Receptacles – Sectional – Folding
Patent
1994-03-11
1996-03-26
Scherbel, David
Receptacles
Sectional
Folding
220 15, 220681, 217 15, 217 47, B65D 1912, B65D 1916
Patent
active
055013538
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a collapsible container and in particular to a collapsible container that can be used as a portable building, and as a cargo container on ocean going vessels and on land transport vehicles, eg as a collapsible caravan, trailer, refuse bin or the like.
The invention has been developed primarily for these uses but will be described hereinafter with reference to use as a portable building and a cargo container. It should be appreciated, however, that the invention is not limited to these particular fields of use.
BACKGROUND ART
With portable buildings and cargo containers, arrangements are known which can be disassembled and transported as compact assemblies to be reassembled when required for use. Many of these arrangements have been characterised by a degree of difficulty in the disassembly and reassembly steps, that is, these steps have often required the use of heavy tools and have been cumbersome and time consuming.
Some of these containers are in the assembled form in the collapsed position (i.e. members joined to each other by various means). However, the joining arrangements of the various members to each other and the container base, have varied from being complex to cumbersome and from frail to excessively robust. Furthermore, erection of some of these containers has necessitated the performance of a number of intermediate steps, such as fastening of members to each other and the addition of extra members or materials, such as doors, lining, windows etc.
Conversely, some of these containers are in the form of a "kit of parts" in the disassembled form. Thus it has been necessary during assembly to reconnect, for example, the walls to the base, roof to the walls etc.; (disassembly being the reverse of this procedure).
It has sometimes also been necessary to attach wall inner and outer linings subsequent to wall erection, due to the container formation in the collapsed position not allowing prior attachment.
It would be preferable if these cumbersome and time consuming steps, often requiring the use of special tools, could be avoided. It would also be preferable if a container could be rapidly erected from the collapsed position for immediate use and that such a container be satisfactorily and/or aesthetically finished and weather proof (e.g. sealed) immediately upon erection. Furthermore, if a container could be provided that is compact, easily transportable and stackable with like containers, this would minimise transportation costs.
It is an aim of at least preferred form(s) of the present invention to provide a collapsible container which ameliorates the above deficiencies in a simple yet effective manner, or which will at the very least provide the public with a useful choice.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
The present invention in a first aspect provides a collapsible container comprising: upwards therefrom; 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 upwards from the container base and a collapsed position wherein the wall member generally overlays the container base, each wall member having side edges extending between inner and outer faces, the inner face lying closer to the container base than the outer face in the collapsed position; side edge of a wall member and a respective post member and being rotatably received and/or supported at one or both of the wall member and respective post member; adjacent thereto which is adapted for receiving and/or supporting the hinge pin of an end wall member such that when each wall member is in the erected position, the disposition of the receiving means enables each side edge of each end wall member to come into sealing engagement with the inner face of an adjacent side wall member to sealingly define the container outer wall.
The present invention in a second aspect provides base; and member via hinge means and moveable between an erected position wherein the wall member extends gene
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Alexander Reginald L.
Bush House Pty Ltd
Scherbel David
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