Box with foldable sidewalls and locking mechanisms with overload protection

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8875924
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13874206

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A foldable box includes a floor and two longitudinal and transverse side exterior walls each lying opposite in pairs and foldable relative to the floor, each longitudinal side exterior walls—including a protrusion at a transverse side end extending toward the transverse side exterior walls when upfolded, limiting foldability of the transverse side exterior walls to the outside. Each transverse side exterior wall including a locking mechanism at the outside of the transverse side exterior wall, including when upfolded, a snap-in element movable in a vertical direction relative to the floor surface, latchable with the protrusion. The protrusion and/or the snap-in element includes contact surfaces, inclined relative to the vertical direction when upfolded wherein the locking mechanism opens against a spring pretensioning when exceeding a predetermined inward force acting upon the transverse side exterior wall.

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IFCO SYSTEMS GMBHZUGSPITZSTRASSE 7 PULLACH 82049

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Orgeldinger, Wolfgang Munich, DE 29 306

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