Collapsible shipping container

US7823739B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• C Cubed I LLC · US

Inventors

• Howard Sidney Sadkin · Williamsville, US
• Lawrence Alan Sadkin · Getzville, US
• Martin Jay Sadkin · Amherst, US
• Joseph M. Lowry · Richmond, US
• Thomas Richard Jones · Queensbury, US
• Travis Robert Johnson · Van Etten, US
• Thomas Ross Marmon · Angier, US
• Thomas J. Miller · Fort Myers, US
• Eric Christopher Schenck · Rochester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 8, 2006
• Grant date: Nov 2, 2010
• Expiry date: Apr 23, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02W90/10
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A collapsible shipping container includes a floor, a roof, and a pair of bifolding sidewalls, that collapse accordion style to place the sidewalls and roof in a configuration wherein the roof is collapsed onto the sidewalls, and the sidewalls are collapsed onto the floor. The container further includes a pair of end walls having upper and lower end wall sections. The upper end wall sections may be lowered by activation of a power source to lie on the roof in the collapsed configuration. Collapse and erection of the shipping container may be accomplished with the aid of auxiliary equipment, such as a fork lift.