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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1988
Rene Donnard, Geispolsheim, FR;
Lohr Industrie, S.A., Hangenbieten, FR;
Abstract
Locking assembly with integrated retractable locking head for handling, transport, and storage by stacking of load-carrying structures. Locking assembly characterized by comprising on three adjacent faces, including the bottom face, an oblong opening (10) for locking with a standardized locking head and by comprising a locking device (1) which is retractable and integral with a movable support (12) with a locking head (11) between a retracted position inside the assembly in which the bottom face of the support is in the plane of the top face of the assembly, and an extended working position in which the supporting plate (17), supporting the locking head, is an extension of the top surface of the assembly. This invention is useful for designers of containers and shipping materials.