U.S. patent application number 14/716945 was filed with the patent office on 2016-09-22 for containing box structure.
The applicant listed for this patent is L&F PLASTICS, CO., LTD.. Invention is credited to Mu-Chuan Hsu.
Application Number | 20160272369 14/716945 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 53547721 |
Filed Date | 2016-09-22 |
United States Patent
Application |
20160272369 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Hsu; Mu-Chuan |
September 22, 2016 |
Containing Box Structure
Abstract
A containing box structure for containing objects includes a lid
covered onto a top opening of the containing box, a front cover
pivotally installed to the periphery of a side of a front opening,
and a space concavely formed on a side of the bottom of each
containing box and provided for inserting an auxiliary support
member to stably stack plural containing boxes in a quick
operation, and a containing area defined in a corresponding section
of the lid that covers the top opening of the containing box and
provide for stacking the containing boxes on one another, and the
auxiliary support member of an upper containing box may be pulled
out to latch into the corresponding containing area of the lid that
covers a lower containing box to achieve a desired stable position
restriction.
Inventors: |
Hsu; Mu-Chuan; (Miaoli
County, TW) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
L&F PLASTICS, CO., LTD. |
Miaoli County |
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TW |
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Family ID: |
53547721 |
Appl. No.: |
14/716945 |
Filed: |
May 20, 2015 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65D 25/005 20130101;
B65D 21/0223 20130101; B65D 43/166 20130101; B65D 21/0228 20130101;
B65D 21/0213 20130101 |
International
Class: |
B65D 21/02 20060101
B65D021/02 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Mar 17, 2015 |
TW |
104204022 |
Claims
1. A containing box structure, provided for containing objects,
comprising: a lid covered onto a top opening of the containing box,
a front cover pivotally installed to the periphery of a side of a
front opening, a space concavely formed on a predetermined side of
the bottom of each containing box to stably and quickly stacking a
plurality of containing boxes and provided for inserting an
auxiliary support member, and a containing area defined at a
corresponding section of the lid that covers the top opening of the
containing box; thereby, when the containing boxes are stacked on
one another, the auxiliary support member installed at the bottom
of an upper containing box is pulled out to latch into the
corresponding containing area of a lid of a lower containing box to
achieve a desired stable position restriction.
2. The containing box structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
space for inserting the auxiliary support member into the bottom of
the containing box includes a guide portion and a limit protrusion
disposed at predetermined positions of the space respectively to
limit an end of the auxiliary support member when the auxiliary
support member is pulled out to a distance, so as to prevent the
auxiliary support member from falling out.
3. The containing box structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
containing box has one or more rod sections extended outwardly from
the periphery of a side of the front opening, and the lower
periphery of the front cover is appropriately engaged into an
interval concavely and inwardly formed at a corresponding position,
such that the front cover and the containing box are maintained to
be pivotally coupled to one another as a whole.
4. The containing box structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
containing box has a truncated projecting portion extended from the
lateral periphery pivotally coupled to the front cover and disposed
at a position inwardly facing the upper periphery, and the lid is
inserted into a corresponding position of the recessed space to
define a position restriction when the front cover is lifted.
5. The containing box structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
containing box has one or more protrusions disposed at
predetermined positions of the upper periphery of the front cover
with a pivotally coupled lateral periphery and insertable into a
recession of a corresponding section of the lid.
6. The containing box structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
lid covered onto the top opening of the containing box has a
plurality of protrusions disposed at predetermined positions
inwardly facing the lateral periphery, and the protrusions are
inserted into the periphery extended outwardly from the top opening
of the containing box, so as to maintain a position restriction
between the lid and the containing box.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a containing box structure,
in particular to a containing box structure for containing objects,
and if it is necessary to stack a plurality of containing boxes,
the containing box structure has an auxiliary support member
pre-installed in sections at the bottom of each containing box and
the auxiliary support member can be pulled out and inserted into a
corresponsive containing area of a lower containing box to achieve
a desired stable position restriction.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] At present, there are various different types of object
containing boxes, and some of the plastic boxes with the feature of
an easy and convenient transportation are very popular. Basically,
a conventional containing box is a box integrally formed and made
of plastic with an appropriate toughness, a predetermined volume,
and a predetermined shape, and the periphery of a top opening of
the containing box is folded outwardly to form an n-shaped
periphery to provide an appropriate tightness for a lid that covers
the top opening of the containing box with a corresponding shape
after an object is put into the containing box.
