Collapsible box

Abstract

A box made from sheet materials such as corrugated cardboard two sides, two ends connected to the sides at foldable corners and each with a central fold line and a bottom connected to the sides at foldable corners but not connected to the ends. A center partition running from one end of the box to the other is hingedly connected to the ends and is not connected to the bottom. The bottom has a central fold, enabling it to fold away from the partition when the ends are folded about the side corners in the same direction, the ends folding in the middle relative to the partition, to collapse the box. The partition is made from two panels which are attached back-to-back to one another and each panel has end flaps at each end which make up the ends of the box. The end flaps have their ends attached to flaps of the side walls of the box. In one embodiment, a center closing lid is provided. In another embodiment, no lid is provided and an upstanding tab on the center partition fits into a corresponding slot in the bottom of the box for stacking the boxes in registration with one another. In another embodiment, a handle hole is cut out of the center partition to provide a central handle for carrying the container

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