Patent ID: 7290372
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A container with adjustable volume, comprising: a base container with a floor panel and a roof panel, a box-shaped expansion element that can be extended from the base container, and which includes a floor panel, a front panel, and two side panels in permanently fixed positions relative to each other, an open side opposite the front panel, and a roof panel, and a device with which the box-shaped expansion element can be lowered such that, during expansion, the floor panel remains horizontal and such that, once the expansion element has been extended, the floor panel of the expansion element and the base container are at the same height, and with which the expansion element can be raised such that, once the expansion element has been lowered, it can be reinserted into the base container, wherein the roof panel of the box-shaped expansion element is designed such that it can be folded along a horizontal axis on an upper edge of the front panel of the expansion element.