Receptacles – Sectional – Knockdown
Patent
1983-12-27
1985-10-15
Pollard, Steven M.
Receptacles
Sectional
Knockdown
220 15, 220 6, B65D 726
Patent
active
045468966
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a reusable shipping container which is higher than it is wide and can be collapsed from an erect position within itself for storage or transport. The walls of the container have lower portions fixed to the floor to form a hollow rigid base and removable upper portions. The upper portions have a channel running along their lower edges so that, in the erect position, they can be mounted on the lower portions and engaged to each other. The side walls are spaced apart a distance greater than the height of the upper portions so that, in the collapsed position, they can be stored horizontally in the hollow base. The roof has a similar downwardly open channel running around its edges which engages the upper edges of the upper portions of the walls in the erect position, and the upper edges of the lower portions of the walls in the collapsed position. Thus, in the collapsed position, the container is still a seal unit, but is considerably reduced in height so that several of them may be stacked in the same space required by an erect container which reduces storage and/or shipping costs.
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Pollard Steven M.
The Cypress Group Limited
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