Patent ID: 8960468
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A collapsible container having an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration, the collapsible container comprising: a floor portion; a ceiling portion opposed to the floor portion; at least one wall portion disposed between the floor portion and the ceiling portion; at least one door portion disposed between the floor portion and the ceiling portion; and a plurality of posts, each post including a lower portion comprising four walls, secured to the floor portion at a first end thereof for a collapsed length configuration thereof, and a removable upper portion adapted to be longitudinally assembled and secured, at a first end thereof, to a second end of the lower portion, for extending the post in an expanded length configuration, the upper portion being adapted to be secured to the lower portion with at least one securing element longitudinally securing the upper portion to the lower portion by longitudinally pulling the upper portion toward the bottom portion to limit and prevent relative longitudinal movement between the lower portion and upper portion, wherein each of the plurality of posts in the expanded length configuration includes a lifting anchor at a second end of the upper portion, the plurality of posts, in the collapsed length configuration, being adapted to interconnect the ceiling portion to the floor portion when the collapsible container is in the collapsed configuration and, in the expanded length configuration, being adapted to interconnect the ceiling portion to the floor portion when the collapsible container is in the expanded configuration, wherein the collapsible container in the expanded configuration is adapted to be suspended by the lifting anchors extending over the ceiling portion.