Foldable container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11066233-B2
Application number	US-201615572366-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 5, 2016
Priority date	May 7, 2015
Publication date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021

Abstract

A foldable container, comprising a base and two pairs of side plates, and the side plates are connected to the base via a hinge structure. A plurality of protruding portions are disposed below the side plates, and a polarity of grooves matching the protruding portions are disposed on the base. The hinge structure is disposed in at least one of the protruding portions and at least one of grooves. At least one of the protruding portions is further provided with a continuous curved surface profile, and at least one of the grooves is further provided with at least one matching surface, or at least one of the grooves is provided with a continuous curved surface profile, and at least one of the protruding portions is provided with a matching surface. The matching surface matches the continuous curved surface profile, and when the side plate changes from a folded state to the open state, the continuous curved surface profile remain contacting with the matching surface. The foldable container can address the problems of interference and collision in a process of unordered rotation of hinged side plates.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A foldable container, comprising:
a base; and
two pairs of side plates connected to the base via a hinge structure,
wherein a plurality of protruding portions are provided on the side plates and a plurality of grooves are provided on the base to match the protruding portions,
wherein the hinge structure is provided in at least one of the protruding portions and in at least one of the grooves,
wherein the at least one protruding portion of the protruding portions is further provided with a non-circular continuous curved surface profile with a curvature change, and the at least one of the grooves is further provided with at least one matching surface to match the continuous curved surface profile,
wherein during the process that the side plates are changed from a folded state to an open state, the continuous curved surface profile remains in contact with the matching surface, thereby preventing interference between the side plate and the base when the side plate is turned over, and
wherein the continuous curved surface profile is tangential to the matching surface when the side plates are changed from the folded state to the open state, and the base generates a result force on the side plates, and the result force is decomposable into a vertical component force causing the protruding portions to move downward and a horizontal component force parallel to the base.

2. The foldable container of claim 1 , wherein at least one side of the protruding portions provided with the continuous curved surface profile is provided with a protruding block, and the continuous curved surface profile is a first side surface provided on the protruding block, and a corresponding side of the grooves provided with the matching surface is provided with a side groove, and a stopper is provided above the side groove, and the matching surface is a second side surface provided on the lower side of the stopper.

3. The foldable container of claim 2 , wherein the continuous curved surface profile further comprises a third side surface, which is configured to contact and match the lower side of the stopper when the side plates are upright with respect to the base.

4. The foldable container of claim 2 , wherein the continuous curved surface profile further comprises a third side surface, and there is a predetermined gap between the third side surface and a lower side surface of the side plates.

5. The foldable container of claim 2 , wherein the first side surface and the second side surface are configured when the side plates are changed from the folded state to the open state, the first side surface inscribe and contact with the second surface and the base generates the result force on the side plates.

6. The foldable container of claim 5 , wherein an angle between the result force and the horizontal force is less than or equals to 45 degrees.

7. The foldable container of claim 1 , wherein the hinge structure comprises a hinge pin provided on the protruding portions and a matching structure provided in the at least one of the grooves.

8. The foldable container of claim 7 , wherein one side of the protruding portions is provided with the hinge pin and the other side of the protruding portions is provided with the continuous curved surface profile, and the matching structure is a straight groove provided on one side of the at least one of the grooves.

9. The foldable container of claim 7 , wherein the continuous curved surface profile is provided on two sides of the protruding portions, and the hinge pin is provided on a front end of the protruding portions, wherein the matching structure is configured to match the hinge pin so that the hinge pin is movable up and down along the matching structure.

Assignees

• Shanghai Hongyan Returnable Transit Packagings Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jian Yuanli

Classifications

• B65D19/06 Primary

  with bodies formed by uniting or interconnecting two or more components · CPC title

• B65D88/52 Primary

  collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected · CPC title

• B65D2519/00646

  by means of hinges · CPC title

• B65D2519/00587

  side walls directly connected to each other · CPC title

• B65D2519/00338

  contact surface having a discrete foot-like shape · CPC title