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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Orbis Corporation, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Inventor:
Robert Guy Nussbaum, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Assignee:
ORBIS Corporation, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 1/22 (2006.01); B65D 21/04 (2006.01); B65D 21/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 21/048 (2013.01); B65D 21/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A nestable and stackable straight wall tote with an expandable bottom is provided. The tote includes a bottom wall connected to each of a first end wall, a second end wall, a first side wall and a second side wall by an expandable and collapsible linking portion. The expandable and collapsible linking portions allows for expanding the bottom portion of the tote outward to enable the tote to either stack on a like tote when expanded or nest with a like tote (when collapsed. The tote can include a lock mechanism in the bottom to keep the walls in an expanded position.