Cellular container
AssigneeITB Packaging LLC
InventorsColton Westrate, Calvin Kortman, Jim Piesko
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Abstract
A collapsible container assembly comprising a folding container having at least four walls, with the at least four walls being pivotable relative to each other to allow the folding container to collapse in a parallelogram motion, and an inside cellular structure connected to the at least four walls. The cellular structure comprises a plurality of interconnected panels forming a plurality of cells, with the panels being formed of soft, deformable material. The folding container can be folded with the inside cellular structure therein such that the collapsible container assembly will be substantially flat when the folding container is moved to a collapsed position.
Claims14
A collapsible container assembly comprising:
- a folding container having at least two walls pivotable relative to each other at a corresponding corner disposed between the at least two walls;
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- an inside cellular structure attached to at least a portion of the at least two walls with a mechanical fastener, adjacent the corner, the cellular structure comprising a plurality of interconnected panels forming a plurality of cells, each cell having four cell walls, with each cell wall having a thickness of a single panel, the cellular structure further comprising a plurality of cells in both an X and Y direction with respect to the cellular structure;
- wherein the folding container can be folded to a collapsed position in a parallelogram motion with the inside cellular structure therein such that the panels are superimposed and do not intersect one another and wherein the collapsible container assembly will be substantially flat when the folding container is moved to the collapsed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.