AU2015100684A6 - Containing Box Structure - Google Patents

Abstract

A containing box structure for containing objects includes a lid covered onto a top opening of the containing box, a front cover pivotally installed to the 5 periphery of a side of a front opening, and a space concavely formed on a side of the bottom of each containing box and provided for inserting an auxiliary support member to stably stack plural containing boxes in a quick operation, and a containing area defined in a corresponding section of the lid that covers the top opening of the containing box and provide for stacking the containing boxes on 10 one another, and the auxiliary support member of an upper containing box may be pulled out to latch into the corresponding containing area of the lid that covers a lower containing box to achieve a desired stable position restriction. 33.23 22 2 25

Description

Our Ref: 69071nno P/00/009 Regulation 3.2 AUSTRALIA Patents Act 1990 INNOVATION SPECIFICATION FOR AN INVENTION ENTITLED Invention title: Box Containing Structure Name of Applicant: L&F Plastics, Co., Ltd. Address for Service A.P.T. Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys PO Box 833 Blackwood, S.A. 5051 The invention is described in the following statement: 1 CONTAINING BOX STRUCTURE FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a containing box structure, in particular 5 to a containing box structure for containing objects, and if it is necessary to stack a plurality of containing boxes, the containing box structure has an auxiliary support member pre-installed in sections at the bottom of each containing box and the auxiliary support member can be pulled out and inserted into a corresponsive containing area of a lower containing box to 10 achieve a desired stable position restriction. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002]At present, there are various different types of object containing boxes, and some of the plastic boxes with the feature of an easy and convenient transportation are very popular. Basically, a conventional containing box is a 15 box integrally formed and made of plastic with an appropriate toughness, a predetermined volume, and a predetermined shape, and the periphery of a top opening of the containing box is folded outwardly to form an n-shaped periphery to provide an appropriate tightness for a lid that covers the top opening of the containing box with a corresponding shape after an object is put 20 into the containing box. [0003] The application of such containing box has the convenient function of containing objects, but if there are several containing boxes with lids, then the containing boxes will generally be stacked on top of one another in order to reduce the space occupied, and uses have to remove the containing box at a 25 desired layer and open the lid at the top of the containing box before the user can access the object. [0004] When the aforementioned containing boxes are stacked on one another, no measure for the position restriction between adjacent upper and lower containing boxes is provided, so that the containing boxes may be stacked 30 improperly, or even turned upside down or fallen accidentally while removing the containing box or togging the adjacent containing box. In view of these problems, the inventor of the present invention provides an improved containing box structure to overcome the aforementioned problem of having 2 difficulty to stacking the containing boxes stably. [0005] The present invention is a further application for stably stacking the containing boxes of the foregoing type, in hope of stacking each containing box on top of the other with a simple and easy operation, achieving the desired 5 stable stacking, allowing users to remove the containing boxes conveniently, and providing a position restriction that can be released freely. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0006] The present invention provides a convenient way of stacking a plurality of the conventional containing boxes that contain objects, and an auxiliary 10 support member installed at a predetermined section of the bottom of each containing box may be pulled out and inserted into a corresponding containing area of an adjacent lower containing box to achieve a desired stable position restriction. [0007] Therefore, it is a primary objective of the present invention to provide a 15 containing box structure for containing objects, and the containing box structure comprises a lid covered onto a top opening of the containing box, a front cover pivotally installed to the periphery of a side of a front opening, a space concavely formed on a predetermined side of the bottom of each containing box to stably and quickly stacking a plurality of containing boxes 20 and provided for inserting an auxiliary support member, and a containing area defined at a corresponding section of the lid that covers the top opening of the containing box; thereby, when the containing boxes are stacked on one another, the auxiliary support member installed at the bottom of an upper containing box is pulled out to latch into the corresponding containing area of a lid of a 25 lower containing box to achieve a desired stable position restriction. [0008] The second objective of the present invention is to provide a containing box structure having a guide portion and a limit protrusion disposed at predetermined positions of the space at the bottom of the containing box and provided for inserting the auxiliary support member, such that when the 30 auxiliary support member is pulled out to a distance, the end of the auxiliary support member is limited to prevent it from falling out. [0009] The third objective of the present invention is to provide a containing box structure having one or more rod sections extended outwardly from the 3 periphery of a side of the front opening, and the lower periphery of the front cover is appropriately engaged into an interval concavely and inwardly formed at a corresponding position, such that the front cover and the containing box are maintained to be pivotally coupled to one another as a whole. 5 [0010] The fourth objective of the present invention is to provide a containing box structure having a truncated projecting portion extended from the lateral periphery pivotally coupled to the front cover and disposed at a position inwardly facing the upper periphery, and the lid is inserted into a corresponding position of the recessed space to define a position restriction 10 when the front cover is lifted. [0011] The fifth objective of the present invention is to provide a containing box structure having one or more protrusions disposed at a front cover that is pivotally coupled to the periphery of a side of the containing box and inserted into corresponsive recessions of the lid respectively. 