US 6,050,410 AGranted

Foldable pallet-mounted container

OwnerM. Yvan Quirioninventor

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Abstract

A foldable pallet-mounted container comprising a shallow base mounted on a pallet, a foldable box mounted inside the shallow base, and a flanged cover having overall dimensions to fit over the shallow base for covering the shallow base when the foldable box is folded inside the shallow base, and for covering the foldable box when the foldable box is deployed. The shallow base is made of corrugated board and comprises a horizontal planar member and single-pleated uprising side members connected along a pair of opposite edges of the planar member. Each uprising side member has a reinforcing flap member connected thereto and overlapping the horizontal planar member. The foldable box is also made of corrugated board, and comprises first and second opposite side panels and first and second opposite end panels and a liner member connected to the horizontal planar member of the shallow base and to the first end panel. The foldable box is movable from a stowed mode to a deployed mode about a crease formed at the intersection of the liner member and the first end panel.

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A foldable container comprising:

a shallow base having a longitudinal orientation, a transversal orientation, a horizontal bottom member having four straight edges at right angle with each other, four uprising side members respectively connected to one of said four straight edges, and two reinforcing flap members, each being connected to one of said uprising side members along said longitudinal orientation and overlapping said bottom member along a full length of said bottom member;
a foldable box mounted inside said shallow base;
said foldable box having:
first and second spaced-apart end panels extending across said longitudinal orientation and each having a lower portion adjacent said shallow base;
first and second spaced-apart side panels extending across said transversal orientation;
each of said first and second spaced-apart side panels having three folds therein, and two of said folds in each of said side panels being hingedly connected to said first and second end panels respectively, said first and second spaced-apart side panels being foldable about said folds toward each other;
and
first and second liner members laid over each other and over said bottom member of said shallow base;
said first liner member overlapping a major surface of said reinforcing flap members and a major surface of said bottom member, and said second liner member overlapping a major surface of said first liner member;
said first liner member being affixed to said bottom member and hingedly connected to said lower portion of said first end panel;
said second liner member being hingedly connected to said lower portion of said second end panel and being foldable between a deployed position laid against said first liner member and a folded position laid against said second end panel;
such that said first and second liner members cooperate with each other, with said reinforcing flaps and with said bottom member for simultaneously reinforcing said shallow base, for reinforcing a lower portion of said foldable box and for retaining said foldable box inside said shallow base for preventing a separation of said foldable box from said shallow base when said foldable box is adapted to contain material, while maintaining a folding ability of said foldable box when said foldable box is empty.

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A foldable container comprising:

a base having a base surface and a foldable box mounted on said base surface, said foldable box comprising:
first and second spaced-apart end panels each having a lower portion adjacent said base surface;
first and second spaced-apart side panels each having three folds therein, and two of said folds in each said side panels being hingedly connected to said first and second end panels respectively, said first and second spaced-apart side panels being foldable about said folds toward each other;
and
first and second liner members laid over each other and over said base surface, and forming a bottom of said foldable box;
said first liner member being affixed to said base surface and hingedly connected to said lower portion of said first end panel;
said second liner member being hingedly connected to said lower portion of said second end panel and being foldable between a deployed position laid against said first liner member and a folded position laid against said second end panel;
such that said first and second liner members cooperate with each other and with said base surface, for enhancing a strength of said base surface and for retaining said first and second end panels of said foldable box against said base surface when said foldable box is deployed and is adapted to contain material, while maintaining a folding ability of said foldable box when said foldable box is empty.

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