IP Library Granted Patent US 10,266,190
Granted Patent B2
US 10,266,190 · App. 15/550,163 · Granted Apr 23, 2019

Container

Inventors: Dieter Stoeckle (Landensberg, DE); Paul Ruf (Eppishausen, DE)
Assignee: Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik GmbH
B62B1/006B62B1/125B62B5/067B62B2501/065
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Patent No.
US 10,266,190
App. No.
15/550,163
Granted
Apr 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a container having a base and a peripheral lateral wall which adjoins the base. The base and the lateral wall delimit an inner region of the container, and the container is designed in a rollable manner. The container additionally has a pull handle with a guide rail and a handle, and a guide tunnel is provided in a region of the lateral wall for guiding and at least partly receiving the guide rail of the pull handle. The guide rail has at least one latching element which is lifted out of an outer surface of the guide rail and prevents the guide rail from being completely pulled out of the guide tunnel in the assembled state of the pull handle.

Claims (26)

1. A container with a base and a peripheral lateral wall adjoining the base, whereby the base and the lateral wall delimit an inner region of the container, whereby the container includes wheels or rollers, whereby the container also has a pull handle with a guide rail and a handle and whereby in a region of the lateral wall a guide tunnel to guide and at least in part, receive the guide rail of the pull handle is provided and whereby the guide tunnel has a cross-section with a curved or convex shape and whereby the guide rail has at least one latching element, which protrudes from an outer surface of the guide rail and in an assembled state of the pull handle prevents complete extraction of the guide rail from the guide tunnel, at least one slot in a wall of the guide tunnel opposite the lateral wall, and the at least one slot shaped to receive a respective latching element.

2. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the guide rail is designed as a single piece.

3. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the pull handle is designed as a single piece.

4. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the pull handle and the guide rail are separate components.

5. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the container is made of polypropylene.

6. The container according to claim 5 , wherein the container is made of non-reinforced polypropylene.

7. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the handle or the pull handle is made from fiber-reinforced plastic.

8. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one latching element is designed as a single piece.

9. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one latching element is formed in a wedge shape.

10. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the guide rail has two broad sides with a width at least twice as large as a depth of the guide rail.

11. The container according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one latching element is arranged on a broad side.

12. The container according to claim 11 , wherein the guide tunnel has at least one slot in which the at least one latching element is latched.

13. The container according to claim 1 , wherein, on the guide rail the at least one latching element is provided and the at least one latching element extending through slots in the guide tunnel preventing the pull handle from moving further into the guide tunnel.

14. The container according to claim 13 , wherein the at least one latching element is arranged to be spring-loaded on a spring bar.

15. The container according to claim 14 , wherein at least one further latching element is provided that is arranged to not be spring-loaded on the guide rail.

16. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the guide tunnel has at least one molding, in which the at least one latching element is caught.

17. The container according to claim 1 , wherein furthermore an attachment is provided which is threaded onto the pull handle and holds an additional basket.

18. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the container is a shopping basket.

19. A container with a base and a peripheral lateral wall adjoining the base, whereby the base and the lateral wall delimit an inner region of the container, whereby the container includes wheels or rollers, whereby the container also has a pull handle with a guide rail and a handle and whereby in a region of the lateral wall a guide tunnel to guide and at least in part, receive the guide rail of the pull handle is provided and whereby the guide tunnel has a cross-section with a curved or convex shape and whereby the guide rail has at least one latching element, which protrudes from an outer surface of the guide rail and in an assembled state of the pull handle prevents complete extraction of the guide rail from the guide tunnel wherein furthermore an attachment rail that is clipped onto the guide rail holds an additional basket.

20. A container comprising:

a base and a peripheral lateral wall adjoining the base, whereby the base and the lateral wall delimit an inner region of the container,

wheels or rollers,

a guide rail and a handle,

at least one latch protruding from an outer surface of the guide rail,

a guide tunnel connected to the lateral wall and shaped to receive the guide rail, whereby the guide tunnel has a cross-section with a curved or convex shape,

at least one slot in a wall of the guide tunnel opposite the lateral wall, and the at least one slot shaped to receive a respective latch and walls of the at least one slot preventing movement of the latch within it.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 7, 2020
From: WANZL METALLWARENFABRIK GMBH
To: WANZL GMBH & CO. KGAA
Reel/Frame 052597/0731 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2017
From: STOECKLE, DIETER; RUF, PAUL
To: WANZL METALLWARENFABRIK GMBH
Reel/Frame 043260/0701 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 110 433 · Jun 29, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180043915A1 · Feb 15, 2018