Patents Assigned to IFCO Systems GmbH
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Patent number: 11097870Abstract: What is disclosed is a container for transporting and storing goods, having a floor and side walls extending from the floor. In accordance with the invention, at least one of the side walls or a part thereof is formed by a grid-like structure which is extensible and compressible or able to be pulled apart and squeezed together at least in one direction and within the side wall plane so as to demarcate or to close the container toward the side in a first position and to release the container toward the side in a second position.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: IFCO SYSTEMS GMBHInventors: John Huizingh, Richard Kellerer
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Patent number: 11091291Abstract: A foldable box includes a floor, two longitudinal-side and transverse-side exterior walls, and two lock elements having integrated rim areas. The longitudinal-side exterior walls extend a rim area at their free ends, respectively. The lock elements are arranged, at a free end of the transverse-side exterior walls, such that the integrated rim areas of the two lock elements of the transverse-side exterior walls and the two rim areas of the longitudinal-side exterior walls together form the rim of the foldable box in the folded-open state. The two lock elements of the transverse-side exterior walls are mounted to be moveable in relation to the transverse-side exterior walls to form a locking mechanism, wherein the two lock elements may be transferred from a respective locking state to a releasing state by a movement in a direction away from the floor.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: IFCO Systems GmbHInventor: Richard Kellerer
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Patent number: 10442571Abstract: What is disclosed is a container for transporting and storing goods, having a floor and side walls extending from the floor. In accordance with the invention, at least one of the side walls or a part thereof is formed by a grid-like structure which is extensible and compressible or able to be pulled apart and squeezed together at least in one direction and within the side wall plane so as to demarcate or to close the container toward the side in a first position and to release the container toward the side in a second position.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: IFCO SYSTEMS GMBHInventors: John Huizingh, Richard Kellerer
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Patent number: 9796525Abstract: A box includes a floor and at least two pairs of opposing sidewalls extending upwards from the floor in the vertical direction. The sidewalls are arranged foldably with respect to the floor and may be locked with each other in their upfolded position. At least one of the sidewalls includes an unlocking mechanism which is movable between a rest position and an unlocking position in which the locking of the sidewalls is undone. The unlocking mechanism includes at least one pretensioning element which pretensions the unlocking mechanism into its rest position and includes a first end connected to the unlocking mechanism or the sidewall and a second, free end.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2013Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: IFCO Systems GmbHInventor: Wolfgang Orgeldinger
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Patent number: 9469429Abstract: A crate, includes a bottom, two end walls, and two side walls. Each of the side walls comprises a first lateral edge adjacent to the first end wall, a second lateral edge adjacent to the second end wall, a lower edge adjacent to the bottom, and an upper edge distant from the bottom. Each side wall comprises a continuous stiffening member extending parallel to the lateral edges and at least partly to the upper edge. The continuous stiffening member comprises a stiffening portion extending at least in one area between the lateral edges from the upper edge in the direction towards the lower edge and back to the upper edge.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2010Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: IFCO SYSTEMS GMBHInventor: Wolfgang Orgeldinger
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Patent number: 9302811Abstract: A transport container system includes a stackable crate having a bottom element and four side wall elements which are of a dimensionally and pressure stable structure. Each of the side wall elements has a foldable attachment element connected to it. When folded up, the attachment elements of the four side wall elements will form an attachment which will increase the volumetric capacity of the crates. The attachment elements will each bear on an upper side of the respective side wall element and be retained in the folded-up position by guides provided on the side wall elements. When folded down, the respective attachment elements can be integrated into the respective side wall element in such a manner that the attachment elements at least will not protrude substantially over the thickness of the side wall elements.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2011Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: IFCO SYSTEMS GMBHInventor: Wolfgang Orgeldinger
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Patent number: 9192253Abstract: A box includes a floor, two end walls and two side walls. In the floor, a plurality of openings are provided, which are dimensioned to each receive a supporting bar. The openings are arranged to evenly lift a carrier introduced into the box with supporting bars introduced into the openings and position the same at a position above the floor. A rack for receiving such a box includes a supporting frame and the plurality of supporting bars which are mountable to the supporting frame. Further, a system and a method for the presentation of products are described.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: IFCO Systems GmbHInventor: Werner Ringler
