Multipurpose container and display sign

A multipurpose panel structure formed of a relatively thin resilient type material for use both as a container device for holding and collecting waste material and as a display sign for communicating a message to people viewing the structure comprising:

• a one-piece bendable wall member having top, bottom and opposed side edge portions and opposed planar surfaces, said opposed side edge portions including cooperatively engageable interlocking means enabling said wall member to be formed into an open-ended closed wall structure capable of standing on one end to form said container device, said cooperatively engageable interlocking means including a plurality of openings associated with one side edge portion of said wall member and a plurality of sidewardly extending tab members associated with the other side edge portion of said wall member, said plurality of openings and tab members being integrally formed with said wall member, each of said openings including an elongated portion which corresponds in length to the overall length of each of said tab members, each respective tab member including a pair of opposed bendable tab end portions insertable though the elongated portion of each of said openings, each of said pair of bendable tab end portions being positionable in abutting relationship against one planar surface of said wall member on opposite sides of a respective opening through which they are inserted, each of said pair of bendable tab end portions being movable into engagement with an edge portion of the opening through which they are inserted when the opposed side edge portions of said wall member are pulled sidewardly in a first direction which would otherwise open up the closed wall structure formed by said wall member, engagement of said bendable tab end portions with said openings forming self-locking means wherein said closed wall structure is prevented from becoming disengaged during use as said container device, the resiliency of said wall member creating a biasing force which tends to hold the bendable tab end portions in engagement with each said edge portion of each of said openings, said bendable tab end portions being movable out of a self-locking engagement position with said openings when the opposed side edge portions of said wall member are pushed sidewardly in a direction opposite to said first direction, said bendable tab end portions being thereafter releasably detachable from said openings by again insertably positioning said tab end portions through the elongated portions of said openings so as to allow said wall member to return to a relatively flat configuration for storage and transportation from one location to another, a liner member positionable within said open-ended closed wall structure, and at least one liner tab spacedly located adjacent the top edge portion of said wall member for holding said liner member in proper position within said open-ended closed wall structure, said at least one liner tab having an edge portion extending downwardly towards the bottom edge portion of said wall member, said downwardly extending liner tab edge portion being engageable with the liner member when said liner member is overlapped over the top edge portion of said wall member so as to prevent the liner member from becoming disengaged therefrom when said waste material is collected therewithin, said wall member further including means positionable adjacent the top edge portion thereof for hanging said wall member in a flat configuration from a supporting structure.