US 7,066,647 B2Granted

Collapsible containers

AssigneeBajer Design & Marketing, Inc.

InventorLawrence Peska

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Abstract

A collapsible container including a plurality of adjacent side panels, each of the side panels having a flexible frame and a web having a perimeter secured to the frame. Each of the side panels has a bottom side, a top side and two lateral sides. Each of the lateral sides of each side panel is attached to the lateral side of an adjacent side panel. A flexible floor panel has a plurality of sides. Each of the floor panel sides is attached to at least one of the side panel bottom sides. At least one of the side panels has an opening through which items may be placed into and removed from the container. A mesh may be disposed so as to act as a cover, which together with a respective side panel, may serve as a pouch for holding various items therein. The container may have a partition panel pivotally secured therein. A mesh may be releasably secured to its respective side panel to allow the container to be used as a basket.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A collapsible container, comprising:

a plurality of adjacent side panels, each of said side panels having a flexible frame and a web, each web of said side panels having a perimeter, an edging attached to the perimeter of the web and forming a pocket, the frame being positioned within the pocket, each of said side panels having a bottom side, a top side and two lateral sides, each of said lateral sides of each side panel being attached to the lateral side of an adjacent side panel;
a web of one of said side panels being releasably secured to a plurality of sides of its respective frame at said edging, so that said web may be positioned to allow objects to be placed in and removed from said container through an opening formed when said web is released from said frame;
a flexible floor panel having a plurality of sides, each of said floor panel sides being attached to at least one of said side panel bottom sides;
and
a flexible top panel having sides, each of said top panel sides being attached to at least one of said side panel top sides, and an opening in said top panel through which articles can be placed in and removed from said container.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/422,393Filed 24 Apr 2003 · continuation in part
Priority: 11 Jan 2001
Published: US 2003/0194152 A116 Oct 2003
Granted: 27 Jun 2006
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

B65D 31/12
Bags or like containers made of paper and having structural provision for thickness of contents: with two or more compartments
B65D 33/02
Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags: local reinforcements or stiffening inserts, e.g. wires, strings, strips or frames
B65D
Containers for storage or transport of articles or materials

Family

Application60/261,079Us provisional application · filed 11 Jan 2001
Application10/043,931Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 11 Jan 2002
US 2003/0194152 A1Pre-grant publication · published 16 Oct 2003
US 6,585,414 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2002/0090150 A1Published application
US 7,066,647 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.