Collapsible container
OwnerJohn C. Selzinventor
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Abstract
A collapsible container foldable between an open position for receiving and containing goods and a closed position for storage has a pair of end walls pivotable about an upper scoreline to a position permitting a pair of side walls to be collapsed accordion fashion. The end walls have vertical posts and the end walls and side walls are fastened together by connector means having a post segment slideably retained therein. The post and post segments act as support columns. Other containers may be stacked thereon both in the open and collapsed condition.
Claims16
A collapsible container foldable between an open position for containing goods and a collapsed position comprising:
- (a) support means;
- (b) a bottom wall engaging said support means;
- (c) a pair of spaced apart side walls supported by and extending upwardly from said support means to an upper edge;
- (d) a pair of end walls, each having a pair of side edges and an upper edge extending between said side walls, said end walls cooperating with said side walls to define a rectangular cross-sectional configuration;
- (e) connector means for joining the upper edge and an adjacent portion of each of said side walls with the upper edge and an adjacent portion of each of said end walls;
- (f) each of said end walls and said side walls having a first scoreline parallel to and spaced from its upper edge;
- (g) each of said side walls having a second scoreline parallel to said first scoreline substantially midway between said first scoreline and said support means;
- (h) a pair of support posts fastened to each of said end walls, one adjacent each of said side edges, said support posts engaging said support means when said container is in the open position;
- (i) said end walls being foldable about said first scoreline from the position of clause (h) to a position substantially parallel to said first scoreline of said side walls;
- (j) said side walls being foldable about their said first and second scorelines when said end walls are in the position of clause (i) to collapse said container.
A collapsible container foldable between an open position for containing goods and a collapsed position comprising:
- (a) support means;
- (b) a bottom wall engaging said support means;
- (c) a pair of spaced apart side walls supported by and extending upwardly from said support means to an upper edge;
- (d) a pair of end walls, each having a pair of side edges and an upper edge extending between said side walls, said end walls cooperating with said side walls to define a rectangular cross-sectional configuration;
- (e) connector means for joining the upper edge and an adjacent portion of each of said side walls with the upper edge and an adjacent portion of each of said end walls;
- (f) each of said side walls having a central scoreline parallel to said bottom wall;
- (g) a pair of support posts fastened to each of said end walls, one adjacent each of said side edges, said support posts being supported on said support means when said container is in the open position;
- (h) said end walls being rotatable from a position where the support posts are supported on said support means to a position substantially parallel to the upper edges of said side walls;
- (i) said side walls being foldable about their respective scorelines when said end walls are parallel to the upper edges of said side walls to collapse said container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.