US 8,985,432 B2Granted

Reusable foldable shipping container

AssigneeRodair Holdings Ltd.

InventorsJeffrey J. Cullen, E. Leigh Goodwin

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Abstract

A foldable container comprises a body having an interior chamber with a top opening and a closed bottom. The body includes two opposing short sidewalls and two opposing longer sidewalls that form a perimeter around the interior chamber. The short sidewalls are foldable along respective vertically extending fold lines. The container also includes a bottom panel positionable within the interior chamber to be laid against the closed bottom, and a lid hingedly coupled to the body for selectively closing the top opening. The bottom panel is hingedly coupled to the body and is foldable along a first horizontal fold line. Furthermore, the lid is foldable along a second horizontal fold line. The foldable sidewalls, bottom panel, and lid allow the container to be folded between an expanded position and a collapsed position.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A foldable container comprising:

(a) a body having an interior chamber with a top opening and a closed bottom, the body including two opposing first sidewalls and two opposing second sidewalls, the first sidewalls and the second sidewalls forming a perimeter around the interior chamber, the first sidewalls being foldable along respective vertical fold lines;
(b) a bottom panel positionable within the interior chamber to be laid against the closed bottom, the bottom panel being hingedly coupled to the body and being foldable along a first horizontal fold line that subdivides the bottom panel into two adjoining bottom sections, wherein the first horizontal fold line is perpendicular to the first sidewalls;
and
(c) a lid hingedly coupled to the body for selectively closing the top opening, the lid being foldable along a second horizontal fold line that subdivides the lid into two adjoining lid sections;
(d) the container being foldable between:
(i) an expanded position in which the body, the bottom panel, and the lid are unfolded;
and
(ii) a collapsed position in which the body, the bottom panel, and the lid are folded flat.

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Facts

Application: 14/061,113Filed 23 Oct 2013 · us provisional application
Priority: 30 Oct 2012
Published: US 2014/0117072 A11 May 2014
Granted: 24 Mar 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

B65D 5/36
Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made…
B65D 5/4266
Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks: folding lines, score lines, crease lines
B65D 5/62
Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks: external coverings or coatings
B65D 11/1853
Whereby all side walls are hingedly connected to each other: and one or more side walls being foldable along a median line