IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0547766
(2014-11-19)
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등록번호 |
US-9930869
(2018-04-03)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Linder, Charles
- Claerhout, Bryan S.
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
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초록
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A package and system for holding and transporting small living beings, particularly, insects such as honeybees and the like, configurable in a robust, sturdy three-dimensional shape for handling and transport by mail and commercial carriers, which prevents stinging from within the package, allows es
A package and system for holding and transporting small living beings, particularly, insects such as honeybees and the like, configurable in a robust, sturdy three-dimensional shape for handling and transport by mail and commercial carriers, which prevents stinging from within the package, allows escape of smaller accompanying insects such as hive beetles, is interlocking with others of the packages and strong enough to support other packages and items thereon; that provides for air flow through and about the package for heat dissipation for proper honeybee environment; that accommodates food and separately carrying a queen bee; and that can be easily and quickly broken down into a non-operational, generally flat configuration for initial sale, transport, and storage.
대표청구항
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1. A transport package for honeybees, comprising: a first polygonal shape structure including a plurality of angularly related, generally flat, substantially rigid panels, the plurality of angularly related, generally flat, substantially rigid panels including: a first unitary structure comprising a
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A transport package for honeybees, comprising: a first polygonal shape structure including a plurality of angularly related, generally flat, substantially rigid panels, the plurality of angularly related, generally flat, substantially rigid panels including: a first unitary structure comprising a first side panel, a first top panel, a first bottom panel, and a first end panel, connected together by integral living hinges, anda second unitary structure comprising a second side panel, a second top panel, a second bottom panel, and a second end panel, connected together by integral living hinges, the first unitary structure and the second unitary structure being connected by a plurality of edge joints lockingly connected together, defining and enclosing an interior cavity configured to hold a plurality of the honeybees,a rigid food container disposed in the cavity and cooperatively engaged and integrated with at least two opposing ones of the panels beside the food container to strengthen the polygonal structure against crushing while providing a food source for the honeybees,wherein the first bottom panel and the second bottom panel each include a plurality of fingers, the first bottom panel and the second bottom panel being connected together in generally coplanar relation by the fingers interlocking with each other and snapping together, closing all line of sight gaps therebetween, andwherein the first end panel and the second end panel each include locking elements that comprise U-shape receptacles extending about multiple edges of the end panels, respectively, that cooperatively receive edges of others of the panels, respectively, closing line of sight gaps therebetween and holding the polygonal shape structure in a polygonal shape. 2. The transport package of claim 1, further comprising rigid stand offs extending outwardly a predetermined distance from at least one of the panels of the polygonal shape structure. 3. The transport package of claim 2, comprising a second polygonal shape structure identical to the first polygonal shape structure, and wherein at least some of the stand offs of one of the polygonal shape structures comprise locking elements lockingly engaged in end to end relation with stand offs of the other of the polygonal shape structures such that the polygonal shape structures are joined together in spaced apart relation about equal to combined lengths of the lockingly engaged stand offs. 4. The transport package system of claim 3, wherein the small living beings comprise bees, and each of the packages comprises a food container within the interior cavity thereof accessible by the bees and connected to and incorporated in supportive relation to the panels for strengthening the package. 5. The transport package system of claim 3, wherein the packages are configured to be disconnected from each other and the folded substantially rigid panels thereof disconnected and unfolded to configure the packages in a generally flat configuration when not in use. 6. The transport package of claim 1, wherein at least one of the panels bounds a receptacle that holds a container configured to carry a queen bee separately from and in communication with the interior cavity. 7. The transport package of claim 1, wherein individual ones of the honeybees have a minimum dimension, at least some of the panels include a plurality of openings therethrough, and each of the openings has a minimum extent at least marginally smaller than the minimum dimension, so as to prevent passage of a honeybee therethrough. 8. The transport package of claim 7 wherein the minimum extent of at least one of the openings of the panels is at least marginally larger than a predetermined dimension of a hive beetle, to allow passage of hive beetles through the at least one of the openings. 9. The transport package of claim 7, wherein portions of the at least some of the panels having the openings extending therethrough, have a thickness of at least about 0.1 inch, to prevent a person handling the package from being stung by the honeybees through the openings. 10. The transport package of claim 1, wherein the first top panel and the second top panel each comprise detents or buttons, the first and second top panels being connected together by the detents or buttons of the first and second top panels snapping together in overlapping relation. 11. The transport package of claim 1, wherein at least some of the panels comprise integral braces extending diagonally thereacross. 12. The transport package of claim 1, further comprising a detachable or openable cover lockingly attached to at least one of the panels in covering relation to an opening through which a food container can be inserted into and removed from the package. 13. The transport package of claim 1, wherein the polygonal shape is rectangular. 14. The transport package of claim 1, wherein the first unitary structure comprises a unitary sheet bent or folded along the living hinges thereof into a portion of the polygonal shape structure. 15. The transport package of claim 1, wherein the first unitary structure and the second unitary structure comprise a plastics material. 16. The transport package of claim 1, further comprising a support bracket within the interior cavity and rigidly connected between at least two opposing ones of the panels and supporting a food container in the cavity. 17. The transport package of claim 16, further comprising a detachable cover lockingly attached to at least one of the panels in covering relation to an opening connecting with the interior cavity, retaining the food container in the cavity. 18. The transport package of claim 1, further comprising a second polygonal shape structure identical to the first polygonal shape structure, the polygonal shape structures including the plurality of angularly related, generally flat, substantially rigid panels having openings therethrough, the polygonal shape structures comprising locking elements extending outwardly therefrom on stand offs, respectively, and the locking elements extending from the stand offs being lockingly engaged in end to end relation such that the polygonal shape structures are joined together in spaced apart relation about equal to combined lengths of the stand offs. 19. The transport package of claim 1, wherein the edge joints overlap or comprise elements that substantially close all gaps between the second plurality of edge joints lockingly connected together. 20. The transport package of claim 1, further comprising stand offs extending outwardly a predetermined distance from at least one of the panels. 21. The transport package of claim 1, wherein at least one of the panels bounds a recessed receptacle configured to hold a container carrying a queen bee separately from and in communication with the interior cavity.
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