Patent ID: 6422409
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: B65D,F27D,F28C

Abstract:
Collapsible container for transporting a load comprising:at least one base section having four side edges; a first, second, third and fourth side section, each of which having top edges and being pivotally connected to one of side edges of the base section along each top edge, a top section which is pivotally connected to the first side section, wherein the base, sides and top sections are pivotally associated with each other for movement between a first position in which they are in rows extending substantially parallel across each other, and a second position in which they jointly define a chamber for containing a load, and wherein the top section is constructed as an unbroken top wall which in the second position extends between the top edges of the side sections, the top wall being adapted to both pivot and displacing move when it is guided between its second position and a third position in which the top wall extends substantially parallel to the first side section in the second position of this side section, the top wall is connected to the first side section by means of at least one guide rod pivotally connected at one end to the first side section and at the other end to an area at the side of the top wall that adjoins the top side of the first side section when the top wall and the first side section are in their second position.