Patent ID: 8820560
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A collapsible bin including: a base having an upper surface, a pair of opposing ends, and a pair of opposing sides; a pair of opposing side panels, each side panel attachable to a respective base side, each side panel including an inner face, an outer face, and first and second side edges, the first and second side edges having an upper portion and a lower portion; a pair of opposing end panels, each end panel attachable to a respective base end, each end panel including an inner face, an outer face, and first and second side edges, the first and second side edges having an upper portion and a lower portion; at least one of the end or side panels including a first plurality of male interlocking members extending outward a first distance along the lower portion of its first side edge; and at least one of the other of the end or side panels including a plurality of female interlocking members along its first side edge for receiving the first plurality of male interlocking members extending along the first side edge of the at least one end or side panels; and wherein the first plurality of male interlocking members includes an outer wall and a plurality of inwardly extending ribs from the outer wall generally perpendicular to the end panel outer face, and the inwardly extending ribs of the first plurality of male interlocking members having a raised portion nearest the outer wall, thereby forming fingers, the fingers having a height greater than the ribs.