[0003] The application of such containing box has the convenient
function of containing objects, but if there are several containing
boxes with lids, then the containing boxes will generally be
stacked on top of one another in order to reduce the space
occupied, and uses have to remove the containing box at a desired
layer and open the lid at the top of the containing box before the
user can access the object.
[0004] When the aforementioned containing boxes are stacked on one
another, no measure for the position restriction between adjacent
upper and lower containing boxes is provided, so that the
containing boxes may be stacked improperly, or even turned upside
down or fallen accidentally while removing the containing box or
togging the adjaTcent containing box. In view of these problems,
the inventor of the present invention provides an improved
containing box structure to overcome the aforementioned problem of
having difficulty to stacking the containing boxes stably.
[0005] The present invention is a further application for stably
stacking the containing boxes of the foregoing type, in hope of
stacking each containing box on top of the other with a simple and
easy operation, achieving the desired stable stacking, allowing
users to remove the containing boxes conveniently, and providing a
position restriction that can be released freely.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] The present invention provides a convenient way of stacking
a plurality of the conventional containing boxes that contain
objects, and an auxiliary support member installed at a
predetermined section of the bottom of each containing box may be
pulled out and inserted into a corresponding containing area of an
adjacent lower containing box to achieve a desired stable position
restriction.
[0007] Therefore, it is a primary objective of the present
invention to provide a containing box structure for containing
objects, and the containing box structure comprises a lid covered
onto a top opening of the containing box, a front cover pivotally
installed to the periphery of a side of a front opening, a space
concavely formed on a predetermined side of the bottom of each
containing box to stably and quickly stacking a plurality of
containing boxes and provided for inserting an auxiliary support
member, and a containing area defined at a corresponding section of
the lid that covers the top opening of the containing box; thereby,
when the containing boxes are stacked on one another, the auxiliary
support member installed at the bottom of an upper containing box
is pulled out to latch into the corresponding containing area of a
lid of a lower containing box to achieve a desired stable position
restriction.
[0008] The second objective of the present invention is to provide
a containing box structure having a guide portion and a limit
protrusion disposed at predetermined positions of the space at the
bottom of the containing box and provided for inserting the
auxiliary support member, such that when the auxiliary support
member is pulled out to a distance, the end of the auxiliary
support member is limited to prevent it from falling out.
[0009] The third objective of the present invention is to provide a
containing box structure having one or more rod sections extended
outwardly from the periphery of a side of the front opening, and
the lower periphery of the front cover is appropriately engaged
into an interval concavely and inwardly formed at a corresponding
position, such that the front cover and the containing box are
maintained to be pivotally coupled to one another as a whole.
[0010] The fourth objective of the present invention is to provide
a containing box structure having a truncated projecting portion
extended from the lateral periphery pivotally coupled to the front
cover and disposed at a position inwardly facing the upper
periphery, and the lid is inserted into a corresponding position of
the recessed space to define a position restriction when the front
cover is lifted.
[0011] The fifth objective of the present invention is to provide a
containing box structure having one or more protrusions disposed at
a front cover that is pivotally coupled to the periphery of a side
of the containing box and inserted into corresponsive recessions of
the lid respectively.
[0012] The sixth objective of the present invention is to provide a
containing box structure, wherein the lid covered onto the top
opening of the containing box has a plurality of protrusions
disposed at predetermined positions inwardly facing the lateral
periphery, and the protrusions are inserted into the periphery
extended outwardly from the top opening of the containing box, so
as to maintain a position restriction between the lid and the
containing box.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0013] FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a containing box and related
components of the present invention;
[0014] FIG. 1A is a blowup view of Part A of FIG. 1;
[0015] FIG. 1B is a blowup view of Part B of FIG. 1;
[0016] FIG. 1C is a blowup view of Part C of FIG. 1;
[0017] FIG. 1D is a blowup view of Part D of FIG. 1;
[0018] FIG. 1E is a blowup view of Part E of FIG. 1;
[0019] FIG. 1F is a blowup view of Part F of FIG. 1;
[0020] FIG. 2 is a bottom view of a containing box and one of its
components of the present invention;
[0021] FIG. 2A is a blowup view of Part A of FIG. 2;
[0022] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a containing box and its
assembled components in accordance with the present invention;
[0023] FIG. 4 is a top view of a containing box and its assembled
components in accordance with the present invention;
[0024] FIG. 5 is a sectional view of Section 50-50 of FIG. 4;
[0025] FIG. 5A is a blowup view of Part A of FIG. 5;
[0026] FIG. 5B is a blowup view of Part B of FIG. 5;
[0027] FIG. 5C is a blowup view of Part C of FIG. 5;
[0028] FIG. 6 is a sectional view of Section 60-60 of FIG. 4;
[0029] FIG. 7 is a schematic view of lifting up a front lid in the
status as depicted in FIG. 6;
[0030] FIG. 8 is a side sectional view of stacking a plurality of
containing boxes of the present invention;
[0031] FIG. 8A is a blowup view of Part A of FIG. 5; and
[0032] FIG. 9 is a schematic view of limiting the positions of
upper and lower containing boxes in the status as depicted in FIG.
