Container assembly

Abstract

A container assembly which is specifically, but not exclusively, adapted for the storage, shipping and display of relatively fragile products, such as produce, flowers, or the like, wherein the nature of the products renders them particularly vulnerable to damage during the placement within and removal from the interior of the container assembly. Accordingly, the body of the container assembly includes a movably mounted access segment selectively disposable between opened and closed positions, wherein an access opening in the body is established when the access segment is disposed in the opened position. The access opening, when exposed is disposed, dimensioned and configured to facilitate both visual and physical access to the interior of the body as well as a laterally directed positioning of the products as they are placed within and removed from the interior, thereby reducing the possibility of physical damage being done as with vertically directed placement and removal of the products through an open top of a conventional container.

Description

Claim of Priority[0001] The present application is a continuation-in-part application of previously filed, now pending application Ser. No. (to be determined).BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002] 1. Field of the Invention[0003] The present invention is directed to a container assembly structured for the containment of relatively fragile products during storage, transportation and display thereof. Moreover, the subject container assembly facilitates product placement into and out of the interior thereof in a manner which eliminates or reduces the possibility of physical damage being done to the products.[0004] 2. Description of the Related Art[0005] It is well known that the prior art is replete with containers of various sizes and configurations. Typically containers are used not only for the storage of an immense variety of different products and contents but also are used to protect the products during transport and in some instances, the display of the contained products. The physic...

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Benefits of technology

0012] The present invention is directed to a container assembly which is structured to contain, during storage, transportation and display, a variety of different products which are commonly related by the fact that such products are relatively fragile. However, it is emphasized that the container assembly of the present invention is readily adaptable, with little or no structural modification, for the containment of any number of relatively sturdy or fragile products. Therefore, the structural features incorporated in the subject c

Problems solved by technology

These commonly applied techniques of packing through the open top end may be most commonly practiced due to the unavailability of alternative and more creative container designs and structures.

While the loading and unloading through the open top end is acceptable for a large number of the more sturdy products, there exists a more fragile category of products which suffer from the commonly used, vertically directed positioning or passage into and out of the interior of the container.

More specifically, many of the more fragile

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