Patent Application
20180079546
The present utility model relates to a container, and more particularly to a container which can be assembled easily.
A conventional container, such as TW Patent No. 424785, comprises a body, a lid, and two handles. The lid is connected with a side of the body along a first direction and corresponds to the body in size. The handles are connected respectively with opposite sides of the body along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. In use, the lid is folded toward and covers the body, and the handles are folded upward to form a grip.
However, the conventional container has the following drawbacks.
1. Because the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, the lid is not held inside a space formed between the body and the handles. A large scrap area is formed around the lid during the course of forming the conventional container. Thus, a sheet of a large area is necessary for forming the conventional container.
2. The handles are folded upward and connected with each other to form a grip. After the grip is formed, the lid cannot be opened relative to the body. To open the lid relative to the body, the handles have to be detached from each other, such that the use of the conventional container is inconvenient.
To overcome the shortcomings, the present utility model tends to provide a container to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned problems.
The main objective of the present utility model is to provide a container to overcome the afore-mentioned problems.
The container has a body, two handles, a handle combination structure, and two lids. The body has a body space formed in the body. The handles are connected with the body, and each handle has two connecting portions and two bent grooves. The connecting portions are formed between the handle and the body and are bendable. The bent grooves are defined in the handle and are adjacent respectively to the connecting portions of the handle. The handle combination structure is formed on the handles to selectively combine the two handles with each other. The lids are connected with the body and are respectively located in spaces which are respectively formed between the body and the handles. Each lid has a connecting portion formed between the body and the lid and being bendable.
Other objectives, advantages and novel features of the present utility model will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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The body 10 comprises a body space 11 formed in the body 10 and multiple positioning recesses 12 formed in a bottom of the body space 11. The handles 20 are U-shaped and are connected with the body 10. Each handle 20 has two connecting portions C formed between the handle 20 and the body 10 and the connecting portions C are bendable. The lids 30 are connected with the body 10 and are respectively located in spaces which are respectively formed between the body 10 and the handles 20. Each lid 30 has a connecting portion formed between the body 10 and the lid 30 and being bendable. Thus, the connection direction between the lids 30 and the body 10 is same as that between the handles 20 and the body 10. Preferably, each handle 20 has an inner edge having a contour corresponding in shape to a contour of an outer edge of a corresponding one of the lids 30. Therefore, scrap area is only formed in the gaps between the body 10, the handles 20, and the lids 30 during the manufacture of the container, so the scrap area can be minimized.
A handle combination structure 21 is formed on the handles 20 to selectively combine the two handles 20 with each other. Preferably, the handle combination structure 21 comprises two pairs of protrusions and cavities. The protrusion and the cavity of each pair are formed respectively on the handles 20 and are selectively tightly fitted with each other. Accordingly, when the handles 20 are folded relative to the body 10, the protrusions and cavities are engaged with each other to connect the handles 20 with each other, such that a user can grip the handles 20.
In addition, each handle 20 has two bent grooves 222 defined in the handle 20 and being adjacent respectively to the connecting portions C of the handle 20. The distance between one of the bent grooves 222 to the corresponding connection portion C is same as that between the other bent groove 222 to the corresponding connection portion C. Accordingly, after the handles 20 are connected with each other by the handle combination structure 21, the handles 20 can be folded to a right side or a left side relative to the body 10 by the bent grooves 222. Furthermore, one of the handles 20 further has at least one pair of protrusion 211 and cavity 221 formed at position adjacent respectively to at least one of the two connecting portions C of the handle 20. Each pair of the at least one pair of the protrusion 211 and the cavity 221 are located respectively at two sides of a corresponding one of the bent grooves 222 in the handle 20. After the handles 20 are folded relative to the body 10, the handles 20 can be held in position by the engagement between the corresponding protrusion 211 and cavity 221. Preferably, the protrusion 211 and the cavity 221 of each pair of the at least one pair of protrusion 211 and cavity 221 have a same distance to the corresponding bent groove 222. Two pairs of protrusions 211 and the cavities 221 are implemented on each handle 20, such that the connected handles 20 can be selectively folded to a right side or a left side relative to the body 10 and can be held in position.
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In the present utility model, the amount of the handle combination structure 21 is not limited. The protrusions 211 and the cavities 221 can be omitted, such that the lids 30 can be still be opened relative to the body 10 after the connected handles 20 are folded.
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| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 105214525 | Sep 2016 | TW | national |