8A.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0033] The present invention will become clearer in light of the
following detailed description of an illustrative embodiment of
this invention described in connection with the drawings. It is
intended that the embodiments and drawings disclosed herein are to
be considered illustrative rather than restrictive.
[0034] With reference to FIG. 1 for a containing box structure of
the present invention, the containing box structure comprises a lid
2 covered onto a top opening of the containing box 1 that contains
objects, a front cover 3 pivotally installed to the lateral
periphery of a front opening, a space 11 concavely formed on a
predetermined side (which is a rear side in this embodiment) of the
bottom of each containing box 1 for stably stacking the containing
boxes 1 in a quick operation (as shown in FIGS. 2, 2A and 1A) and
provided for inserting an auxiliary support member 4, wherein the
auxiliary support member 4 inserted into the space 11 of the bottom
of the containing box 1 includes a guide portion 12 and a limit
protrusion 13 formed at predetermined positions respectively, and
the guide portion 12 is provided for facilitating users to push the
auxiliary support member 4 while inserting it into the space 11 (as
shown in FIG. 5C), and limiting the auxiliary support member 4
after being pulled out to a distance, such that the end 41 is
limited to prevent the auxiliary support member from falling out.
In addition, the limit protrusion 13 is provided for abutting the
auxiliary support member 4 when the auxiliary support member 4 is
pulled or retracted, and a containing area 21 is defined in a
corresponding section of the lid 2 that covers the top opening of
the containing box 1 (as shown in FIG. 3).
[0035] One or more rod sections 14 are extended outwardly from a
lateral periphery of the front opening of the containing box 1 (as
shown in FIG. 1), and an interval 31 is concavely formed at a
corresponding position inwardly facing the lower periphery of the
front cover 3 and provided for appropriately engaging the front
cover 3 (as shown in FIGS. 1E and 6), so that the front cover 3 and
the containing box 1 are pivotally coupled to each other as a
whole. In addition, a truncated projecting portion 32 is extended
from the lateral periphery pivotally coupled to the front cover 3
and disposed at a position inwardly facing the upper periphery (as
shown in FIG. 1B), and the lid 2 is inserted into a corresponding
position of the recessed space (as shown in FIG. 1C) to define a
position restriction when the front cover 3 is lifted (as shown in
FIGS. 5 and 5A). Further, the containing box 1 has one or more
protrusions 33 (as shown in FIG. 1F) disposed at predetermined
positions of the upper periphery of the front cover 3 with a
pivotally coupled lateral periphery and insertable into a recession
23 of a corresponding section of the lid 2 (as shown in FIG. 5A).
The lid covered onto the top opening of the containing box 1 has a
plurality of protrusions 24 disposed at predetermined positions
inwardly facing the lateral periphery (as shown in FIGS. 1 and 1D),
and the protrusions 24 are inserted into the periphery 15 extended
outwardly from the top opening of the containing box 1, so as to
maintain a position restriction between the lid and the containing
box (as shown in FIGS. 5 and 5B).
[0036] In the containing box 1 having the lid 2 and the front cover
3 covered onto the top opening and the front opening respectively
(as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5), objects can be stored or taken out
conveniently. When a user needs to put an object into the
containing box 1 or take the object out from the containing box 1
through the front opening, the user may hold a slightly recessed
position 34 on an upper side of the front cover 3 by a hand, while
applying an external force to separate the projecting portion 32
proximate to the upper end of the front cover 3 from the space 22
at the corresponding position of the lid 2 (as shown in FIG. 7) in
order to open the front cover 3 and access the object.
[0037] When it is necessary to stack a plurality of containing
boxes 1 that contain objects (as shown in FIG. 8), the bottom of
each containing box 1 may be inserted into a recession space 25 at
a predetermined section of the lid 2 that covers the lower top
opening of the containing box 1, and the auxiliary support member 4
inserted into the bottom of the upper containing box 1 is pulled
out (as shown in FIGS. 8A and 9) to latch the containing area 21 at
the corresponding position of the lower containing box 1, so as to
achieve a desired stable position restriction.
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