Collapsible cargo container assembly
AssigneeSafran Cabin Cargo B.V.
InventorsJohannes Laan, Cornelis Portegies
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Abstract
A collapsible container assembly includes a first lateral side wall having a door frame and a first shear wall, a second lateral side wall that opposes the first lateral side wall and includes a wall panel and a second shear wall, an outboard wall that includes upper and lower panels that are pivotably connected to one another, an inboard wall that opposes the outboard wall and includes upper and lower panels that are pivotably connected to one another, a base and a top. The first and second shear walls are pivotable between a use position and a stowed position. The door frame, wall panel, inboard wall and outboard wall are pivotably connected to the base, and the inboard wall and outboard wall are pivotably connected to the top.
Claims5
A collapsible container assembly, comprising:
- first and second opposing lateral side walls;
- inboard and outboard opposing lateral side walls;
- and
- a top and a bottom, wherein the first and second opposing lateral side walls, inboard and outboard opposing lateral side walls, top and bottom cooperate to define a container interior,
- wherein the first lateral side wall is pivotable with respect to the inboard wall, wherein the first lateral side wall includes a first frame member and the inboard wall includes a second frame member, wherein the first frame member includes a first vertically extending tab and an adjacent first vertically extending recess, wherein the second frame member includes a second vertically extending tab and an adjacent second vertically extending recess, wherein the first vertically extending tab is received in the second vertically extending recess and the second vertically extending tab is received in the first vertically extending recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.