Patent ID: 8240496

Claim:
A collapsible container, comprising a floor, an end wall, a hinge pivotally connected between the end wall and the floor, a corner fitting installed on the floor and the end wall, wherein the hinge comprises: an inner hinge comprising two inner hinge plates parallel to each other, the bottom portions of which are fixedly connected to the bottom corner fitting and the end transverse member of the collapsible container, the two inner hinge plates being provided with two pivoting holes respectively, and hoisting holes used for craning being provided at upper middle positions of the two inner hinge plates, respectively; an outer hinge being disposed outside of the inner hinge and fixedly connected to a lower end of a corner post of the end wall of the collapsible container, the outer hinge comprising two outer hinge plates parallel to each other, which are provided with two pivoting holes corresponding to the pivoting holes located on the two inner hinge plates, respectively; a first pivoting pin which is inserted into or disengaged from the pivoting holes of the inner and outer hinge plates corresponding so as to each other to enable the inner and outer hinges to be pivotally connected or disconnected; and a second pivoting pin which is configured to run parallel to and operate in conjunction with the first pivoting pin, the second pivoting pin being disengaged from or inserted into the pivoting holes of the inner and outer hinge plates corresponding to each other so as to enable the inner and outer hinges to be disengaged or pivotally connected; wherein when one of the first and second pivoting pins is pulled out, the outer hinge can be overturned around the other pivoting pin to make the end wall overturn and fold towards inside or outside of a container body; when the first and second pivoting pins are simultaneously located in the pivoting holes of the inner and outer hinges corresponding to each other, the end wall is fixed to a vertical state.