US 11,952,171 B2
Divider and divider plate
Choon Sen David Lam, Singapore (SG); Zhi Loong Lam, Singapore (SG); Zhiqun Lam, Singapore (SG); and Zhixiu Lam, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to Yat Fang Liew, Singapore, Republic of Singapore (SG); Zhi Loong Lam, Singapore, Republic of Singapore (SG); Zhiqun Lam, Singapore, Republic of Singapore (SG); and Zhixiu Lam, Singapore, Republic of Singapore (SG)
Appl. No. 17/054,042
Filed by THE EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF LAM CHOON SEN DAVID, Singapore (SG); Choon Sen David Lam, Singapore (SG); Zhi Loong Lam, Singapore (SG); Zhiqun Lam, Singapore (SG); and Zhixiu Lam, Singapore (SG)
PCT Filed May 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/SG2019/050258
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 9, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/216827, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10201803890U (SG), filed on May 8, 2018; application No. 10201804737Q (SG), filed on Jun. 4, 2018; application No. 10201805803U (SG), filed on Jul. 4, 2018; and application No. 10201810961S (SG), filed on Dec. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0229866 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 19/44 (2006.01); B65D 21/08 (2006.01); B65D 25/06 (2006.01); B65D 25/10 (2006.01); B65D 81/05 (2006.01); B65D 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 25/06 (2013.01) [B65D 19/44 (2013.01); B65D 21/083 (2013.01); B65D 25/102 (2013.01); B65D 81/05 (2013.01); B65D 19/0002 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00815 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An object transport system comprising:
a plate having an array of apertures;
a plurality of dividers, each of the plurality of dividers comprising a head, a base, and a flexible elongate throat connecting the head to the base;
wherein the base is arranged to be inserted into one of the apertures and the flexible elongate throat is arranged to deflect when a force, from an object, is exerted on the flexible elongate throat;
wherein the flexible elongate throat has a tapered portion intermediate the head and the base, a taper extending along a length of the tapered portion, the divider being arranged to bend about the tapered portion.