Back to results
US 2003/0188485 A1Published application
Collapsible container
OwnerDonald E. Wederinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A collapsible container stored and shipped in a substantially planar configuration and expanded into the form of a flower pot or flower pot cover. The collapsible container includes a plurality of rigid segments and a connecting member for connecting the rigid segments such that the rigid segments define a sidewall and such that the rigid segments are movable between an expanded position wherein the rigid segments cooperate with one another to form an object receiving space and to provide the sidewall with a unitary appearance and a collapsed position wherein the sidewall is substantially flattened.
Claims13
A pot assembly, comprising:
- a base member having a bottom surface, a top surface, and a groove formed along an outer perimeter thereof;
- and
- a plurality rigid segments having one end removably disposed in the groove of the base member arranged and circumferentially about the base member to form a sidewall, the sidewall cooperating with the base member to define an object receiving space, each rigid segment having a lower edge, an upper edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge, the first side edge of each rigid segment being detachably linked to the second side edge of an adjacent rigid segment with the rigid segments disposed in the groove of the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.