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US3232477A
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Compartment carrier with additional partition members
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-03-18
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Granted: 1966-02-01
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Expires: 1984-03-18
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 George V Woodling
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 06:43
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D71/00; B65D71/0003; B65D71/0077; B65D2571/00; B65D2571/00123; B65D2571/00333; B65D2571/0037; B65D2571/00376; B65D2571/00388; B65D2571/00401; B65D2571/00407; B65D2571/00419; B65D2571/00432; B65D2571/00456; B65D2571/00475; B65D2571/00487; B65D2571/00518; B65D2571/00524; B65D2571/00648; B65D2571/00654; B65D2571/0066; B65D2571/00709; B65D2571/00802
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
608 words
IN A STRAP TYPE COMPARTMENT CARRIER HAVING A PLURALIITY OF COMPARTMENTS DISPOSED IN TWO ROWS WITH THE NUMBER OF COMPARTMENTS IN EACH ROW BEING EQUAL TO (N) WHICH IS EQUAL TO ONE-HALF OF SAID PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS, SAID COMPARTMENT CARRIER BEING FOLDABLE FROM A COLLAPSED CONDITION TO AN ERECTED CONDITION AND COMPRISING CENTRALLY DISPOSED HANDLE MEANS, BASE HAVING OUTER EDGES, WALL MEANS DEFINING A COLLAPSIBLE BOX-COMPARTMENT HAVING FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSED SIDE WALLS AND FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSED END WALLS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSED SIDE WALLS HAVING LOWER EDGES RESPECTIVELY CONNECTED TO THE OUTER EDGES OF SAID BASE, SAID FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSED END WALLS HAVING RESPECTIVELY FIRST AND SECOND END WALL RIB MEANS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND END WALL RIB MEANS RESPECTIVELY HAVING A LOWER PORTION DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID BASE AND A RISER PORTION EXTENDING ABOVE SAID RESPECTIVE END WALLS, SAID HANDLE MEANS COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND TELESCOPIC PRIMARY HANDLE PANEL MEANS BOTH OF WHICH HAVE END MARGINAL EDGE CONNECTION PORTIONS CONNECTED RESPECTIVELY TO SAID RISER PORTIONS OF SAID END WALL RIB MEANS AND CONSITUTING LOAD-CARRYING CONNECTION MEANS BETWEEN SAID HANDLE MEANS AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSED END WALLS, SAID FIRST TELESCOPIC PRIMARY HANDLE PANEL MEANS COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND HANDHOLD PANELS DEFINING A TWO-PANEL THICKNESS, SAID SECOND TELESCOPIC PRIMARY HANDLE PANEL MEANS COMPRISING THIRD AND FOURTH HANDHOLD PANELS DEFINING A TWO-PANEL THICKNESS, SAID THIRD AND FOURTH HANDHOLD PANELS BEING TELESCOPICALLY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID FIRST AND SECOND HANDLHOLD PANELS WITH ALL SAID HANDHOLD PANELS DEFINING A FOUR-PANEL THICKNESS, A FIRST PLURALITY OF STRAP PARTITIONS HAVING INNER ENDS HINGEDLY CONNECTED AT (1/N) SPACED POINT TO SAID FIRST HANDHOLD PANEL AND HAVING OUTER ENDS HINGEDLY CONNECTED AT (1/N) SPACED POINTS TO SAID FIRST SIDE WALL, A SECOND PLURALITY OF STRAP PARTITIONS HAVING INNER ENDS HNGEDLY CONNECTED AT (1/N) SPACED POINTS TO SAID SECOND HANDHOLD PANEL AND HAVING OUTER ENDS HINGEDLY CONNECTED AT (1/N) SPACED POINTS TO SAID SECOND SIDE WALL, SAID STRAP PARTITIONS DIVIDING SAID