15 [0012] The sixth objective of the present invention is to provide a containing box structure, wherein the lid covered onto the top opening of the containing box has a plurality of protrusions disposed at predetermined positions inwardly facing the lateral periphery, and the protrusions are inserted into the periphery extended outwardly from the top opening of the containing box, so as to 20 maintain a position restriction between the lid and the containing box. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [00 13]FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a containing box and related components of the present invention; [0014] FIG. 1A is a blowup view of Part A of FIG. 1; 25 [0015] FIG. 1B is a blowup view of Part B of FIG. 1; [0016] FIG. IC is a blowup view of Part C of FIG. 1; [0017] FIG. ID is a blowup view of Part D of FIG. 1; [0018] FIG. 1E is a blowup view of Part E of FIG. 1; [0019] FIG. IF is a blowup view of Part F of FIG. 1; 30 [0020] FIG. 2 is a bottom view of a containing box and one of its components of the present invention; 4 [002 1]FIG. 2A is a blowup view of Part A of FIG. 2; [0022] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a containing box and its assembled components in accordance with the present invention; [0023]FIG.4 is a top view of a containing box and its assembled components 5 in accordance with the present invention; [0024] FIG. 5 is a sectional view of Section 50-50 of FIG. 4; [0025] FIG. 5A is a blowup view of Part A of FIG. 5; [0026] FIG. 5B is a blowup view of Part B of FIG. 5; [0027] FIG. 5C is a blowup view of Part C of FIG. 5; 10 [0028] FIG. 6 is a sectional view of Section 60-60 of FIG. 4; [0029] FIG. 7 is a schematic view of lifting up a front lid in the status as depicted in FIG. 6; [0030] FIG. 8 is a side sectional view of stacking a plurality of containing boxes of the present invention; 15 [003 1]FIG. 8A is a blowup view of Part A of FIG. 8; and [0032] FIG. 9 is a schematic view of limiting the positions of upper and lower containing boxes in the status as depicted in FIG. 8A. DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [0033] The present invention will become clearer in light of the following 20 detailed description of an illustrative embodiment of this invention described in connection with the drawings. It is intended that the embodiments and drawings disclosed herein are to be considered illustrative rather than restrictive. [0034] With reference to FIG. 1 for a containing box structure of the present 25 invention, the containing box structure comprises a lid 2 covered onto a top opening of the containing box 1 that contains objects, a front cover 3 pivotally installed to the lateral periphery of a front opening, a space 11 concavely formed on a predetermined side (which is a rear side in this embodiment) of the bottom of each containing box 1 for stably stacking the containing boxes 1 30 in a quick operation (as shown in FIGS. 2, 2A and 1A) and provided for 5 inserting an auxiliary support member 4, wherein the auxiliary support member 4 inserted into the space 11 of the bottom of the containing box 1 includes a guide portion 12 and a limit protrusion 13 formed at predetermined positions respectively, and the guide portion 12 is provided for facilitating users to push 5 the auxiliary support member 4 while inserting it into the space 11 (as shown in FIG. 5C), and limiting the auxiliary support member 4 after being pulled out to a distance, such that the end 41 is limited to prevent the auxiliary support member from falling out. In addition, the limit protrusion 13 is provided for abutting the auxiliary support member 4 when the auxiliary support member 4 10 is pulled or retracted, and a containing area 21 is defined in a corresponding section of the lid 2 that covers the top opening of the containing box 1 (as shown in FIG. 3). [0035] One or more rod sections 14 are extended outwardly from a lateral periphery of the front opening of the containing box 1 (as shown in FIG. 1), 15 and an interval 31 is concavely formed at a corresponding position inwardly facing the lower periphery of the front cover 3 and provided for appropriately engaging the front cover 3 (as shown in FIGS.1E and 6), so that the front cover 3 and the containing box 1 are pivotally coupled to each other as a whole. In addition, a truncated projecting portion 32 is extended from the lateral 20 periphery pivotally coupled to the front cover 3 and disposed at a position inwardly facing the upper periphery (as shown in FIG. 1B), and the lid 2 is inserted into a corresponding position of the recessed space (as shown in FIG. IC) to define a position restriction when the front cover 3 is lifted (as shown in FIGS. 5 and 5A). Further, the containing box 1 has one or more protrusions 33 25 (as shown in FIG. IF) disposed at predetermined positions of the upper periphery of the front cover 3 with a pivotally coupled lateral periphery and insertable into a recession 23 of a corresponding section of the lid 2 (as shown in FIG. 5A). The lid covered onto the top opening of the containing box 1 has a plurality of protrusions 24 disposed at predetermined positions inwardly 30 facing the lateral periphery (as shown in FIGS. 1 and ID), and the protrusions 24 are inserted into the periphery 15 extended outwardly from the top opening of the containing box 1, so as to maintain a position restriction between the lid and the containing box (as shown in FIGS. 5 and 5B). [0036] In the containing box 1 having the lid 2 and the front cover 3 covered 6 onto the top opening and the front opening respectively (as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5), objects can be stored or taken out conveniently. When a user needs to put an object into the containing box 1 or take the object out from the containing box 1 through the front opening, the user may hold a slightly 5 recessed position 34 on an upper side of the front cover 3 by a hand, while applying an external force to separate the projecting portion 32 proximate to the upper end of the front cover 3 from the space 22 at the corresponding position of the lid 2 (as shown in FIG. 7) in order to open the front cover 3 and access the object. 10 [0037]When it is necessary to stack a plurality of containing boxes 1 that contain objects (as shown in FIG. 8), the bottom of each containing box 1 may be inserted into a recession space 25 at a predetermined section of the lid 2 that covers the lower top opening of the containing box 1, and the auxiliary support member 4 inserted into the bottom of the upper containing box 1 is pulled out 15 (as shown in FIGS. 8A and 9) to latch the containing area 21 at the corresponding position of the lower containing box 1, so as to achieve a desired stable position restriction. 7

