Patent ID: 8567634

Claim:
A container for transporting and storing goods, said container comprising a container base and at least two sidewalls foldable on top of one another, wherein the sidewalls, which are foldable on top of one another, are linked to the container base through hinges, said hinges being pivotably supported in hinge bolt receivers through hinge bolts, wherein said hinge bolt receivers comprise recesses, which are configured so that the hinge bolts are movable in the hinge bolt receivers from a lower end position in which a folded down sidewall contacts the container base sufficiently far enough into an upper end position that a planar placement of two sidewalls on top of one another is enabled, wherein the recesses of the hinge bolt receivers comprise upper portions with first widths and lower portions with second widths, the first widths being smaller than the second widths and the hinge bolts are disposed in the lower portions of the recesses in case the folded sidewall is placed on the container base and that the hinge bolts are disposed in their upper end position in the upper portion of the recesses in case the folded sidewall lies upon another sidewall, and wherein the hinge bolts comprise lugs configured as a protrusion of the hinge bolts that are oriented in a vertically downward direction for a folded down sidewall and wherein the hinge bolts comprise horizontal extensions and vertical extensions for a folded down sidewall wherein the size of the vertical extension includes the length of the lugs, wherein the first widths are configured for receiving the hinge bolts for a folded down sidewall approximately with the dimension of the horizontal hinge bolt extensions, and the second widths for receiving the hinge bolts for a folded down and a folded up sidewall are configured approximately with the dimension of the vertical hinge bolt extensions and wherein the horizontal extensions of the hinge bolts are smaller than the vertical extensions in a folded down position of the sidewalls.