Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and apparatus for forming a collapsible structure made from expandable material
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Application No.: US16471848Application Date: 2017-12-22
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Publication No.: US11648715B2Publication Date: 2023-05-16
- Inventor: Leslie John Skinner , Hamish Hingston
- Applicant: ICEE HOLDINGS PTY LTD
- Applicant Address: AU Tullamarine
- Assignee: ICEE HOLDING PTY LTD
- Current Assignee: ICEE HOLDING PTY LTD
- Current Assignee Address: AU Tullamarine
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: AU 16905357 2016.12.23
- International Application: PCT/AU2017/000292 2017.12.22
- International Announcement: WO2018/112506A 2018.06.28
- Date entered country: 2019-06-20
- Main IPC: B29C44/58
- IPC: B29C44/58 ; B29C44/44 ; B29L31/22 ; B29L31/00 ; B29C45/78 ; B65D1/22

Abstract:
A mould for forming a collapsible container from an expandable material, the container comprising, at least a base and two pairs of a side walls extending at right angles from opposing sides of the base, the mould comprising: a first mould member and a second mould member movable with respect to each other between an open and a closed moulding position to define a mould cavity; and a plurality of anvils mounted on a rear surface of at least one of the first mould member and/or second mould member, each anvil being movable so as to be extended into the mould cavity so as to form one or more hinges in the expandable material at predetermined locations within the mould cavity; wherein the mould cavity defined by the first mould member and the second mould member is a three-dimensional representation of an inside-out configuration of the assembled container.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200086535A1 SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A COLLAPSIBLE STRUCTURE MADE FROM EXPANDABLE MATERIAL Public/Granted day:2020-03-19
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