Collapsible container
CA 1068223 A · Owner: Sea Containers Limited · Inventors: Clive-Smith, Martin
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A collapsible container of the open-platform type for containing goods comprises a generally rectangular platform base having a stub corner post at each corner of the platform base. At its upper end each corner, post has means for coupling it to a bottom corner portion of a superimposed container. A corner post is pivotally connected to each stub corner post about an axis substantially parallel to the longer side of the base for movement from a folded-down position in which it lies below the level of the tops of the stub corner posts through a vertical position into a position slightly beyond the vertical to enable bracing means to be swung upwards and coupled between the two corner posts …
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- Granted December 18, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 18, 1996.
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