Five-piece container with hingeable sides
CA 2180811 C · Owner: Nolet, Roch · Inventors: Nolet, Roch; Jacques, Michel
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A five-piece container for items, such as bottles comprises a, bottom piece, a pair of side pieces of identical height and a pair of end pieces also of identical height; each side edge and each end edge of the bottom piece display a series of planar surfaces interspaced with a series of recessed areas in which is defined a hinge that engagedly receives a C-shaped extension formed at the lower edge of each side piece and of each end piece so that the side and end pieces may be mounted to the bottom piece through a snap . The end pieces and the side pieces can be moved between an outward foldback position and an erected position; however, an inward folded position cannot be effected due to …
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- Filed July 9, 1996 and granted July 30, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 9, 2016.
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