BOX-COMPARTMENT INTO AN (N) NUMBER OF COMPARTMENTS ON EACH SIDE OF SAID CENTRALLY DISPOSED HANDLE MEANS, SECONDARY PARTITION STRUCTURE MEANS HAVING END MARGINAL EDGE CONNECTION PORTIONS CONNECTED RESPECTIVELY TO SAID LOWER PORTION OF SAID END WALL RIB MEANS AND DIVIDING SAID BOX-COMPARTMENT INTO TWO SIDE COMPARTMENTS, SAID SECONDARY PARTITION STRUCTURE MEANS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND BRIDGING PANEL MEANS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY BETWEEN SAID LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID END WALL RIB MEANS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSED END WALLS, SAID FIRST BRIDGING PANEL MEANS COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND BRIDGING PANELS, SAID SECOND BRIDGING PANEL MEANS COMPRISING THIRD AND FOURTH BRIDGING PANELS, SAID THIRD AND FOURTH BRIDGING PANELS BEING SECURED TOGETHER WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND BRIDGING PANELS CONSTITUTING FIRST AND SECOND EXPOSED SIDES, A FIRST PLURALITY OF SECONDARY PARTITION MEMBERS HAVING INNER ENDS HINGEDLY CONNECTED AT (1/N) SPACED POINTS TO SAID FIRST SIDE OF SAID SECONDARY PARTITION STRUCTURE MEANS AND HAVING OUTER ENDS FIXEDLY SECURED WITH REFERENCE TO SAID FIRST SIDE WALL AT (1/N) SPACED POINTS THEREALONG, A SECOND PLURALITY OF SECONDARY PARTITIONS HAVING INNER ENDS HINGEDLY CONNECTED AT (1/N) SPACED POINTS TO SAID SECOND SIDE OF SAID SECONDARY PARTITION STRUCTURE MEANS AND HAVING OUTER ENDS FIXEDLY SECURED WITH REFERENCE TO SAID SECOND SIDE WALL AT (1/N) SPACED POINTS THEREALONG, SAID FIRST AND SECOND SIDES OF SAID SECONDARY PARTITION STURCTURE MEANS HAVING OUTER RAISED SURFACE PORTIONS AND RECESSED SURFACE PORTIONS, SAID RECESSED SURFACE PORTIONS RECEIVING RESPECTIVELY SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITY OF SECONDARY PARTITION MEMBERS WHEREBY WHEN THE PARTITION MEMBERS ARE COLLAPSED AGAINST SAID RECESSED SURFACE PORTIONS, THE EXPOSED SURFACES OF SAID COLLAPSED PARTITION MEMBERS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY ON THE SAME LEVEL AS SAID OUTER RAISED SURFACE PORTIONS OF SAID SECONDARY PARTITION PANEL MEANS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
608 words
IN A STRAP TYPE COMPARTMENT CARRIER HAVING A PLURALIITY OF COMPARTMENTS DISPOSED IN TWO ROWS WITH THE NUMBER OF COMPARTMENTS IN EACH ROW BEING EQUAL TO (N) WHICH IS EQUAL TO ONE-HALF OF SAID PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS, SAID COMPARTMENT CARRIER BEING FOLDABLE FROM A COLLAPSED CONDITION TO AN ERECTED CONDITION AND COMPRISING CENTRALLY DISPOSED HANDLE MEANS, BASE HAVING OUTER EDGES, WALL MEANS DEFINING A COLLAPSIBLE BOX-COMPARTMENT HAVING FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSED SIDE WALLS AND FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSED END WALLS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSED SIDE WALLS HAVING LOWER EDGES RESPECTIVELY CONNECTED TO THE OUTER EDGES OF SAID BASE, SAID FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSED END WALLS HAVING RESPECTIVELY FIRST AND SECOND END WALL RIB MEANS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND END WALL RIB MEANS RESPECTIVELY HAVING A LOWER PORTION DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID BASE AND A RISER PORTION EXTENDING ABOVE SAID RESPECTIVE END WALLS, SAID HANDLE MEANS COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND TELESCOPIC PRIMARY HANDLE PANEL MEANS