US 11,851,258 B2
Material storage and transport system
Adam I. Sandow, Boca Raton, FL (US); Paul Charles Bird, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Sarah Smith, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Material Technologies Corporation, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/592,853.
Application 17/592,853 is a continuation of application No. 16/596,151, filed on Oct. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,273,967.
Application 16/596,151 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/439,581, filed on Jun. 12, 2019, abandoned.
Application 16/439,581 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/144,698, filed on Sep. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,875,697, issued on Dec. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/563,979, filed on Sep. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0153497 A1, May 19, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 77/20 (2006.01); B65D 5/22 (2006.01); B65D 5/66 (2006.01); B65D 5/50 (2006.01); B65D 5/64 (2006.01); B65D 5/42 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 77/20 (2013.01) [B65D 5/22 (2013.01); B65D 5/4266 (2013.01); B65D 5/5088 (2013.01); B65D 5/643 (2013.01); B65D 5/66 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A material storage and transport system, comprising:
a material storage tray, forming an open-top storage volume defined by a bottom and walls extending up from the bottom along a perimeter of the bottom; and
a hinged lid that is integrally connected to one of the walls;
wherein the walls comprise a first side wall and a second side wall opposite the first side wall;
wherein the hinged lid comprises a first lid portion integrally connected the second side wall, a second lid portion integrally connected to the first lid portion at a first fold line, and a third lid portion integrally connected to the second lid portion at a second fold line; and
wherein the hinged lid is configured to convert between a folded-in position where an inside surface of the third lid portion is face-to-face with an inside surface of the bottom, and a closed position where the inside surface of the third lid portion is face-to-face with an outside surface of the first side wall.