Patent ID: 6938789
Filing Date: 2005-09-06
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A collapsible storage container having an interior comprising: a pair of foldable end panels, each comprising two panel pieces hingedly connected together, each having a top, a bottom, an inside surface, and an outside surface; a pair of side panels, each having a top and a bottom, an inside and an outside, said side panels connected to said foldable end panels at the ends thereof; a pair of top panels, each one hingedly connected to the top of one of said side panels; a pair of bottom panels, each one hingedly connected to one of said pair of side panels at said bottoms thereof; wherein said collapsible storage container can be put in a first usable position by straightening said foldable end panels, folding down said bottom panels, and folding up said top panels, and also can be put in a second storage position by folding up said bottom panels, folding down said top panels, and folding said foldable end panels until said outside surfaces of said panel pieces-touch; and a top panel retainer installed on the inside surface of each of said foldable end panels, said top panel retainers positioned to engage said top panels when the container is in said first usable position and prevent said top panels from folding down into said interior of said container while permitting said top panels to be opened.