Reusable collapsible container
CA 2185286 C · Owner: Uitz, Mark O. · Inventors: Uitz, Mark O.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A reusable plastic container and a method of cleaning and sterilizing the same is described. The plastic container can be collapsed for transportation and sterilization when not in use. The container includes structural end frames which are made from the same material from which the remainder of the container is made. A band can be used when it is in its erected position to hold the same in such position. When collapsed, a container is flat and all parts of the same are exposed for easy washing and sterilization.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed September 11, 1996 and granted December 5, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 11, 2016.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by September 11, 2018.
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