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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:
Jun. 18, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Noriho Matsuzoe, Nishinomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Gold Industries Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206724 ; 206726 ; 206728 ; 206560 ;
Abstract
Each of trays forming a tray assembly has a main body having a recess for holding an article to be transported. Connectors protruding from a front and rear sides of the main body mate with each other so that the trays are linked to be flexible relative to each other. Elastic and rockable members formed integral with each main body have locking pawls capable of engaging with the article. Each locking pawl integral with the rockable member and positioned in the recess is always urged to engage with and hold in place the article, such that the pawls can be elastically retracted for an easier loading and unloading of the articles onto and from the recesses.