Patent ID: 7195128
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A foldable transportation container comprising: a container body having a rectangular bottom wall, a pair of first side walls, and a pair of second side walls, wherein the first and second side walls are provided along the periphery of the bottom wall, each of the side walls includes a lower end and an outer surface and, the bottom wall includes an upper face; rotating means provided on the lower ends of the first and second side walls, the rotating means permitting the first and second side walls to be folded inward of the container body, wherein the first side walls are folded onto the upper face of the bottom wall and then the second side walls are folded onto the folded first side walls; an engagement members provided on the outer surface of each first side wall, wherein an operation portion is provided on the substantial center of each engagement member, and wherein a projection is provided at each end of each engagement member; and engagement portions provided on both ends of the second side walls, wherein the engagement portions are engaged with the engagement projections to limit rotation of the first side walls inward of the container body, and wherein the operation portions of the engagement members are moved up or down, which moves the engagement projections up and down in correspondence therewith, to release engagement between the engagement projections and the engagement portions.