Patent ID: 6908004
Filing Date: 2005-06-21
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A collapsible storage bin comprising: a base member having a floor and a plurality of base walls extending upward from the floor, the base walls forming an opening at an open end of the base walls opposite the floor; a downwardly facing lip disposed on the open end of at least one of the base walls, the downwardly facing lip forming a first receiving groove between the downwardly facing lip and the base wall; an upper containment member having a plurality of containment walls; an upwardly facing lip disposed on an engagement end of at least one of the containment walls, the upwardly facing lip forming a second receiving groove between the upwardly facing lip and the containment wall; a locking tab having a downwardly facing shoulder formed on an inner surface of at least one of the upper containment walls; a recess having an upwardly facing shoulder formed on an outer surface of the downwardly facing lip; wherein the downwardly facing lip and the upwardly facing lip are configured to engage such that the downwardly facing lip nests within the second receiving groove and the upwardly facing lip nests within the first receiving groove; and wherein the locking tab and the recess are configured to matingly engage such that the downwardly facing shoulder mates with the upwardly facing shoulder.