EP0655392A3 - Collapsible container. - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0655392A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: collapsible container; collapsible; container
Prior art date: 1993-11-29
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP94308709A

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German (de)

French (fr)

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EP0655392A2 (en

Inventor

Robert M Blinstrub

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Otto Industries Inc

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Otto Industries Inc

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1993-11-29

Filing date

1994-11-25

Publication date

1995-08-02

1993-11-29 Priority claimed from US08/159,085 external-priority patent/US5398835A/en

1993-11-29 Priority claimed from US08/158,755 external-priority patent/US5467885A/en

1994-11-25 Application filed by Otto Industries Inc filed Critical Otto Industries Inc

1994-11-25 Priority to EP95113086A priority Critical patent/EP0690004A1/en

1994-11-25 Priority to EP95113085A priority patent/EP0690003A1/en

1995-05-31 Publication of EP0655392A2 publication Critical patent/EP0655392A2/en

1995-08-02 Publication of EP0655392A3 publication Critical patent/EP0655392A3/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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EP94308709A 1993-11-29 1994-11-25 Collapsible container. Withdrawn EP0655392A3 (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
EP95113086A EP0690004A1 (en)	1993-11-29	1994-11-25	Collapsible container
EP95113085A EP0690003A1 (en)	1993-11-29	1994-11-25	Collapsible container

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US159085		1980-06-13
US08/159,085 US5398835A (en)	1993-11-29	1993-11-29	Collapsible material handling container having improved corner interlock
US08/158,755 US5467885A (en)	1993-11-29	1993-11-29	Collapsible material handling container
US158755		1993-11-29

Related Child Applications (2)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP95113086.3 Division-Into		1994-11-25
EP95113085.5 Division-Into		1994-11-25

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0655392A2 EP0655392A2 (en)	1995-05-31
EP0655392A3 true EP0655392A3 (en)	1995-08-02

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Family Applications (3)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP95113086A Withdrawn EP0690004A1 (en)	1993-11-29	1994-11-25	Collapsible container
EP95113085A Withdrawn EP0690003A1 (en)	1993-11-29	1994-11-25	Collapsible container
EP94308709A Withdrawn EP0655392A3 (en)	1993-11-29	1994-11-25	Collapsible container.

Family Applications Before (2)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP95113086A Withdrawn EP0690004A1 (en)	1993-11-29	1994-11-25	Collapsible container
EP95113085A Withdrawn EP0690003A1 (en)	1993-11-29	1994-11-25	Collapsible container

Country Status (6)

Country	Link
EP (3)	EP0690004A1 (en)
JP (1)	JPH07251838A (en)
KR (1)	KR950013920A (en)
CN (1)	CN1112510A (en)
AU (1)	AU7906894A (en)
BR (1)	BR9404779A (en)

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1994
- 1994-11-25 EP EP95113086A patent/EP0690004A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1994-11-25 EP EP95113085A patent/EP0690003A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1994-11-25 EP EP94308709A patent/EP0655392A3/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1994-11-28 AU AU79068/94A patent/AU7906894A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1994-11-28 KR KR1019940031461A patent/KR950013920A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1994-11-29 CN CN94113071A patent/CN1112510A/en active Pending
- 1994-11-29 BR BR9404779A patent/BR9404779A/en active Search and Examination
- 1994-11-29 JP JP6294778A patent/JPH07251838A/en active Pending

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