Patent ID: 6026973
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: B25H,B65D

Abstract:
A device for storing or packing objects, comprising:a plurality of connected substantially rigid container elements wherein said container elements includea bottom wall;a plurality of side walls connected to said bottom wall, wherein said side walls define an open upper side; andpivotal connections which join adjacent said container elements;wherein said container elements form a continuous unitary row of container elements movable between an extended position wherein said container elements are generally oriented in a flat position so that said open upper side is exposed, and a dual block position of a polygonal shape wherein said container elements are coiled into two blocks so that at least one intermediate container element forms a base on which each block rests; andwherein in said dual block position said open upper side of said container elements are covered by at least one wall of a radially interior container element.