Patents Assigned to World Container Corporation
  • Patent number: 5161709
    Abstract: A hinged collapsible container having a rigid construction including a base and upstanding hinged sides connected to a base having a generally flat supporting surface with a plurality of legs with mortises arranged to extend downward from the planar base support surface to receive and secure tenons attached to upstanding hinged sides. The plurality of legs are spaced about the periphery of the base and are adapted to be easily supported by a forklift. Upstanding hinged sides with tenons inserted into mortise elements of the unit are held in substantially erect position with the edges of the upstanding sides having a lap joint corner construction. Two of the sides are provided with latches at the edges to lock the upstanding sides together. The upstanding sides are hinged above the tenons to permit the hinged sides to be folded on the base. An access gate in at least one side is hinged and latched to the side and is locked in place by a boss and cavity lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: World Container Corporation
    Inventor: Gerald F. Oestreich, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5070577
    Abstract: A collapsible container includes a base and walls. Each of the walls are connected to an edge of the base at a first edge of the wall. Each of the walls are also connected to adjacent walls and have a hinge, integrally formed in the wall to allow the wall to folded. The integral hinge allows the wall to be folded and to be separated into two pieces. The hinge includes at least a first hinge pin and at least a second hinge pin, each with a cylindrical surface portion and a flat surface portion. The hinge also includes arms adapted for rotating on the pins. The hinge members can be separated by moving the arms over the flat surfaces of the pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: World Container Corporation
    Inventors: Gary R. P. Bonneville, David G. Corry
  • Patent number: 4809851
    Abstract: A collapsible container having a rigid construction including a base and upstanding sides which can be disassembled and stacked upon the base for storage. The base is provided with a generally flat supporting surface with a plurality of legs with mortises arranged to extend downward from the planar base support surface to receive and lock tenons attached to upstanding sides. The plurality of legs are spaced about the periphery of the base so that a container in either an assembled or collapsed position may be easily supported by a forklift or other such material-handling unit. Upstanding sides with tenons inserted into mortise elements of the unit are held in substantially erect position with the edges of the upstanding sides having tongue and groove connectors. Two of the sides are provided with grooves at the edges with the other two sides providing tongue elements at the edges and receivable into the grooves to provide a rigid and positive corner construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Assignee: World Container Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald F. Oestreich, Jr., William F. Price
  • Patent number: 3949947
    Abstract: A dispensing device for a paper web adapted to be carried in a pocket, purse or the like for holding a supply of paper and enabling a desired quantity of such paper to be readily dispensed. The paper may be that type used for rolling your own cigarette, cleaning eyeglass lenses, making notes and the like which are normally difficult to carry without becoming folded, crumpled or otherwise unusable. The dispenser includes a tubular housing receiving a roll of paper including a paper web and core rotatably mounted on a tubular spindle with one end of the paper web extending out through a discharge slot. A resilient band extends through the tubular spindle and biases the roll of paper against the wall of the tubular housing to resist free rotation thereof for controlling the discharge of paper through the discharge slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1976
    Assignee: New World Container Corporation
    Inventors: Robertson Youngquist, Donald Green, Edward Stone Cohen