BOTH OF WHICH HAVE END MARGINAL EDGE CONNECTION PORTIONS CONNECTED RESPECTIVELY TO SAID RISER PORTIONS OF SAID END WALL RIB MEANS AND CONSITUTING LOAD-CARRYING CONNECTION MEANS BETWEEN SAID HANDLE MEANS AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSED END WALLS, SAID FIRST TELESCOPIC PRIMARY HANDLE PANEL MEANS COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND HANDHOLD PANELS DEFINING A TWO-PANEL THICKNESS, SAID SECOND TELESCOPIC PRIMARY HANDLE PANEL MEANS COMPRISING THIRD AND FOURTH HANDHOLD PANELS DEFINING A TWO-PANEL THICKNESS, SAID THIRD AND FOURTH HANDHOLD PANELS BEING TELESCOPICALLY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID FIRST AND SECOND HANDLHOLD PANELS WITH ALL SAID HANDHOLD PANELS DEFINING A FOUR-PANEL THICKNESS, A FIRST PLURALITY OF STRAP PARTITIONS HAVING INNER ENDS HINGEDLY CONNECTED AT (1/N) SPACED POINT TO SAID FIRST HANDHOLD PANEL AND HAVING OUTER ENDS HINGEDLY CONNECTED AT (1/N) SPACED POINTS TO SAID FIRST SIDE WALL, A SECOND PLURALITY OF STRAP PARTITIONS HAVING INNER ENDS HNGEDLY CONNECTED AT (1/N) SPACED POINTS TO SAID SECOND HANDHOLD PANEL AND HAVING OUTER ENDS HINGEDLY CONNECTED AT (1/N) SPACED POINTS TO SAID SECOND SIDE WALL, SAID STRAP PARTITIONS DIVIDING SAID BOX-COMPARTMENT INTO AN (N) NUMBER OF COMPARTMENTS ON EACH SIDE OF SAID CENTRALLY DISPOSED HANDLE MEANS, SECONDARY PARTITION STRUCTURE MEANS HAVING END MARGINAL EDGE CONNECTION PORTIONS CONNECTED RESPECTIVELY TO SAID LOWER PORTION OF SAID END WALL RIB MEANS AND DIVIDING SAID BOX-COMPARTMENT INTO TWO SIDE COMPARTMENTS, SAID SECONDARY PARTITION STRUCTURE MEANS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND BRIDGING PANEL MEANS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY BETWEEN SAID LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID END WALL RIB MEANS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSED END WALLS, SAID FIRST BRIDGING PANEL MEANS COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND BRIDGING PANELS, SAID SECOND BRIDGING PANEL MEANS COMPRISING THIRD AND FOURTH BRIDGING PANELS, SAID THIRD AND FOURTH BRIDGING PANELS BEING SECURED TOGETHER WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND BRIDGING PANELS CONSTITUTING FIRST AND SECOND EXPOSED SIDES, A FIRST PLURALITY OF SECONDARY PARTITION MEMBERS HAVING INNER ENDS HINGEDLY CONNECTED AT (1/N) SPACED POINTS TO SAID FIRST SIDE OF SAID SECONDARY PARTITION STRUCTURE MEANS AND HAVING OUTER ENDS FIXEDLY SECURED WITH REFERENCE TO SAID FIRST SIDE WALL AT (1/N) SPACED POINTS THEREALONG, A SECOND PLURALITY OF SECONDARY PARTITIONS HAVING INNER ENDS HINGEDLY CONNECTED AT (1/N) SPACED POINTS TO SAID SECOND SIDE OF SAID SECONDARY PARTITION STRUCTURE MEANS AND HAVING OUTER ENDS FIXEDLY SECURED WITH REFERENCE TO SAID SECOND SIDE WALL AT (1/N) SPACED POINTS THEREALONG, SAID FIRST AND SECOND SIDES OF SAID SECONDARY PARTITION STURCTURE MEANS HAVING OUTER RAISED SURFACE PORTIONS AND RECESSED SURFACE PORTIONS, SAID RECESSED SURFACE PORTIONS RECEIVING RESPECTIVELY SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITY OF SECONDARY PARTITION MEMBERS WHEREBY WHEN THE PARTITION MEMBERS ARE COLLAPSED AGAINST SAID RECESSED SURFACE PORTIONS, THE EXPOSED SURFACES OF SAID COLLAPSED PARTITION MEMBERS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY ON THE SAME LEVEL AS SAID OUTER RAISED SURFACE PORTIONS OF SAID SECONDARY PARTITION PANEL MEANS.
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