Patent ID: 7784631
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A collapsible storage container, comprising: a base; two pairs of opposite side and end gates each pivotally mounted with respect to the base for folding movement between an erect in-use position and a collapsed position on top of the base, each said gate having a rectangular infill panel having an inner face and an outer face, and an outer perimeter frame secured to the outer face of the infill panel, four hollow corner post members, each corner post member terminating at its ends in a pair of laterally inwardly directed locking flanges, the laterally inwardly directed locking flanges being perpendicular to one another, frame attachment members attached to and extending along opposite vertical margins of each of the end gates and defining therewith an outwardly opening locking flange receiving slot dimensioned to receive one of the laterally inwardly directed locking flanges therein such that the corner post members and frame attachment members interlock with one another when the container is in its erect in-use position, locking means to releasably lock the frame attachment members to the corner posts when in their interlocking erect in-use position, thereby locking each pair of adjacent side and end gates together in their erect in-use positions, and further comprising detachable securing means for detachably securing each said corner post member along a respective vertical margin of its associated said gate, wherein said detachable securing means comprises a plurality of locking bolts movable between an extending locking position wherein each locking bolt passes through an aperture formed in said locking flange of the corner post member and a retracted unlocked position, in which position the corner post member can be detached from its associated said gate.