Collapsible cheese container

A container for transporting cheese substantially formed from molded plastic, comprising:

• a base having at least one upwardly extending base rib;
• four solid wall panels mounted on the base and aligned by the at least one upwardly extending base rib, each wall panel comprising an inner surface, a ribbed outer surface and two end faces;
• a lid having a top face with corners and an outer lip and defining a cavity, wherein the outer lip of the lid fits on the outside of the four wall panels when the lid is in place;
• a plurality of leaf springs contacting an underside of the lid;
• a pressboard having a top surface contacting the plurality of leaf springs;
• wherein a first two of the wall panels comprise a set of hooks protruding from the end faces and a second two of the wall panels comprise hook receivers inset from the end faces of the second two of the wall panels so that a portion of the inner surfaces of the second two of the wall panels overlap the end faces of the first two of the wall panels when the container is assembled;
• wherein each hook receiver defines an opening through a corresponding wall panel inner surface and a receiver rib spanning the width of the opening, the receiver rib having an outer face to engage an inner face of the respective hook;
• wherein each hook receiver is adapted so that the respective hook passes through the corresponding wall panel to hook to the outside of that wall panel in a position that does not protrude from the outer surface of that wall panel;
• wherein at least one receiver rib comprises a detent on that receiver rib's outer face and the respective hook comprises a protrusion on the hook's inner face adapted wherein the protrusion and detent engage through a vertical sliding movement;
• and
• wherein each opening and receiver rib is sized to allow at least a portion of the respective hook to pass over the receiver rib.