Patent ID: 7681751

Claim:
A collapsible container for the transport of air cargo, comprising a bottom panel, a cover panel and four side walls which, in a position of use for enclosing air cargo, are detachably connected to said bottom panel and said cover panel, wherein the bottom panel and the cover panel adjoin each other in a collapsed position of the container, retaining the four side walls between them, and wherein the bottom panel is provided with profiled members at two opposed first edges, which profiled members can engage complementary profiled members at two corresponding opposed first edges of the cover panel by moving said profiled members in a longitudinal direction relative to each other when the container is in a collapsed position; and wherein two first opposed side walls are provided with profiled members at first and second horizontal edges, which profiled members are complementary to the corresponding profiled members of the cover panel and the bottom panel, respectively, such that in the position of use, the profiled members of the bottom panel engage the corresponding complementary profiled members of the second horizontal edge of the first side walls and the complementary profiled members of the first horizontal edge of the first side walls engage the profiled members of the cover panel, and that said first opposed side walls are provided with profiled members at their vertical edges, the profiled members on the vertical edges of the first opposed side walls engage complementary profiled members at vertical edges of two second opposed side walls by moving said profiled members in a longitudinal direction relative to each other, wherein the profiled members of the bottom panel and the first horizontal edge are the same, and the profiled members of the cover panel and the second horizontal edge are the same.