
• Time in Patent Office: 679 Days
• Field of Search: 206/503, 206/509, 220/692, 220/558, 220/331, 220/335, 220/4.27, 220/7, 220/6, 220/4.29, 220/4.31, 220/4.32, 220/4.33, 220/756, 220/766
• US Class Current: 206/503
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 21/0213 Containers presenting a continuous stacking profile along the upper or lower edge of at least two opposite side walls
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/005 Side walls formed with an aperture or a movable portion arranged to allow removal or insertion of contents B65D5/16, B65D7/40 take precedence

Abstract

A stackable transportation container of sheet metal has two side walls and a rear wall. The container further has a front wall which is lower than the side walls and the rear wall. A flap is mounted above the upper edge of the front wall. The bearing members on the flap are formed by integrally manufactured loops, while the bearing members on the container are formed by two pins which are directed toward each other. Each of the pins is mounted on a support plate connected to a corner of the container. At least one of the support plates supporting a pin is separately attachable to the corner of the container, for example, by riveting.

Claims

1. A stackable transportation container of sheet metal, comprising:

two side walls and a rear wall having upper stacking edges forming an upper opening of the container;

a front wall which is lower than the side walls and the rear wall;

a flap mounted in the area of an upper edge of the front wall, the flat being connected to the container by bearing members on the flap and bearing members on the container, the bearing members on the flap being integrally formed loops and the bearing members on the container being formed by two pins which are directed toward each other, each of the pins being mounted on a support plate connected to a corner of the container; and

means for separately connecting at least one of the support plates to an external portion of the container and wherein the loops forming the bearing members on the flap have in a direction parallel to the flap an oblong cross-section with an internal length and an internal width, wherein the internal length corresponds at least to twice the internal width, and wherein the loops, in a closed position of the flap, engage as a support stop in front of the upper edge of the front wall.

2. The container according to claim 1, wherein the loops form an uninterrupted oblong tubular profile extending along the entire width of the flap.

3. The container according to claim 1, further comprising tongues which are cut and bent rearwardly from the flap near transverse edges of the flap, the side walls having above front wall lugs which are bent toward each other, wherein, in the closed position of the flap, the tongues of the flap are inserted in the lugs for a locked engagement.