Patent ID: 8348076

Claim:
A collapsible container comprising: a main frame; a bottom wall; and a plurality of side walls, at least one of the plurality of side walls being pivotable between a collapsed position and an opened position, wherein the pivotable side wall includes at least one spring lock insert secured in a slot in the pivotable side wall, the at least one spring lock insert including a lock portion displaceable in the slot between a lock position in which the lock portion of the spring lock insert extends from the slot and beyond an end edge of the pivotable side wall and toward which the at least one spring lock insert is biased and a release position, wherein the slot in the pivotable side wall and the at least one spring lock insert are substantially coplanar such that the at least one spring lock insert is displaceable in the slot substantially within a planar volume defined by the slot, wherein the main flame comprises at least one latch opening corresponding to the at least one spring lock insert, the latch opening receiving the spring lock insert when the pivotable side wall is in the opened position, wherein the spring lock insert comprises a finger grip that is sized to receive a human finger, the finger grip facilitating displacement of the spring lock insert from the lock position to the release position, and wherein the spring lock insert comprises a pair of spring extensions disposed at an angle relative to a bias direction of the spring lock insert, the spring extensions extending from the finger grip in a diverging direction toward the lock portion, wherein a width of the slot in the pivotable side wall is smaller than a width span of the spring extensions, and wherein the spring extensions extend through the planar volume defined by the slot.