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Field	Value
Publication number	US-10954063-B2
Application number	US-201715810422-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 13, 2017
Priority date	Nov 11, 2016
Publication date	Mar 23, 2021
Grant date	Mar 23, 2021

Abstract

A container, such as a roll-out cart, includes a body portion and a lid. The body portion includes an outer wall extending upward from a base wall to a mouth of the body portion. The lid is secured to the body portion and pivotable between a closed position over the mouth and an open position. The lid includes an upper lid portion and a lower lid portion. The upper lid portion extends downward to an outer lip. The lower lid portion extends downward to an inner lip. The inner lip is inward of the outer wall of the body portion when the lid is in the closed position. The outer lip is outward of the outer wall of the body when the lid is in the closed position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A container comprising:
a body portion including an outer wall extending upward from a base wall to a mouth of the body portion; and
a lid secured to a rear portion of the body portion, the lid including an upper lid portion and a lower lid portion secured to one another and both pivotable together between a closed position over the mouth and an open position, the upper lid portion extending downward to an outer lip, the lower lid portion extending downward to an inner lip, wherein the inner lip is inward of a front portion of the outer wall of the body portion and proximate an inner surface of the front portion when the lid is in the closed position and the outer lip is outward of the outer wall of the body portion when the lid is in the closed position.

2. The container of claim 1 wherein the body portion further includes a lip projecting outward and then downward from an upper edge of the body portion.

3. The container of claim 2 wherein the outer lip of the lid contacts an upper surface of a lip of the body portion when the lid is in the closed position.

4. The container of claim 3 wherein the outer lip of the lid extends outward and then downward over an outer surface of the lip of the body portion when the lid is in the closed position.

5. The container of claim 1 wherein the lower lid portion includes a lower lip spaced outward of the inner lip, wherein the lower lip is outward of the outer wall of the body when the lid is in the closed position.

6. The container of claim 5 wherein the outer lip of the upper lid portion is secured to the lower lip of the lower lid portion.

7. The container of claim 6 further including a panel spaced inward of the inner lip and extending upward from a lower portion of the inner lip.

8. The container of claim 1 wherein the inner lip of the lid is hollow.

9. The container of claim 8 wherein the outer lip of the lid is hollow.

10. The container of claim 9 wherein the lid is rotomolded.

11. The container of claim 1 further including an RFID tag between the upper lid portion and the lower lid portion.

12. The container of claim 11 wherein the lower lid portion includes a platform higher than the lower lip.

13. The container of claim 12 wherein the body portion includes a handle portion spaced rearwardly of an upper edge of the outer wall of the body portion, wherein the lid is pivotably connected to the handle portion, the container further including wheels supporting the body portion.

14. The container of claim 13 further including a latch configured to selectively secure the lid in a closed position on the body portion.

15. The container of claim 12 wherein the RFID is secured to the platform.

16. The container of claim 12 wherein the body portion includes a handle portion spaced rearwardly of an upper edge of the outer wall of the body portion, wherein the lid is pivotably connected to the handle portion, the container further including two wheels mounted to a rearward portion of the body portion.

17. The container of claim 1 wherein the inner lip includes a vertical portion adjacent the inner surface of the front portion of the outer wall.

18. The container of claim 17 wherein the lower lid portion further includes a ramped portion angling upward and rearward from a lower end of the vertical portion.

19. A container comprising:
a body portion including an outer wall extending upward from a base wall to a mouth of the body portion, the body portion further including a lip projecting outward and downward from the outer wall, the body portion further including a handle portion spaced rearwardly of the outer wall of the body portion;
a lid hingeably secured to the handle portion;
a pair of wheels supporting the body portion; and
a reinforcement member received between the lip and the outer wall of the body portion.

20. The container of claim 19 further including a plurality of ribs extending from the outer wall to the lip, wherein the reinforcement member is received in a plurality of apertures through the plurality of ribs.

21. The container of claim 20 wherein the body portion includes a handle portion spaced rearwardly of an upper edge of the outer wall of the body portion, the container further including a lid pivotably connected to the handle portion and pivotable to selectively cover the mouth of the body portion.

22. The container of claim 21 wherein an upper edge of the outer wall of the body portion includes a rear portion from which the handle portion extends and a pair of side portions extending forward from the rear portion, wherein the reinforcement member is a first reinforcement member received between the lip and the outer wall along one of the side portions.

23. A container comprising:
a body portion including an outer wall extending upward from a base wall to a mouth of the body portion, the body portion further including a handle portion spaced rearwardly of the outer wall of the body portion; and
a lid hingeably secured to the handle portion, the lid including an upper lid portion and a lower lid portion secured to one another and both pivotable together between a closed position over the mouth and an open position, the lower lid portion extending downward below an uppermost edge of the outer wall of the body portion to an inner lip when the lid is in the closed position, wherein the inner lip is adjacent to an inner surface of the outer wall of the body portion when the lid is in the closed position.

24. The container of claim 23 further including a pair of wheels supporting the body portion proximate a rearward side of the body portion.

25. The container of claim 24 wherein the inner lip is a double-walled hollow lip.

26. The container of claim 25 wherein the inner lip abuts a forward edge of the body portion when the lid is in the closed position.

27. The container of claim 26 wherein the inner lip includes a vertical portion adjacent a forward edge of the body portion when the lid is in the closed position and wherein the inner lip includes a ramped portion angling upward and rearward from a lower end of the vertical portion.

28. The container of claim 27 wherein the lower lid portion contacts the upper lid portion at a rearward end of the ramped portion.

29. The container of claim 23 wherein the inner lip is adjacent a forward portion of the outer wall and is adjacent opposite side portions of the outer wall when the lid is in the closed position.

30. The container of claim 23 wherein the inner lip extends about a front portion and side portions of the lower lid portion.

31. The container of claim 23 wherein the inner lip is adjacent opposite side edges of the outer wall of the body portion when the lid is in the closed position.

Assignees

• Rehrig Pacific Co

Inventors

• Foster Derick

Classifications

• B65F1/1484

  relating to the adaptation of receptacles to carry identification means · CPC title

• B65F1/16

  Lids or covers ({B65F1/1421 takes precedence}; pedal or hand-lever operated {for containers in general} B65D) · CPC title

• B29L2031/565

  for containers · CPC title

• B29C51/12

  of articles having inserts or reinforcements · CPC title

• Y02P70/10

  Greenhouse gas [GHG] capture, material saving, heat recovery or other energy efficient measures, e.g. motor control, characterised by manufacturing processes, e.g. for rolling metal or metal working · CPC title