Collapsible container

US8033410B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Pacific Bin Corporation · US

Inventors

• Robert H. Afflerbach · Bellevue, US
• David E. Griffin · Woodinville, US
• Vipin Kumar · Minneapolis, US
• John R. McKnight · Braughing, GB
• Dustin M. Miller · South Bend, US
• Craig M. Watjen · Bellevue, US
• Peter D. Wilson · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 2007
• Grant date: Oct 11, 2011
• Expiry date: Nov 1, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2519/00995
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A collapsible container for containing goods, including a liquid and/or solid/liquid mixture, configured to be assembled and disassembled manually without the use of tools. The container includes a plurality of upright panels coupled to a base by their bottom portions. The bottom portion of each panel has a relieved portion that extends into a corresponding groove formed in the base. The panels include panels of a first type and panels of a second type, with the relieved portion of the panels of the first type differing from the relieved portion of the panels of the second type. Each panel of the first type is flanked along its opposing upright edges by a pair of adjacent panels of the second type. Each of the edges of each of the panels is coupled by an edge joining assembly to one of the edges of one of the flanking panels.