Patent ID: 8167157

Claim:
An assembly of panels that is foldable to form a container, the assembly comprising: a bottom panel with four edges; a plurality of side panels, each side panel having four edges, wherein one edge of at least some of the side panels is connected to a respective one of the bottom panel edges; a top panel with four edges, wherein one of the top panel edges is connected to one of the side panels at a side panel edge opposite the side panel edge that is connected to the bottom panel; respective latching elements at some of the side panel edges, wherein each latching element can be hand manipulated to engage an edge of a different side panel when the assembly of panels is folded to form the container; a plurality of substantially rigid frames, each frame defining a respective substantially rectangular interior region and each frame corresponding to an associated bottom, top or side panel; a material spanning across the interior region defined by each respective frame, wherein the material is folded around an edge of the respective frame and adhered to itself; and flexible connectors connecting the side panels to the bottom panel and connecting the top panel to one of the side panels; wherein the assembly of panels is foldable to form the container while each of the side panels is connected to the bottom panel and the top panel is connected to the one of the side panels, and wherein the assembly is collapsible to form a stack of panels including the bottom panel, the top panel and the side panels while each of the side panels is connected to the bottom panel and the top panel is connected to the one of the side panels.