Patent ID: 7011225

Claim:
A device for releasing and locking collapsible side walls of a container, said device comprising: an actuator in combination with collapsible side walls that can be folded down onto a container bottom, wherein at least one side wall of said side walls can be releasably interlocked with two opposite side walls of the other side walls, said one side wall having an outer face and a handling opening extending therethrough, and said handling opening having a lower edge; and said actuator comprising an elongate member with a medial portion defining a grip member and with end portions defining a pair of locking lugs, said elongate member including a downward bulge with respect to said portions, said actuator being arranged on said outer face of said one side wall, said grip member located at or below said lower edge of said handle opening, said locking lugs engaging said opposite side walls when in an interlocked position to thereby lock said one side wall to said two opposite side walls, an upward lifting movement of said grip member displacing said locking lugs in an upward direction in such a manner that said one side wall becomes released from said two opposite side walls and can be folded inwards.