Collapsible container
CA 2488313 C · Owner: Dart Industries Inc. · Inventors: Card, Peter M.; Kusuma, David; Lugo, Hector Javier Barea
Overview
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A collapsible container with angularly related multiple folding sections each section extending at an angle to the vertical and flexure zones between adjacent sections for flexibly moving the sections between a first open position in the expanded container and a second position folded upon itself in the collapsed container the flexure zones resisting movement of the sections in both the fully expanded container and the collapsed container as well as any intermediate position wherein only selected flexure zones are in an open position.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed November 23, 2004 and granted April 10, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 23, 2024.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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