Patent ID: 9676515
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B65D

Claim:
1. A collapsible container comprising: a plurality of upper panels, and a bottom panel, each panel having a body defining a plurality of edges and an elongate tubular member along each of the edges of the body; each tubular member having at least one cut-away section to form an interlocking formation that is an alternating tenon and mortise formation, wherein each cut-away section comprises a residual portion of said tubular member, each mortise being shaped so that a tenon is received therein in an arrangement wherein the received tenon is not concentric with adjacent tenons, whereby an engagement member passing through the tenons has a secure or friction fit therein; the bottom panel having a plurality of reinforced downwardly protruding supports comprised of a plurality of panels for raising up the bottom panel and thereby the collapsible container; and at least one interlocking formation on the bottom panel engaging an interlocking formation on at least one upper pane.