MY109637A - Collapsable container - Google Patents

Abstract

A COLLAPSABLE CONTAINER IS DEFINED COMPRISING: A CONTAINER BASE, A PLURALITY OF POST MEMBERS EXTENDING GENERALLY UPWARDLY FROM THE CONTAINER BASE, AND A PLURALITY OF WALL MEMBERS, EACH MOUNTED BETWEEN A RESPECTIVE PAIR OF POST MEMBERS VIA HINGE MEANS AND MOVEABLE BETWEEN AN ERECTED POSITION WHEREIN THE WALL MEMBER EXTENDS GENERALLY AWAY FROM THE CONTAINER BASE AND A COLLAPSED POSITION WHEREIN THE WALL MEMBER GENERALLY OVERLAYS THE CONTAINER BASE. EACH WALL MEMBER HAS TOP, BOTTOM AND SIDE EDGES EXTENDING BETWEEN INNER AND OUTER FACES, WITH THE INNER FACE LYING CLOSER TO THE CONTAINER BASE THAN THE OUTER FACE IN THE COLLAPSED POSITION. THE HINGE MEANS COMPRISES A PAIR OF HINGE PINS EACH EXTENDING BETWEEN A SIDE EDGE OF A WALL MEMBER AND A RESPECTIVE POST MEMBER. EACH HINGE PIN IS ROTATABLY SUPPORTED AT ONE OR BOTH OF THE WALL MEMBER AND POST MEMBER AND LOCATED ON THE SIDE EDGE CLOSER TO THE INNER FACE THAT THE OUTER FACE AND CLOSER TO THE BOTTOM EDGE THAN THE TOP EDGE. EACH POST MEMBER IS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND/OR SUPPORT A HINGE PIN OF ONE OF THE MEMBERS AND ADDITIONALLY COMPRISES RECEIVING MEANS EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM THE POST MEMBER, THE RECEIVING MEANS BEING ADAPTED FOR RECEIVING AND/OR SUPPORTING A HINGE PIN OF AN ADJACENT WALL MEMBER, THE ARRANGEMENT IS SUCH THAT WHEN EACH WALL MEMBER IS IN THE ERECTED POSITION, THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE RECEIVING MEANS ENABLES SEALING ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID ONE OF THE WALL MEMBERS AND SAID ADJACENT WALL MEMBER TO SEALINGLY DEFINE THE CONTAINER OUTER WALL.