Patent ID: 7753195

Claim:
A foldable carrier, said carrier comprising (a) a first component comprising an external side wall structure, said external side wall structure comprising (1) a pair of long side panels, each having first and second ends; (2) a first pair of shorter side panels, equal to one another in length, interconnecting one end of each of said long side panels together along fold lines; and (3) a second pair of shorter panels, each being of the same length as said first shorter panels and being connected to one of said ends of said long side panels opposite the end connected to one of said first pair of shorter side panels, (4) each of said side panels having a lower edge and a bottom-forming flange connected to said lower edge along a fold line, and (b) a second component separate from said first component and comprising an internal support structure, said internal structure comprising: (1) a pair of central support panels, each having a top edge, a bottom edge and two side edges; and (2) each of said central support panels having a bottom-forming flange connected to said bottom edge along a fold line; (c) said internal support structure being secured to said external side wall structure, and in which each of said flanges extending from said lower edges of said shorter side wall panels is foldable diagonally and is secured to an adjacent one of said flanges extending downwardly from one of said long side wall panels and one of said central support panels.