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Patent number: 9016492Abstract: A crate includes a bottom, two end walls, and two side walls. The end walls and the side walls are configured to be foldable with respect to the bottom. The end walls and the side walls comprise respective latch elements engaging with each other to form a latch when the end walls and the side walls are in the unfolded state. A latch release mechanism is provided at the respective end walls or at the respective side walls, wherein the latch release mechanism and/or the latch elements on the respective walls are configured to be movable so as to extend at least partly above an upper edge of the crate for releasing the latch.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2010Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: IFCO Systems GmbHInventor: Wolfgang Orgeldinger
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Patent number: 8978921Abstract: A crate comprises a bottom and two respective pairwise opposing side walls and end walls, wherein the bottom is arch-shaped curving towards the interior of the crate, such that a space between a lower surface of the bottom and a plane defined by a lower end of the crate is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2010Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: IFCO Systems GmbHInventor: Wolfgang Orgeldinger
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Patent number: 8875924Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2013Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: IFCO Systems GmbHInventor: Wolfgang Orgeldinger
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Patent number: 8807365Abstract: A foldable box includes a floor having a shaft arranged in a base area of an exterior wall area thereof. A guide opening in the fixed exterior wall area and includes a lateral opening section extending from an outside of the fixed exterior wall area inwards. A cam in the base area includes a cam contour which gets into contact with a contact surface of the exterior wall area. When exceeding a boundary angle the shaft is moved inwards. After exceeding the boundary angle a bottom side of the exterior wall is pressed against an internal edge area of the fixed exterior wall area by a force higher than a force by which the bottom side of the exterior wall in the erected vertical position is pressed against a top side of the fixed exterior wall area by the effect of the shaft or the cam.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: IFCO Systems GmbHInventor: Wolfgang Orgeldinger
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Patent number: 8662333Abstract: A foldable box having four foldable exterior walls has at least one stable exterior wall having at least a first and a second spherical wall area convex with respect to an exterior side of the box. A bridge arranged at the outside of the exterior wall is arranged between the first and the second spherical surface and extends across the height of the exterior wall. At least one rib additionally extends from the bridge to the first and to the second spherical surface area.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: IFCO Systems GmbHInventor: Wolfgang Orgeldinger
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Patent number: 8651310Abstract: A foldable box includes a floor having a fixed exterior wall extending from the floor in a vertical direction upwards and an exterior wall having a shaft arranged in the base area of the exterior wall. The foldable box further includes a guide opening in the fixed exterior wall area in which the shaft is arranged, the guide opening including an opening section extending basically in the vertical direction through which the shaft may be guided out from the top, and a lateral opening section extending in a lateral direction from an outside of the fixed exterior wall area inwards, in which the shaft may be shifted basically in a lateral direction. A cam arranged in the base area of the exterior wall has a cam contour which is implemented such that the cam contour, when erecting the exterior wall, gets into contact with a contact surface arranged at the fixed exterior wall area such that the shaft is moved inwards in the lateral opening section.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: IFCO Systems GmbHInventor: Wolfgang Orgeldinger
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Patent number: 8640912Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: IFCO Systems GmbHInventor: Wolfgang Orgeldinger
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Patent number: 8627973Abstract: The present invention relates to a container comprising foldable sidewalls which has a hinge connection which almost entirely prevents the base from slumping relative to the sidewall even under load, The container may be produced in a particularly simple and inexpensive manner, since due to the specific hinge connection, the base may be produced, in an injection-molding process, without any slide in the tool, and since a simple tool arrangement is thus enabled.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: IFCO Systems GmbHInventor: Hendrik Dekkers
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Publication number: 20130240522Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: IFCO Systems GmbHInventor: Wolfgang ORGELDINGER
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Patent number: D689694Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2009Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: IFCO Systems GmbHInventor: Christian Barth
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Patent number: D692238Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2010Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: IFCO Systems GmbHInventor: Wolfgang Orgeldinger
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Patent number: D701698Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: IFCO Systems GmbHInventor: Wolfgang Orgeldinger
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Patent number: D707547Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2010Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: IFCO Systems GmbHInventor: Wolfgang Orgeldinger