Patents by Inventor John HUIZINGH

John HUIZINGH 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).

  • Patent number: 11897657
    Abstract: A container includes a base; side walls extending upwards from an upper face of the base; and at least one support plate which is spaced apart from a lower face of the base and is connected to the lower face of the base by ribs extending transversely to the base and transversely to the at least one support plate. At least two laterally protruding projections are formed at least on an edge portion of the support plate extending along one of the side walls. At least two support recesses for receiving at least two projections of a support plate of an identical container stacked thereon are formed in the upper edge portion of the at least one side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Schoeller Allibert GmbH
    Inventors: Erik Brinkers, John Andrew Dyer, John Huizingh
  • Patent number: 11878833
    Abstract: A foldable container includes a bottom, side walls that can be folded in, a lid, a closure element that can be moved relative to the lid, at least one first closure element mating piece, and at least one second closure element mating piece. The at least one second closure element mating piece is provided on a portion of the side walls that faces the bottom and/or on the bottom in such a way that, in a storage position of the lid, the at least one second closure element mating piece can interact in a form-fitting manner with the closure element in order to lock the lid in the storage position with the side walls folded in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Schoeller Allibert GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Kellerer, John Huizingh
  • Publication number: 20230312195
    Abstract: A container, preferably in the form of a bucket, includes a closure for closing the container. The closure includes a closed lid plate that is placeable on a container rim bounding a container opening in order to cover the container opening. A lock ring is placeable over the lid plate and screwable to the container. The lid plate is fixable to the container with the lock ring. A seal ring is arranged between the container rim and lid plate for sealing the container opening. The lid plate has a rim portion with a receiving portion, in particular U-shaped, that receives the container rim and encompasses the container rim radially from the inside and outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: John Huizingh
  • Patent number: 11492174
    Abstract: An adapter element and a transport platform, such as a dolly (1), including at least one such adapter element (5), said at least one adapter element (5) being connected or connectable to the dolly (1) and having a rim portion (6) protruding from a deck (2) of the dolly (1) for restraining loads placed on top of the deck (2) at least in a lateral direction, wherein the at least one adapter element (5) is provided with one or more legs (8, 12; 8, 12, 17,.18) each comprising an engagement portion (9, 13; 9;13, 19, 20), preferably tabs or protrusions, for being received and snap-fitted into a corresponding opening (10, 15) provided in the deck (2). An outer leg (12) of the one or more legs (8, 12; 8, 12, 17, 18) is formed as a tab or tongue having a through hole (13) which serves as an engagement portion of the outer leg (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: CHEP Technology Pty Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Lopez Uran, Malcolm Cant, John Huizingh
  • Publication number: 20220204208
    Abstract: A container includes a base; side walls extending upwards from an upper face of the base; and at least one support plate which is spaced apart from a lower face of the base and is connected to the lower face of the base by ribs extending transversely to the base and transversely to the at least one support plate. At least two laterally protruding projections are formed at least on an edge portion of the support plate extending along one of the side walls. At least two support recesses for receiving at least two projections of a support plate of an identical container stacked thereon are formed in the upper edge portion of the at least one side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Erik Brinkers, John Andrew Dyer, John Huizingh
  • Publication number: 20220177189
    Abstract: A foldable container includes a bottom, side walls that can be folded in, a lid, a closure element that can be moved relative to the lid, at least one first closure element mating piece, and at least one second closure element mating piece. The at least one second closure element mating piece is provided on a portion of the side walls that faces the bottom and/or on the bottom in such a way that, in a storage position of the lid, the at least one second closure element mating piece can interact in a form-fitting manner with the closure element in order to lock the lid in the storage position with the side walls folded in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Richard Kellerer, John Huizingh
  • Publication number: 20220119151
    Abstract: A pallet container includes a bottom, side walls that extend from the bottom upwards, widening conically and/or in stages, towards a peripheral container edge, and skids that allow a fork of a forklift truck or other industrial truck to be inserted. The bottom and the side walls are shaped such that the pallet container can be nested in an identical pallet container oriented the same way and can be stacked on an identical pallet container that has been rotated relative to the pallet container by 180° only in relation to a vertical axis. The outer contour of the skids aligns with the outer contour of the side walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: John Huizingh, Theodoor Henk Vincent Vos
  • Publication number: 20220081167
    Abstract: A transport container for receiving and transporting goods within a transport or distribution system by conveyor belts and/or roller conveyors. The transport container includes a base from which four sidewalls extend. At least two opposing sidewalls each have a predefined code section to apply a machine-readable code, in particular a barcode or a QR code, and at least one opening, in particular a plurality of slots extending from the base to the upper edge of the sidewall. The openings in the two opposing sidewalls, in particular those openings which are located directly adjacent to and/or at the same height as the predefined code sections, are arranged offset from one another. A system can include the transport container, a conveyor system, and a scanning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventor: John Huizingh
  • Publication number: 20210261292
    Abstract: An adapter element and a transport platform, such as a dolly (1), including at least one such adapter element (5), said at least one adapter element (5) being connected or connectable to the dolly (1) and having a rim portion (6) protruding from a deck (2) of the dolly (1) for restraining loads placed on top of the deck (2) at least in a lateral direction, wherein the at least one adapter element (5) is provided with one or more legs (8, 12; 8, 12, 17, 18) each comprising an engagement portion (9, 13; 9;13, 19, 20), preferably tabs or protrusions, for being received and snap-fitted into a corresponding opening (10, 15) provided in the deck (2). An outer leg (12) of the one or more legs (8, 2; 8, 12, 17, 18) is formed as a tab or tongue having a through hole (13) which serves as an engagement portion of the outer leg (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Lopez Uran, Malcolm Cant, John Huizingh
  • Patent number: 11097870
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: IFCO SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: John Huizingh, Richard Kellerer
  • Publication number: 20200140145
    Abstract: An insert for a container includes a bottom and a plurality of sidewalls projecting, especially vertically, upwardly therefrom which form a peripheral sidewall and enclose a container interior. The insert can be inserted into the container such that it fills an edge between the bottom and a corresponding sidewall and is shaped such that it forms an inclined or rounded transition from the sidewall to the bottom. A container system can include a container and an insert of this type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventor: John Huizingh
  • Publication number: 20200002058
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: John HUIZINGH, Richard KELLERER
  • Patent number: 10442571
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: IFCO SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: John Huizingh, Richard Kellerer
  • Publication number: 20170305598
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: John HUIZINGH, Richard KELLERER