Patent ID: 7815024

Claim:
A collapsible balikbayan box apparatus for selectively enclosing and transporting a balikbayan box, the apparatus comprising, in combination: a square cornered pliable box with two spaced apart exterior ends, a front spaced apart from a back, a bottom, and a top affixed to the back; means for releasably fastening the top to the two ends and the front; a pliable latch flap affixed to the top, the flap selectively overlapping a portion of the front; a first hook latch affixed to the flap overlapping the front; a second opposed hook latch affixed to the front, the second latch removably receiving the first latch; a pair of spaced apart straps, each strap fastened to the bottom and vertically to a majority of each end, each strap affixed to a u-shaped strap handle at an each end of each strap; a reinforcement affixed horizontally across each end of each strap, each reinforcement affixed to one of the exterior ends; a rigid bottom insert; a balikbayan box removably contained within the apparatus; wherein the means for releasably fastening the top to the two ends and the front further comprises a zipper and wherein the insert is removable further comprising a transparent holder affixed to the front.