Collapsible crate with retractable wall
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorsDaniel Vincent Sekowski, Travis James Englert, Jon P. Hassell, William P. Apps
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Abstract
The collapsible container includes a base and a pair of opposed first walls pivotably connected to opposed first edges of the base. A second wall or front wall is pivotably connected to a second edge of the base such that the second wall is perpendicular to the first walls. The front wall includes a frame including a pair of elongated vertical upstanding members each including a recess opening outward of the container. The front wall further includes a door pivotably connected to the upstanding members. The door includes an upper panel portion having a pair of wing portions projecting away from one another and receivable in the recesses in the upstanding members.
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A collapsible container comprising:
- a base;
- a pair of opposed first walls pivotably connected to opposed first edges of the base;
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- a second wall pivotably connected to a second edge of the base, wherein the second wall is perpendicular to the first walls, wherein the second wall includes a frame including a pair of elongated vertical upstanding members each including a recess opening outward of the container in opposite directions of one another, the second wall further including a door pivotably connected to the upstanding members, the door including an upper panel portion having a pair of wing portions projecting away from one another and receivable in the outer recesses in the upstanding members.
A collapsible container comprising:
- a base;
- a pair of opposed first walls pivotably connected to opposed first edges of the base;
- a second wall pivotably connected to a second edge of the base, wherein the second wall is perpendicular to the first walls, wherein the second wall includes a frame including a pair of elongated vertical upstanding members, the second wall further including a door pivotably connected to the upstanding members, the door including an upper panel portion;
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- a latch mounted in the upper panel portion of the door, the latch including at least one resilient leg biasing the latch toward one of the upstanding members to a latched position in which the door is latched to the one of the upstanding members, wherein the latch includes an inner handle portion and an outer handle portion, both of which are accessible by a user to slide the latch away from the one of the upstanding members and thereby unlatch the door.
A collapsible container comprising:
- a base;
- a pair of opposed first walls pivotably connected to opposed first edges of the base and movable between an upright position and a collapsed position, wherein each of the first walls is in a first plane perpendicular to the base when in the upright position, wherein each of the first planes contains one of the first edges of the base, wherein each of the first walls includes a latch having an interlocking portion, wherein each latch is movable in one of the first planes between a latched and unlatched position;
- a second wall pivotably connected to a second edge of the base and movable between an upright position and a collapsed position, wherein the second wall is perpendicular to the first walls when the second wall and the first walls are in the upright position, wherein the second wall includes a frame including a pair of elongated vertical upstanding members extending upward from a lower bar, wherein each of the upstanding members is in one of the first planes when the first walls and the second wall are in the upright position, wherien each of the upstanding members includes a recess facing one of the first walls and configured to receive the interlocking portion of the latch of the one of the first walls, the second wall further including a door pivotably connected to the upstanding members, the door including an upper panel portion and a pair of arms extending downward from the upper panel portion, the pair of arms pivotably secured to the upstanding members;
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- a pair of latches biased away from each other, wherein the pair of latches are mounted to the door and releasably secured to the upstanding members and releasable from the upstanding members upon movement of the latches toward one another.
A collapsible container comprising:
- a base;
- a pair of opposed first walls pivotably connected to opposed first edges of the base and pivotable between a collapsed position and an upright position, wherein each of the first walls is in a first plane perpendicular to the base when in the upright position, wherein each of the first planes contains one of the first edges of the base;
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- a second wall pivotably connected to a second edge of the base perpendicular to the first edges and pivotable between a collapsed position and an upright position wherein the second wall includes a frame including a pair of elongated vertical upstanding members each including a recess in one of the first planes, the second wall further including a door pivotably connected to the upstanding members, the door including an upper panel portion having a pair of wing portions projecting away from one another and receivable in the recesses in the upstanding members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.