Patent ID: 6669044
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A foldable container comprising:a rectangular bottom plate; side plates on the long sides of the bottom plate mounted rotatably on the long sides that are opposed to each other; side plates on the short sides of the bottom plate mounted rotatably on the short sides that are opposed to each other, wherein the foldable container is folded by folding down a pair of the side plates on the short sides onto a pair of the side plates on the long sides previously folded down and the foldable container is assembled in the form of a box by raising the pair of the side plates on the short sides and then raising the pair of the side plates on the long sides; at least one supporting protrusions provided on part of both side edges and extending from an inner face of the side plate on each short side, wherein each supporting protrusion of the at least one supporting protrusions supports an adjacent side edge of the adjacent side plate on the long side to prevent the side plates on each long side from falling outward; a rising protruded portion on a side edge of each long side of the bottom plate; at least one first concave portion provided in the rising protruded portion on each long side of the bottom plate; a lateral shaft mounted in each first concave portion that rotatably mounts a corresponding side plate on the long sides; and at least one second concave portion provided in the rising protruded portion on each long side of the bottom plate to receive a corresponding supporting protrusion of the at least one supporting protrusions on the side plates on the short sides when folded down.