MUMBAI, India, June 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517049449 A) filed by Guangdong Xinhui Cimc Special Transportation Equipment Co. Ltd., Guangdong, China, on May 22, for 'hinge device and foldable container having same.'
Inventor(s) include Wu, Guoquan; Ren, Zhenyuan; Wu, Qibin; and Wu, Ming.
The application for the patent was published on June 13, under issue no. 24/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A hinge device and a foldable container. The hinge device comprises a fixed hinge, a movable hinge, a turn-over pedal and a locking assembly. The locking assembly is pivoted to the fixed hinge between a locking position and a release position. The locking assembly comprises a support and a locking block. The locking block is movably clamped on the support. When the movable hinge pivots relative to the fixed hinge from a horizontal position to a vertical position, the locking block, which is in the locking position, is pushed, such that the movable hinge, which is in the vertical position, is at least partially located below the locking block, which is in the locking position; and when the movable hinge pivots from the vertical position to the horizontal position, the locking block blocks the movement of the movable hinge, and the locking assembly can be driven to rotate from the locking position to the release position by operating the turn-over pedal."
The patent application was internationally filed on Nov. 15, 2023, under International application No.PCT/CN2023/131819.
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