Patent ID: 7464999

Claim:
A collapsible storage locker comprising: a vertically oriented, rigid rear wall panel having a width (w 1 ) and height (h 1 ); a pair of opposed, horizontally oriented and spaced apart, rigid end wall panels each having a width (w 2 ), height (h 2 ) and thickness (t 2 ), said width (w 2 ) of each said end wall panels being less than the width (w 1 ) of said rear wall panel and said height (h 2 ) of each said end wall panels being less than one half the height (h 1 ) of said rear wall panel; a pair of opposed, vertically oriented and spaced apart, rigid side wall panels each having a width (w 3 ), height (h 3 ) and thickness (t 3 ), said width (w 3 ) of each said side wall panels being less than the width (w 1 ) of said rear wall panel and said height (h 3 ) of each said side wall panels being less than the height (h 1 ) of said rear wall panel; a pair of opposed peripheral spacers attached to opposite upper and lower edges of said rear wall panel, each said spacer extending from said rear wall a distance at least equal to twice the thickness (t 3 ) of said side wall panels; first hinge members interconnecting said end wall panels to said opposed peripheral spacers to permit said end wall panels to fold inwardly toward said rear wall panel; an open, vertically oriented, rectangular front frame which spans a open width (w 4 ) and a open height (h 4 ), said open width (w 4 ) of said frame being equal to or greater than the width (w 1 ) of said rear wall panel and said open height (h 4 ) being equal to or slightly greater than the height (h 1 ) of said rear wall panel plus twice the thickness (t 2 ) of said end wall panels; second hinge members interconnecting said side wall panels to opposed sides of said front frame to permit said side wall panels to fold inwardly toward said front frame, said side wall panels being centrally positioned and aligned on said frame such that when said side wall panels fold inwardly opposite ends of said side wall panels are spaced apart from opposed sides of said frame a distance equal to or slightly greater than the thickness (t 2 ) of said end wall panels; and a vertically oriented, rigid door hingedly mounted on said front frame to span the open width (w 4 ) of said frame and at least a portion of the open height (h 4 ) of said frame; whereby in a collapsed condition, said side wall panels fold inwardly toward said front frame and said end wall panels fold inwardly to overlie said side wall panels when said front frame and said side wall panels are positioned in close proximity to said rear wall panel.