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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas C Weizer, South Russell, OH (US);
Thomas P Cerjak, Mentor, OH (US);
Assignee:
AXIA, Inc., Oak Brook, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
108 533 ; 211194 ; 108 535 ; 403341 ;
Abstract
A stackable container which is capable of being knocked down or taken apart is provided with connection joints used to assemble the container. The connection joints have an outer support collar and an inner support guide which combine to translate bending forces, produced in use, along the length of the container support columns. When being transported without a load, the container can be disassembled (i.e. knocked down) to reduce shipping costs.