Patent ID: 8978912
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A collapsible shipping tote, comprising: a body for extending around an interior space of the tote while the body is in an erected configuration, wherein the body comprises a plurality of body panels that are respectively foldably connected to one another so that the body can be reconfigured between the erected configuration and a collapsed configuration, and the body has opposite ends; end assemblies, wherein each of the end assemblies is configured for being moved between an end assembly of the end assemblies comprises an end panel and one or more flaps respectively foldably connected to edges of the end panel; a plurality of fasteners for releasably securing the flaps to the body for at least partially releasably securing the body in the erected configuration; and at least one divider panel positioned in the interior space and foldable connected to the body for dividing the interior space into cells that are open at both of the opposite ends of the body while the body is in the erected configuration and each of the end assemblies is in the open configuration, wherein the at least one divider panel being foldably connected to the body is comprised of the at least one divider panel being connected to a body panel of the plurality of body panels by at least one sewn seam, and wherein the body and the at least one divider panel are cooperatively configured so that the at least one divider panel remains both foldably connected to the body and positioned in the interior space while each of the body is in the erected configuration, the body is in the collapsed configuration and the body is reconfigured between the erected and collapsed configurations.