Container having shock absorber

Abstract

A container has a bottom and side walls extending from the bottom towards a circumferential container edge. The container edge is provided with a damping portion on at least one container corner. The damping portion is designed and adapted to at least partially dissipate an impact acting on the container corner while undergoing elastic and/or plastic deformation.

1 . A container comprising a bottom and side walls that extend from the bottom towards a circumferential container rim,
 the container rim comprising at least one container corner, a damping portion configured and adapted to at least partially dissipate an impact acting on the at least one container corner while undergoing at least one of an elastic deformation and a plastic deformation.   
     
     
         2 . The container according to  claim 1 , wherein the damping portion is formed by at least one clearance hole formed in the container rim or in the container corner or in a material rib extending vertically or perpendicularly to the bottom in proximity to the container corner. 
     
     
         3 . A container comprising:
 a bottom and side walls that extend from the bottom towards a circumferential container rim;   a support structure arranged vertically below the container rim; and   a support rib extending vertically or perpendicularly to the bottom and below the container rim in proximity to at least one container corner, said support rib connecting the container rim to the support structure,   the support rib comprising a recess pointing inwards, said recess allowing at least one of the elastic deformation and the plastic deformation in response to the impact acting on the at least one container corner.   
     
     
         4 . A container comprising:
 a bottom and side walls that extend from the bottom towards a circumferential container rim; and   a shock absorber on an outer side of at least one of the side walls,   the shock absorber being arranged in a container height direction below the container rim and projecting from said outer side at least to such an extent that the shock absorber is tangent to or intersects a plane spanned between a first outer edge of the bottom and a second outer edge of the container rim of said at least one of the side walls, so that during a tilting movement of the container about the first outer edge, the shock absorber hits a flat bottom before the container rim,   the shock absorber being hollow,   a clearance being formed between the shock absorber and an outer surface of said at least one of the side walls shielded by the at least one of the side walls, and   the shock absorber tapering in a direction away from an interior of the container, so that the shock absorber is configured and adapted to at least partially dissipate the impact while undergoing at least one of the elastic deformation and/or the plastic deformation.   
     
     
         5 . The container according to  claim 4 , wherein the shock absorber does not project further in a direction parallel to the bottom than the second outer edge of the container rim. 
     
     
         6 . The container according to  claim 4 , wherein the shock absorber is arranged in an upper third of the container, viewed in the container height direction. 
     
     
         7 . The container according to  claim 4 , wherein the side walls comprise four side walls, and the container comprises four shock absorbers arranged in corner regions of the container, the shock absorber on the outer side of the at least one of the sidewalls being one of the four shock absorbers. 
     
     
         8 . The container according to  claim 4 , wherein the shock absorber comprises a predetermined impact absorbing section adapted to at least partially dissipate impact energy upon impact while undergoing said at least one of the elastic deformation and/or the plastic deformation. 
     
     
         9 . The container according to  claim 8 , wherein the impact absorbing section is a folded portion, an elastomer portion or a predetermined breaking point. 
     
     
         10 . The container according to  claim 4 , wherein the shock absorber is suspended from or connected to the container via an elastic spring portion. 
     
     
         11 . The container according to  claim 4 , wherein an underside of the shock absorber runs parallel to the container rim and said underside forms a stop for limiting a nest depth when nesting several identically constructed containers. 
     
     
         12 . The container according to  claim 4 , wherein the shock absorber has a projection on an outside of the container for a defined introduction of impact forces, said projection being oriented in a direction obliquely away from the interior of the container and downwards from the shock absorber. 
     
     
         13 . The container according to  claim 4 , wherein the circumferential container rim is designed to cantilever outwards in order to allow engagement of a fork of a lift truck or other industrial truck. 
     
     
         14 . The container according to  claim 13 , wherein the container rim comprises a ribbed structure or a plurality of ribbed wreaths. 
     
     
         15 . The container according to  claim 4 , wherein the container is a large load carrier with a pallet-shaped bottom part adapted for engagement of a fork of a lift truck or other industrial truck. 
     
     
         16 . The container according to  claim 4 , wherein the container is made of plastic.