Patent ID: 7032765

Claim:
A container, comprising: a base, first and second opposed side walls and opposed end walls; said first side wall being removably hinged to the base along a side of the base, said second side wall being hinged with a hinge joint to an opposite side of the base and said end walls being hinged with hinge joints to other sides of the base; said first side wall being completely removed from the base and said other of said side wall and said end walls being rotated about respective hinge joints to a position to lay down flat in an interior of the base in a first position of the side and end walls; and corner latches disposed in recessed pockets in said side walls wherein said corner latches join vertical edges of the first and second side walls to vertical edges of the end walls, respectively, to form corner joints in a second position of the side and end walls; and wherein said end walls have recesses corresponding to positions of said latches that open outwardly, and wherein each said latch has a pivoting latch bar that engages a corresponding said recess on an end wall, and further wherein each said latch has an operating handle for operating said latch bar to change a relative position of a pivot axis on which said pivoting latch bar pivots so that said pivot axis is positioned over center of a pivot axis of said handle in a latched position and wherein each edge of each of said end walls has a backing flange that extends from a top of the end wall downwardly about ⅔ of the length of each edge to permit bending of each of the end walls from the top down in forming the corners of the assembled container.