Patent ID: 7931164

Claim:
A foldable container comprising elongate base means, elongate roof means oriented in a plane substantially parallel to and vertically spaced from said base means, first and second elongate opposing and vertically oriented side wall means disposed between said base means and said roof means, first and second elongate vertically oriented and opposing end wall means disposed between said base means and said roof means and oriented in vertical planes substantially normal to said first and second side wall means, hinge means connecting an end section of each of the first and the second side wall means to said base means for the pivotable displacement of the first side wall means and the second side wall means towards said base means and into locations adjacent to and overlying the base means during container folding, further hinge means connecting an end section of each of the first and second end wall means to said base means for providing rotational axes for the angular displacement of the first and second end wall means in a first direction towards one another during container folding, elongate slide means attached to said roof means and disposed between the first and second end wall means, and movable hinge means supported by said slide means and connected to an upper surface region of each of the first and second end wall means, said movable hinge means being displaceable along said slide means for the simultaneous vertical displacement of the attached roof and angular displacement of the first and second end wall means in said first direction towards said base means into substantially parallel locations overlying and adjacent to the first and second side wall means and in a second direction opposite to said first direction for the simultaneous angular displacement of the first and second end wall means away from one another and from said substantially parallel location overlying said base means for positioning the first and second end wall means in said vertical orientation and the attached roof means in said plane vertically spaced from the base means.