Patent ID: 8006855

Claim:
A collapsible industrial shipping container comprising: a continuous rigid structure defining four planar sides, two of the four planar sides including a first scoring line and a second scoring line rendering the continuous rigid structure collapsible, each of the four sides defining a first pair of passages; a liner that is form fitted and uniformly adhesively affixed across substantially all of each interior surface of the four planar sides of the continuous rigid structure prior to formation of the first pair of passages and that comprises a top portion that folds over and affixes to each exterior surface of the four sides of the continuous rigid structure; an inelastic member connecting the four planar sides such that the inelastic member passes through each of the first pair of passages within each of the four planar sides thus providing support for the continuous rigid structure and maintaining a square profile of the lined continuous rigid structure when under tension; and a stand-alone cover disposed about the exterior of the continuous rigid structure, wherein the stand-alone cover encapsulates the lined continuous rigid structure and defines a substantially cubic form, and wherein the cover comprises a plurality of tabs that are folded over into the interior of the lined continuous rigid structure and affixed to the interior of the four planar sides of the lined four-sided continuous rigid structure.