Collapsible shipping container

Abstract

A collapsible container (10) includes a plurality of sidewalls (12, 14 and 16) movable from a collapsed storage position to a shipping position extending upwardly from a bottom (19) to top extremities to define a closed compartment. The container assembly (10) is characterized by the buckles (28) disposed on the interior of the sidewalls (12, 14, and 16) and the roof (20) to prevent access thereto in the shipping position. Each buckle strap (24) has a fixed end (30) secured to the interior of one of the sidewalls (12, 14, and 16) by a rivet (32) and each of the tie straps (26) extends from an attached end (36) attached by rivets (38) to flaps (23) depending from the roof (20). The sidewalls (12, 14, and 16) include strap holes 40 extending therethorough and each of the tie straps (26) extend from the attached end (36) at one of the flaps (23) downwardly on the exterior of the adjacent sidewall (12, 14 or 16) and into one of the holes (40) to the interior of the compartment and into engagement with one of the buckles (28).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.