Foldable container
AssigneeOgraphy Pty Ltd
InventorPrudence Marks
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Abstract
A foldable container, a blank for forming the foldable container, and a method of forming the foldable container from the blank. The container comprising a base and four upstanding walls that extend therefrom and together define an internal space for storing contents therein, the upstanding walls including a pair of opposing end walls and a pair of opposing side walls, at least one the end walls configured to moveably interlock with the pair of side walls to hold the container in an assembled form, wherein the container is transitionable between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration.
Claims19
A container formed from a blank of foldable material, comprising:
- a base and four upstanding walls extending therefrom and together defining an open-ended container with an internal space for storing contents therein, the four upstanding walls including a pair of opposing end walls and a pair of opposing side walls, at least one of the end walls configured to move and interlock with the pair of side walls such that the container is transitionable between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration;
- at least one end wall including a pair of wing walls extending from lateral sides thereof, each of the wing walls providing a tab folded outwardly away from the internal space to form an abutment fold and define a pair of pockets between each wing wall and each tab;
- each of the side walls providing a cooperating tab folded inwardly toward the internal space to define a lateral edge;
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- a biasing means to frictionally limit movement of the at least one end wall between the contracted configuration and the expanded configuration,
- wherein the cooperating tabs of the side walls are slidably received in the respective pockets of each wing wall, such that the at least one end wall is free to move away from the side walls until the lateral edges of the cooperating tabs contact the respective abutment folds thereby limiting further movement of the end wall.
A blank of foldable material for forming an open-ended container when assembled, the container including a base and four upstanding walls extending therefrom that together define an internal space for storing contents therein, the blank comprising:
- a central panel that provides the base of the container when assembled;
- a pair of end panels separated from the central panel by respective first fold lines, the pair of end panels providing end walls of the container when assembled, each of the end panels comprising a pair of lateral flaps separated from a central part thereof by respective third fold lines, the lateral flaps corresponding to wing walls of the container when assembled,
- wherein each of the lateral flaps comprises a flap segment separated therefrom by respective fourth fold lines, the fourth fold lines extending from the central panel at an angle between the third fold line and an outermost edge of the respective flap segment;
- a pair of side panels separated from the central panel by respective second fold lines, the pair of side panels providing side walls of the container when assembled,
- wherein each of the side panels comprises a pair of lateral tabs separated from a central part thereof by respective fifth fold lines, the fifth fold lines extending perpendicularly to the second fold lines, the lateral tabs being held between the flap segments of the respective lateral flaps when the container is assembled;
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- a biasing means to frictionally limit movement of at least one of the end walls of the container, when assembled, between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration,
- wherein at least one of the end panels and the side panels are configured to movably interlock with one another when the container is assembled, to thereby enable the assembled container to transition between the contracted configuration and the expanded configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.