公开(公告)号：US20020096447A1

公开(公告)日：2002-07-25

申请号：US09766556

申请日：2001-01-19

Applicant: 3088081 CANADA INC.

Inventor： Andre Lafond ,  Yanick Bertin

IPC: B65D085/48

CPC classification number: B65D85/48 ,  B65D21/0228 ,  G02B21/34

Abstract: An assembly of stacked modular containers for handling, transporting and storing microscope specimen slides is described. The side walls of the rectangular-shaped containers have slide interconnections so that the containers may be longitudinally slid relative to one another. A releasable locking arrangement is provided on the extension of one of the other container walls to prevent unwarranted longitudinal sliding movement of the containers and to retain them in a secured stack formation. The extension of the container wall is made flexible to enable manual disengagement of locking members on the extension to thereby allow the sliding of containers for insertion or removal of slides into and from the containers.

Abstract translation: 描述了用于处理，运输和存储显微镜样品载玻片的堆叠的模块化容器的组件。 矩形容器的侧壁具有滑动互连，使得容器可以相对于彼此纵向滑动。 在其他容器壁之一的延伸部上设有可释放的锁定装置，以防止容器的无端纵向滑动运动并将其保持在固定的堆叠结构中。 容器壁的延伸部是柔性的，以使得锁定构件能够在延伸部上手动脱开，从而允许容器滑动以将滑块插入或移出容器。

公开(公告)号：US20030034317A1

公开(公告)日：2003-02-20

申请号：US09929112

申请日：2001-08-14

Applicant: 3088081 CANADA INC.

Inventor： Andre Lafond ,  Yanick Bertin

IPC: A47F005/00

CPC classification number: B01L9/06 ,  B01L2200/025 ,  B01L2300/02 ,  B01L2300/0809

Abstract: A modular test tube rack for assembly with similarly constructed racks comprise a flat rectangular body displaying, in a first position, a series of wells extending from its top wall to its bottom wall and adapt to receive tubes therein. A pair of handles vertically extend at opposite end walls of the body, each handle having a lower portion adapted to tightly engage an extension on each end wall and a hand gripping upper portion. The lower portion has a bottom edge configured to anchor with the top edge of the handle of an underposed similarly constructed rack to thereby enable a stacking of two more of these racks. In one embodiment, the body displays a second series of wells extending from the bottom wall to the top wall whereby the body, when in a second position reversed relative to the first position, may also receive test tubes, the handles being reversably mountable to the end wall extension to still enable a stacking of racks in the second position.