Patent ID: 6012629
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A collapsible container having an expanded open position and a collapsed position, comprisinga body including a side panel arranged to define an interior region anda bottom panel including a floor having a first floor section and a second floor section coupled to the first floor section at a floor fold line to enable pivoting movement of the second floor section relative to the first floor section about the floor fold line, a first collapsible floor mount coupled to the first and second floor sections and to the side panel, and a second collapsible floor mount coupled to the first and second floor sections and to the side panel, the first and second collapsible floor mounts cooperating to support the floor in one of a flat position wherein the first and second floor sections lie in coplanar relation to one another in the expanded, opened position and a collapsed position wherein the second floor section is pivoted about the floor fold line to lie in close proximity to the first floor section and the floor fold line is positioned to lie outside the interior region defined by the side panel in the collapsed, flattened position.