US 11,986,946 B2
Connection structure of module, storage box and storage box assembly
Hongquan Zhang, Shanghai (CN); Qiang Wang, Shanghai (CN); and Shujun Cai, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Meridian International Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN)
Filed by Meridian International Co., Ltd, Shanghai (CN)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/518,200.
Application 18/518,200 is a continuation of application No. 18/176,907, filed on Mar. 1, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202210212862.5 (CN), filed on Mar. 4, 2022; and application No. 202320135456.3 (CN), filed on Jan. 13, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0083014 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. B25H 3/02 (2006.01); B65D 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC B25H 3/026 (2013.01) [B65D 21/0228 (2013.01); B65D 2255/00 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage box comprising:
a first connection part disposed on one area of said storage box connectable to a second connection part of another storage box;
wherein, said first connection part comprises a mounting body, a locking buckle movable with respect to said mounting body, and a first resilient member located between said mounting body and said locking buckle, wherein said first resilient member keeping said locking buckle automatically in a locked state;
wherein, said second connection part of the other storage box comprises a mating part interlockable with the locking buckle,
wherein the locking buckle is configured to slide inward with respect to the mounting part so that the locking buckle is automatically lockable with the mating part of the other storage box by action of said first resilient member when the locking buckle is aligned with the mating part of the other storage box;
a locking part cooperating with the locking buckle, wherein manual movement of the locking part causes the locking buckle to move to an unlocked state; and
a stop part, wherein when the stop part projects outward with respect to a locking path of the locking part, said locking part is not automatically lockable and said first connection part is in a state of remaining unlocked from said second connection part, wherein the stop part is retractable, said stop part being extended when said first connection part is in a holding unlocked state with said second connection part of the other storage box, and said stop part being compressed when said first connection part is in a locked state with said second connection part.