IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0844224
(2013-03-15)
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등록번호 |
US-9016506
(2015-04-28)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP
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인용정보 |
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초록
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A locking lid assembly for use with an open top container. The lid assembly includes a lid having a upper and lower surfaces, and an outer perimeter, a retention frame swingably suspended from the bottom surface of the lid portion adjacent the outer perimeter of the lid, and a flexible tightener ass
A locking lid assembly for use with an open top container. The lid assembly includes a lid having a upper and lower surfaces, and an outer perimeter, a retention frame swingably suspended from the bottom surface of the lid portion adjacent the outer perimeter of the lid, and a flexible tightener associated with the retention frame and configured to selectively exert a force on the retention frame, such that the force cause the retention frame to shorten in effective length and swing inwardly away from the outer perimeter of the lid.
대표청구항
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1. A locking lid assembly for an open top container, said assembly comprising: (a) a lid having upper and lower surfaces, and an outer perimeter;(b) a retention frame swingably suspended from the lower surface of the lid portion adjacent the outer perimeter of the lid, said retention frame having a
1. A locking lid assembly for an open top container, said assembly comprising: (a) a lid having upper and lower surfaces, and an outer perimeter;(b) a retention frame swingably suspended from the lower surface of the lid portion adjacent the outer perimeter of the lid, said retention frame having a variable effective length wherein said retention frame comprises a plurality sequentially aligned retention members; and(c) a flexible tightener associated with the retention frame and configured to selectively exert a force on the retention frame, such that the force causes the retention frame to shorten in effective length and swing inwardly away from the outer perimeter of the lid. 2. The locking lid assembly of claim 1, wherein said retention members comprise elongate pipes. 3. The locking lid assembly of claim 1, wherein said retention members comprise hollow, elongate members, and said flexible tightener comprises a chain or cable extending through the interior of said elongate members. 4. The locking lid assembly of claim 3, further comprising a lockbox located along a side of said lid between two of said elongate members, said lockbox having apertures on opposing walls of the lockbox, said apertures adapted for receiving a portion of said chain or cable therethrough such that said chain or cable extends through each of said apertures into the lockbox. 5. The locking lid assembly of claim 4, further comprising a binder in said lockbox for linking the chain or cable portions which extend into the lockbox and lockably tightening the chain or cable. 6. The locking lid assembly of claim 5, wherein said elongate members comprise elongate pipes, wherein at least one of said pipes is configured to telescope into an adjacent pipe when the chain or cable exerts a pulling force on the pipes. 7. An open top container in combination with a locking lid assembly mounted thereon, comprising a container having a lip which extends outwardly away from the outer walls of the container at the open top thereof around at least a portion of the perimeter of the open top, and the locking lid assembly of claim 1. 8. The open top container and locking lid assembly of claim 7, wherein said lid assembly is located on said open top container such that the retention frame of the lid assembly is positioned external to the outer walls of the container below said lip. 9. The locking lid assembly of claim 1, wherein said flexible tightener has a variable effective length and said retention members comprise hollow, elongate members, with the flexible tightener extending through the interior of said elongate members, and further wherein at least one of said elongate members is configured to telescope into an adjacent elongate member when the effective length of the flexible tightener extending through the elongate members is shortened. 10. The locking lid assembly of claim 1, wherein said lid comprises a plurality of lid portions having upper and lower surfaces, with a portion of said retention frame suspended from the lower surface of each of said lid portions, said plurality of lid portions adapted for end-to-end alignment on an open top container. 11. The locking lid assembly of claim 10, wherein said retention members comprise hollow, elongate members and said flexible tightener comprises a plurality of chain sections, each of which extends through the elongate members suspended from the lower surface of one of said lid portions, each of said chain sections configured for coupling engagement with another chain section. 12. The locking lid assembly of claim 1, further comprising a pair of fork pockets on said lid assembly, said fork pockets arranged and adapted to enable the lid assembly to be lifted using a forklift. 13. The locking lid assembly of claim 1, further comprising a flange which extends downwardly from at least a portion of the outer periphery of said lid, said flange configured to at least partially conceal said retention frame. 14. The locking lid assembly of claim 13, further comprising a binder for lockably tightening said tightener. 15. A method of securing the locking lid assembly of claim 1 on an open top container having an overhanging lip adjacent to at least a portion of the upper open end of the container, comprising the steps of: (a) positioning the lid assembly on the open top of the container such that the retention frame of the lid assembly is positioned external to the outer walls of the container below said lip;(b) shortening the effective length of said tightener such that the retention frame swings inwardly towards the outer walls of the container and beneath said lip; and(c) securing the tightener at the shortened effective length such that the lid assembly is secured to the container by the retention frame interfacing with the overhanging lip of the container. 16. A lid assembly for an open top container having an overhanging lip adjacent to at least a portion of the upper open end of the container, said lid assembly comprising: (a) a lid having upper and lower surfaces, and an outer perimeter;(b) a retention frame for interfacing with the overhanging lip of a container, said retention frame comprising a series of hollow, elongate members swingably suspended from the lower surface of the lid adjacent the outer perimeter of the lid;(c) a tightener having a variable effective length and extending through the interior of said elongate members, said tightener adapted to effect inward swinging movement of said retention frame relative to the outer perimeter of the lid; and(d) a binder for shortening the effective length of said tightener so as to effect inward swinging movement of the retention frame for securing the lid assembly on the open top of a container. 17. The locking lid assembly of claim 16, further comprising a lockbox for securably retaining said binder therein, the lockbox located along one side of said lid, said lockbox having first and second ends, wherein said retention frame is swingably suspended from the lower surface of said lid between the first and second ends of the lockbox, and further wherein a portion of said tightener extends into said lockbox. 18. The locking lid assembly of claim 16, wherein said lid comprises a plurality of lid portions having upper and lower surfaces, with a portion of said retention frame suspended from the lower surface of each of said lid portions. 19. A lid assembly for an open top container, said lid assembly comprising: (a) a lid having upper and lower surfaces, and an outer perimeter; and(b) a retention frame comprising a plurality of sequentially aligned, elongate pipes swingably suspended from the bottom surface of the lid adjacent the outer perimeter of the lid, said pipes adapted to receive a tightening chain therethrough for effecting inward swinging movement of said elongate pipes relative to the outer perimeter of the lid, wherein at least one of said elongate pipes is configured to telescope into an adjacent elongate pipe.
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