Patent ID: 7156249
Filing Date: 2007-01-02
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A container having a container compartment, comprising: a support base; first and second side structures respectively comprising first and second panels each comprising a respective side panel upper edge, the first and second side structures further respectively comprising first and second front guide tracks facing one another; a rear panel comprising a rear panel upper edge and engaged with the first and second side structures; a front panel comprising a front panel upper edge and first and second front track followers received in the first and second front guide tracks, respectively; a top cover engageable with at least one of the front, rear, and side panels and movable between a closed state, in which the cover is positioned over the side panel upper edges and rear and front panel upper edges when the container is in the erect position, and an open state, in which the container compartment is accessible from above; the front panel pivotal outwardly away from the container compartment about the front track followers, while the front track followers are engaged in the respective front guide tracks and while the top cover is in the closed state, from a substantially vertical orientation to an angled orientation in which the front panel upper edge is exposed from under the closed top cover; and the front track followers slidable along the respective front guide tracks, while the front panel is in the angled orientation and while the cover is in the closed state, to permit front access to the container compartment.