Collapsible container with pockets
AssigneePro-Mart Industries, Inc.
InventorAzad Sabounjian
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Abstract
A collapsible container having four tension-loop panels covered by flexible material with each panel joined to two other panels to form an enclosure with opposing top and bottom panels and two opposing side panels, the container having two flexible ends each located on opposing ends of the frames and attached to a plurality of the frames, the container comprises an opening in the one of the panels and at least one interior pocket having two opposing sides with each side fastened to a flexible side panel or flexible end, the interior pocket having an open top.
Claims20
A collapsible container having four tension-loop panels covered by flexible material with each panel joined to two other panels to form an enclosure with opposing top and bottom panels and two opposing side panels, the container having two flexible ends each located on opposing ends of the frames and attached to a plurality of the frames, the container comprising:
- an opening in the one of the panels;
- at least one interior pocket having two opposing sides with each side fastened to a flexible side panel or flexible end, the interior pocket having an open top.
A method of folding a collapsible container having a quadrilateral shape with eight interior corners and formed by four panels covered by flexible material each having a tension loop frame with each panel joined to two adjacent side panels to form a ring and having two flexible ends joined to opposing ends of the tension loop frames, two of the panels forming opposing side panels each separated by and joined to opposing top and bottom panels, the method comprising:
- pulling on a first end pull fastened to one of the ends and extending outward from that end so as to move that end outward;
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- moving a corner of a first of the side panel that is adjacent that first end pull toward a corner of the bottom panel connected to that first end panel to help place the first side panel adjacent the bottom panel.
A collapsible container comprising:
- two opposing side panels each joined to a top and bottom panel to form a ring, each of the side, top and bottom panels having a flexible a tension loop frame covered by flexible material, the ring having two opposing ends each covered by a flexible end panel, the ring and end panels forming an enclosure with a plurality of interior corners adjacent the end panels, and
- at least one interior pocket fastened to one of the flexible side panels or flexible end panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.