Patents

US 11919707 B2: Sliding cover assembly for a dunnage container

Granted
2024-03-05
Filed
2020-06-26 application 17617331
Type
Utility · 19 claims
Elsewhere
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Abstract

A cover assembly for a dunnage container may include elongated first and second rails affixed to or integral with the container and extending along opposite edges of an opening thereto, first and second cover panels each configured to extend between the first and second rails over at least a portion of the opening and to slide along a parallel paths defined longitudinally along the first and second rails such that the cover panels can slidingly overlay one another, and a flexible panel affixed to and between opposing sides of the cover panels. The flexible panel is redirectable in response to sliding of either or both of the cover panels toward the other to trap the flexible panel therebetween as one overlays the other, and also in response to sliding of either or both of the cover panels away from the other to extend the flexible panel therebetween.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg240305.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
Bradford Company 77 patentsUS company or organizationHolland, MIPVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Calvin D. NyeboerHolland, MI12PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Ronald WilmotFelts, TN1PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Russell BowmanHendersonville, TN3PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
B65DContainers for storage or transport of articles or materials, e.g. bags, barrels, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, crates, drums, jars, tanks, hoppers, forwarding containers; accessories, closures, or fittings therefor; packaging elements; packagesB65D25/005PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2022-04-05Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
WILMOT, RONALD signed 2021-12-08
NYEBOER, CALVIN D signed 2021-12-09
BOWMAN, RUSSELL S. signed 2021-12-23
BRADFORD COMPANY HOLLAND, MI59502/522ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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