Patent ID: 7044277

Claim:
A collapsible storage container comprising, in combination: first, second, third, and fourth rectangular panels joined seriatim together by flexible hinge connections and in the form of an array of four generally equally sized, flat panels that may be arranged seriatim in side to side serial order in a flat coplanar manner and (1) folded about the flexible hinge connections to form a four-sided, parallelepiped enclosure or (2) folded over one another, said first and third panels forming respectively opposed sides as an enclosure, and said second panel forming a bottom of an enclosure; fifth and sixth generally rectangular, flat, end panels, each separate fifth and sixth panel, flexibly joined along one side edge to an opposite side edge of the third rectangular end panel, said fifth and sixth panels also connected together by a separate flexible connection panel; and a fastening mechanism to fasten the fifth and sixth end panels to the two adjacent first and second rectangular side panels along the side edges thereof to thereby form a five-sided, rectangular parallelepiped enclosure with the remaining fourth rectangular side panel foldable to form a top lid for the five-sided enclosure.