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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2019
Donald Thomas, Cooper City, FL (US);
Anthony P. Habodasz, Troy, OH (US);
Donald Thomas, Cooper City, FL (US);
Anthony P. Habodasz, Troy, OH (US);
Other;
Abstract
A modular container has identically molded sides pieces connected together at corner joints and separately molded, identical top/bottom pieces. The corner joints are formed by snap fit engagement of flexible locking tabs of one side piece with pockets on another side piece when the molded side pieces are serially connected together. The flexible locking tabs are biased oppositely to one another in alternating manner and each tab engages with a shoulder in the corresponding pocket to enable a zipper effect with respect to the assembly and disassembly of the corner joints. Two top/bottom pieces are secured by relative rotation to the assembled side pieces to form the container. An extension ring or divider can be used between upper and lower sets of the assembled side pieces to enable different container sizes. The component parts are molded with a degree of flexibility that enhances the assembly/disassembly of the corner joints.