US3258188A
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Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-09-03
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Granted: 1966-06-28
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Expires: 1984-09-03
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Lewis C Houston
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 18:54
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D5/00; B65D5/42; B65D5/44; B65D5/48; B65D5/48024; B65D5/48048; B65D5/20; B65D5/22; B65D5/46; B65D5/46072; B65D5/4608; B65D5/48026; B65D5/48028; B65D5/64; B65D5/68; B65D5/685
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim
284 words
A COMPARTMENTED CONTAINER COMPRISING A BODY PORTION AND A DIVIDER PORTION, SAID BODY PORTION HAVING A RECTANGULAR BOTTOM, UPSTANDING END WALLS AND UPSTANDING OUTER SIDE WALLS, A FIRST PAIR OF UPSTANDING INNER SIDE WALL PANELS HAVING INNER EDGES CONNECTED ALONG WALL ANGLE FOLD LINES RESPECTIVELY TO THE SIDE EDGES OF ONE SAID END WALL, A SECOND PAIR OF UPSTANDING INNER SIDE WALL PANELS HAVING INNER EDGES CONNECTED ALONG WALL ANGLE FOLD LINES RESPECTIVELY TO THE SIDE EDGES OF THE OTHER SAID END WALL, AN ELONGATED UPSTANDING FLANGE HAVING AN INNER SIDE EDGE CONNECTED BY A FLANGE ANGLE FOLD LINE ALONG THE OUTER SIDE EDGE OF EACH SAID SIDE WALL PANEL, EACH SAID FLANGE HAVING A FREE OUTER SIDE EDGE OPPOSITE ITS SAID INNER SIDE EDGE WHICH TERMINATES INWARDLY OF THE CONTAINER, SAID FLANGES CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST PAIR OF SIDE WALL PANELS BEING CLOSELY ADJACENT RESPECTIVE SAID FLANGES CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND PAIR OF SIDE WALL PANELS, MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID INNER SIDE WALL PANELS FOR MAINTAINING SAID OUTER SIDE WALLS IN THEIR UPSTANDING POSITIONS, SAID DIVIDER PORTION INCLUDING A PAIR OF UPSTANDING PARTITION WALLS SPACED IN FACE TO FACE RELATION GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID END WALLS AND DEFINING THEREBETWEEN A SPACE FOR THE RECEPTION THEREINTO OF SAID ADJACENT FLANGES, SAID DIVIDER PORTION HAVING SIDE WALL PORTIONS CONNECTED ALONG THEIR INNER EDGES BY FOLD LINES TO RESPECTIVE SIDE EDGES OF SAID PARTITION WALLS, EACH SAID SIDE WALL PORTION BEING POSITIONED CONTIGUOUS WITH A RESPECTIVE SAID INNER SIDE WALL PANEL WITH ITS OUTER EDGE NESTED WITHIN A RESPECTIVE WALL ANGLE AND ITS SAID INNER EDGE NESTED WITHIN A RESPECTIVE FLANGE ANGLE THEREBY TO LOCK SAID ADJACENT FLANGES BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALL PORTIONS OF SAID DIVIDER.
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