Patent ID: 7128231

Claim:
A collapsible container orientable between an assembled position and an collapsed position comprising: a base member having a plurality of lower hinge members, each lower hinge member having a hook portion with a downwardly directed edge; a pair of first opposed walls pivotably mounted to the base; and a pair of second opposed side walls pivotably mounted to the base and having a plurality of corresponding upper hinge members extending from a lower edge thereof, each upper hinge member having a cam-shaped member for engaging the hook portion, such that as the container is moved from the collapsed position to the assembled position, the edge of the hook member limits the vertical movement of the cam-shaped member, thereby preventing each of the pair of second opposed sidewalls from separating from the base when in the assembled position, one of the first and second side walls having a latch member extending laterally therefrom, the other of the first and second side walls having a flange having at least one latch acceptance member having a flexible portion for receiving a corresponding latch member therein in an interference fit when the container is oriented in the assembled position, the acceptance member having a rounded concave interior surface for receiving the latch member, wherein when the first and second side walls are pivoted from a collapsed position to an assembled position, the flexible portion is flexed to permit insertion of the latch member into the latch acceptance member.