US 12,377,584 B2
Method and mold for molding a foamed plastic foldable container, and container manufactured thereby
Carlo Bazzica, Matigge di Trevi-Foligno (IT)
Assigned to BAZZICA ENGINEERING S.RL., Trevi (IT)
Appl. No. 17/612,500
Filed by BAZZICA ENGINERRING S.R.L., Trevi (IT)
PCT Filed May 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/054786
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/234799, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000007020 (IT), filed on May 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0227029 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 44/58 (2006.01); B29C 44/10 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B65D 1/22 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 44/585 (2013.01) [B29C 44/10 (2013.01); B65D 1/225 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29L 2031/712 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foamed plastic foldable container comprising a first wall; a pair of mutually facing second walls hingedly coupled to the first wall; and a pair of mutually facing third walls hingedly coupled to the first wall; characterised by further comprising a closing wall comprising at least one panel hingedly coupled to one of the said second walls; said second walls, third walls, and the closing wall are movable between an upright configuration, in which the second walls are mutually parallel and perpendicular to the first wall, the third walls are mutually parallel and perpendicular to the first wall and to the second walls, and the closing wall is parallel to the first wall; and a folded configuration, in which said first wall, second walls, third walls, and closing wall are mutually parallel and overlapping; each of said second and third walls is connected to the first wall by a respective first connection hinge and the at least one panel is connected to a corresponding one of second walls by a respective second connection hinge; each first connection hinge is integral with the first wall and a respective one of the second and third walls; the second connection hinge is integral with the panel and the corresponding one of the second walls; and the first and second connection hinges are formed during a molding process of the foamed plastic container, wherein in the folded configuration, the mutually facing third walls are folded atop the first wall and are coplanar and the pair of second walls are folded atop the third walls and are coplanar.