Patent ID: 6290123
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A container comprisinga four-sided body formed to include a top opening and a bottom opening and configured to be folded from an expanded, opened position to a collapsed, flattened position, the four-sided body including a set of four walls arranged consecutively in series to provide the four-sided body with a rectangular shape upon movement of the four-sided body to assume the expanded, opened position,a floor positioned to lie in the bottom opening of the four-sided body upon movement of the four-sided body to assume the expanded, opened position, the floor including a first floor section coupled to first and second walls in the set of four walls and a second floor section coupled to third and fourth walls in the set of four walls,the first floor section includes a first bottom flap coupled to the first wall at a first fold line, a second bottom flap coupled to the second wall at a second fold line, a first anchor plate coupled to the second bottom flap, and a first hinge coupled to the first bottom flap and to the first anchor plate to enable pivotable movement of the first bottom flap relative to the second bottom flap about a first pivot axis established by the first hinge during movement of the four-sided body between the collapsed, flattened position and the expanded, opened position, and the second floor section includes a third bottom flap coupled to the third wall at a third fold line, a fourth bottom flap coupled to the fourth wall at a fourth fold line, a second anchor plate coupled to the third bottom flap, and a second hinge coupled to the fourth bottom flap and to the second anchor plate to enable pivotable movement of the third bottom flap relative to the fourth bottom flap about a second pivot axis established by the second hinge during movement of the four-sided body between the collapsed, flattened position and the expanded, opened position.