US 12,391,446 B2
Pipe frame
Wade Price, Brendale (AU); William Simmons, Brendale (AU); and Dermot Lindsay, Brendale (AU)
Assigned to EARTHECO GLOBAL PTY LTD, Brendale (AU)
Appl. No. 18/256,520
Filed by EARTHECO GLOBAL PTY LTD, Brendale (AU)
PCT Filed Dec. 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/AU2021/051456
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 8, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/120415, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 16, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020904548 (AU), filed on Dec. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0092548 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. B65D 71/00 (2006.01); B65D 61/00 (2006.01); B65D 85/20 (2006.01); F16L 3/23 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 71/0088 (2013.01) [B65D 61/00 (2013.01); B65D 85/20 (2013.01); F16L 3/23 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pipe frame for holding a plurality of pipes together, said pipe frame including:
an upper frame member and an opposed lower frame member each extending in a generally horizontal orientation;
and a pair of opposed side frame members extending between the upper frame member and the lower frame member to form the pipe frame, each frame member including a pair of opposed ends;
wherein
at least one transverse leg formation operatively associated with each end of the upper frame member and the lower frame member;
at least one receiving opening defined at each end of the opposed side frame members, each said at least one receiving opening configured to at least partially receive a respective said at least one transverse leg formation for attachment and orientation of the upper and lower frame members relative to the side frame members;
a locking catch operatively associated with the receiving opening; and
a locking element operatively associated with the transverse leg formation and releasably connectable to the locking catch when the transverse leg formation is received in the receiving opening for securing, or locking, the upper and lower frame members relative to the opposed side frame members.