Patents by Inventor Bent Kofod

Bent Kofod has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20030051641
    Abstract: A base section for a collapsible container for transporting a liquid. The base section has a rectangular base with four sides, two opposite end sections and two opposite side sections pivotally connected to each side of the base, a top section pivotally connected to a side section or an end section, and a liner for storing a liquid. The base section includes a base frame with two opposite end bars, two opposite side bars, a number of cross bars connecting the side bars, with the base resting on the cross bars. Along two opposite sides on the base, vertical flanges are made which, in the free state of the base, have a larger mutual spacing at the top edges than the width of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventor: Bent Kofod
  • Patent number: 6422409
    Abstract: A collapsible container includes a base frame, four side sections pivotally connected to the side edges of the base frame, and a top wall The top wall is formed as an unbroken wall extending in the raised position of the container between the top edges of the side walls. The top wall closes the container. The top wall is connected to one of the side walls in such a way that it in a combined pivoting and displacing movement can be guided back and forth between the closed position and a position in which the top wall is hanging down along the exterior of the side wall in the upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Carrimor
    Inventor: Bent Kofod
  • Patent number: 6401953
    Abstract: A collapsible container for storing and transporting a liquid having a substantially rectangular base section, two end sections and two opposite side sections pivotally connected to each their respective side of the four sides of the base section, a top section pivotally connected to a side section or an end section, and a liner for storing the liquid. The sections are arranged to pivot in relation to each other between a first position in which they in rows are extending mainly parallel across each other and a second position in which they jointly are defining a chamber for containing the liner. The collapsible container has a locking mechanism to lock the end sections and the side sections together in the second position in such a way that they in this position only can be pivoted in over the base section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Carrimor
    Inventor: Bent Kofod
  • Publication number: 20010035411
    Abstract: A collapsible container includes a base frame, four side sections pivotally connected to the side edges of the base frame, and a top wall The top wall is formed as an unbroken wall extending in the raised position of the container between the top edges of the side walls. The top wall closes the container. The top wall is connected to one of the side walls in such a way that it in a combined pivoting and displacing movement can be guided back and forth between the closed position and a position in which the top wall is hanging down along the exterior of the side wall in the upright position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventor: Bent Kofod
  • Publication number: 20010035412
    Abstract: A collapsible container for storing and transporting a liquid having a substantially rectangular base section, two end sections and two opposite side sections pivotally connected to each their respective side of the four sides of the base section, a top section pivotally connected to a side section or an end section, and a liner for storing the liquid. The sections are arranged to pivot in relation to each other between a first position in which they in rows are extending mainly parallel across each other and a second position in which they jointly are defining a chamber for containing the liner. The collapsible container has a locking mechanism to lock the end sections and the side sections together in the second position in such a way that they in this position only can be pivoted in over the base section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventor: Bent Kofod