Claims (6)

1. A containing box structure, provided for containing objects, comprising: a lid covered onto a top opening of the containing box, a front cover pivotally installed to the periphery of a side of a front opening, a space concavely 5 formed on a predetermined side of the bottom of each containing box to stably and quickly stacking a plurality of containing boxes and provided for inserting an auxiliary support member, and a containing area defined at a corresponding section of the lid that covers the top opening of the containing box; thereby, when the containing boxes are stacked on one another, the 10 auxiliary support member installed at the bottom of an upper containing box is pulled out to latch into the corresponding containing area of a lid of a lower containing box to achieve a desired stable position restriction.

2. The containing box structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the space for inserting the auxiliary support member into the bottom of the containing box 15 includes a guide portion and a limit protrusion disposed at predetermined positions of the space respectively to limit an end of the auxiliary support member when the auxiliary support member is pulled out to a distance, so as to prevent the auxiliary support member from falling out.

3. The containing box structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the containing 20 box has one or more rod sections extended outwardly from the periphery of a side of the front opening, and the lower periphery of the front cover is appropriately engaged into an interval concavely and inwardly formed at a corresponding position, such that the front cover and the containing box are maintained to be pivotally coupled to one another as a whole. 25

4. The containing box structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the containing box has a truncated projecting portion extended from the lateral periphery pivotally coupled to the front cover and disposed at a position inwardly facing the upper periphery, and the lid is inserted into a corresponding position of the recessed space to define a position restriction when the front 30 cover is lifted.

5. The containing box structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the containing box has one or more protrusions disposed at predetermined positions of the 8 upper periphery of the front cover with a pivotally coupled lateral periphery and insertable into a recession of a corresponding section of the lid.

6. The containing box structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lid covered onto the top opening of the containing box has a plurality of protrusions 5 disposed at predetermined positions inwardly facing the lateral periphery, and the protrusions are inserted into the periphery extended outwardly from the top opening of the containing box, so as to maintain a position restriction between the lid and the containing box. 9