Patent ID: 11873134
Assignee: UFP INDUSTRIES, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A knock-down container for durable goods containment, comprising:
a pallet for supporting a durable good;
a plurality of vertical posts, each for extending in a first direction from the pallet to a distal extent; and
a top frame for capping the knock-down container by seating on the distal extents of the plurality of vertical posts, said top frame comprising:
a plurality of corner supports for seating on the distal extents of the plurality of vertical posts;
a pair of opposing end members, each end member pivotally connected at opposing ends to two opposing ones of the plurality of the corner supports;
a pair of opposing side members, each side member connected at opposing ends to a respective one of the corner supports of a first and a second one of the pair of opposing end members,
whereby the top frame movable from a first configuration squared for seating on the distal extents of the plurality of vertical posts for capping the knock-down container and a second configuration pivoted for collapsing the opposing side members together for shipping as a component; and
a transverse support member pivotally connected at a first end to one of the pair of the opposing side members and movable to an extended position for connecting to other of the pair of the opposing side members with the top frame in the first configuration.