Patent ID: 6164476
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
Collapsible container comprising a bottom element (11) with openings (21) at the corners for disengagable attachment of two opposite gable walls (12, 13), wherein the gable walls are connected to or are associated with supporting pillars (24) which are provided with slit-shaped openings (31) for disengagable mounting of longitudinally arranged sidewall elements (14, 15) which have projecting hooks (28, 29) with notches (30) for engagement with the slit-shaped openings, and wherein openings (39-44) are arranged in the bottom element (11) for disengagable attachment of a transversal partition wall (36), characterised in thatthe sidewall elements (14, 15) each have a height dimension (A) which is substantially one half of the width of the bottom element (11),the distance (B) between two sidewall elements (14, 15) is less than the depth of the notch (30) in the hooks (28, 29),the corner posts (22) of the gable walls (12, 13) are manufactured with a tubular profile with attachment slitshaped openings facing inwards, for attachment of shelves (33), andthe container includes supporting pillars or side posts (16, 17) with a projecting flange in both sideward directions, said flanges being provided with slit-shaped openings 31 for attachment of shelves (33).