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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152014 | Collapsible container system A first container is provided including a first base, a first wall, a second wall, a third wall, and a fourth wall. The first, second, third, and fourth walls, can each be placed in an erect state, substantially perpendicular to the first base or in a collapsed stat... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146763 | Collapsible storage device A collapsible container includes a plurality of wall panels, wherein each wall panel is connected to each adjacent wall panel at a hinged connection. The wall panels are arranged so as to articulate at the hinged connections between a collapsed position and an expan... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8066137 | Flexible, stackable container including a lid and package body folded from a single sheet of film A flexible, stackable container for storing a quantity of a product may include a sealed package formed from a single sheet of film and retaining the quantity of the product disposed therein, and a lid fitment attached to a first side of the package. The first side ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8052002 | Foldable box that collapses along a bias, providing both top and side access A collapsible box that provides access through both its top and front side, said box comprising sets of interior and exterior sidewalls, said interior sidewalls folding inward along a hinge and said exterior sidewalls folding along a hinge that runs along a bias. Sa... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8042702 | Reconfigurable container and methods of fabrication and use thereof Reconfigurable containers which may adopt two stable configurations are described. In the first configuration, the container is suitable for the storing and transport of goods. When in a second, collapsed configuration, the container occupies a lesser volume than th... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7971741 | Folding box made of synthetic resin A folding box made of synthetic resin which a worker can surely grip and stably carry without a slip by gripping whichever edge parts of a hexahedron of a box with both hands is provided. The folding box includes a rectangular-tube shaped side wall configuration mem... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7866500 | Collapsible polymeric bellows storage tube A bellows design collapsible polymeric storage tube. The device incorporates separate flexible plastic disks as segregating spacers that are dropped inside the device creating separate spaces for a plurality of items. The spacers lock into the widest part of the bel... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7861877 | Foldable container A foldable container comprises a box including a floor and sidewalls attached to one another to present a chamber. The box further includes foldable panels that shift from a retracted position within the chamber to an upright extended position. The extended panels s... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7845507 | Collapsible container having discontinuous frame members A collapsible container according to the present invention comprises a plurality of side panels and a floor panel forming an enclosure having an open top. Each side panel comprises a flexible frame, a web of material, and an edging material. At least one of the pane... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7828167 | Articulated hinge apparatus and related methods Apparatus and methods for hinging or otherwise easily engaging and disengaging various members to each other include a spring-actuated pin element to selectively extend and retract a pin from one hinge leaf to engage an adjacent structure. A variety of spring elemen... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7823739 | Collapsible shipping container A collapsible shipping container includes a floor, a roof, and a pair of bifolding sidewalls, that collapse accordion style to place the sidewalls and roof in a configuration wherein the roof is collapsed onto the sidewalls, and the sidewalls are collapsed onto the ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7789258 | Mobile self-contained networked checkpoint A portable checkpoint system is disclosed that incorporates a configurable freight container to facilitate transport and conversion for operation. The container is disposable into closed and open configurations. The closed configuration enables the container to be t... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7784631 | Panel/gate interconnection means for a collapsible materials handling container The invention provides improved collapsible storage container (10) which has a first pair of folding side gates (11) and a second pair of folding end gates (12), with each gate (11, 12) being pivotally mounted with respect to a pallet bas... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7762417 | Modular reusable vehicle shipping crate A shipping crate for shipping objects such as all-terrain vehicles and personal water-crafts. The shipping crate includes a top frame structure and a bottom frame structure. The crate may include an extension removably connectable to the bottom frame structure. The ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7740146 | Container A collapsible container includes a plurality of walls collapsible onto the base. A first wall has a support pivotable between a support position where it is partially supported on an adjacent wall and a retracted position. An adjacent wall has a stop formed thereon ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7726502 | Container A collapsible container includes a plurality of walls collapsible onto the base. At least one wall has a support pivotably and slidably mounted to an upper end portion thereof. The support is pivotable between a support position where it is partially supported on an... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7717283 | Collapsible container A collapsible container includes a plurality of walls collapsible onto the base. At least one wall has a support pivotably mounted below a lip formed on an upper edge of the wall. The support is pivotable between a support position where it is partially supported on... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7694836 | Collapsible container with recessed side-panel latch A collapsible container includes a base, and pairs of opposed side and end walls that are pivotally mounted on the base. When the side walls are pivoted to a raised position against inward flanges defined on the end walls, latch members on the side walls engage comp... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7624886 | Collapsible hinged carrier with strap A hand held device has compartments and collapses for storage during periods of non-usage. The carrier has two trapezoidal shaped wings, hingedly connected upon the taller end. Hook and loop fasteners and a strap through handles temporarily secure the wings together... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7597207 | Collapsible container A collapsible goods container has a rectangular base panel (10) with two hinge lines (37,38) extending between the width edges (17,18), parallel to the length edges (15,16) and disposed in the central region of the base panel. A first sid... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7597208 | Folding collapsible storage box A folding collapsible storage box is disclosed to include a folding collapsible box body, which has a front open side, a rear open side, a flexible rectangular cover flap stitched to two adjacent ones of the four peripheral sides of the rear open side, and a zip fas... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7588156 | Collapsible container for transport and storage of goods Collapsible container (1), which includes a carrying base part (20), collapsible side walls (30) and a lid (40). The side walls (30) are movably attached to said base part (20) by lower hinge members (31). The first a... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7562785 | Bottle case A case includes removable upper side walls and collapsible upper end walls. The upper side walls each include a central opening for supporting the upper side wall horizontally on a bottle and a plurality of peripheral openings on which empty glasses may be supported... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7556166 | Bulk shipping container having adjustable height, collapsible walls A collapsible container has adjustable height walls. The container includes a base defining the bottom wall of the container, an opposing pair of side walls, and an opposing pair of end walls. The side walls and end walls are pivotable between an upright position an... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7556165 | Collapsible box A collapsible box, including a bottom, top and first and second opposing endwalls, and first and second opposed sidewalls connecting the bottom and top of the box on opposing sides of the box. Each of the sidewalls have a top sidewall panel attached by a top hinge t... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7549550 | Collapsible container A collapsible container includes a plurality of collapsible walls, each pair of adjacent walls connected by a latch. Each latch can be selectively actuated from contact with the latch both from inside and the outside of the container, and further by inwardly directe... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7510097 | Frame structure for a collapsible box with top access, side access and interconnected vertical stacking A collapsible box with a pair of opposed, hinged sidewalls in which a lightweight frame structure holds the sidewall in a vertical orientation during assembly and provides load-bearing strength. The frame structure and sidewalls fold over one another, and lie substa... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7431172 | Collapsible box with top access, side access and interconnected vertical stacking A collapsible box that provides access through both its top and front side. When set up, said box comprises a (i) horizontal upper section and (ii) horizontal lower section, said sections attached to each other via a pair of opposed vertical sidewalls. When said upp... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7416092 | Stackable transport box The present invention relates to a stackable and collapsible transport box. The transport box comprises a base plate, two shorter side walls which are mutually opposite and collapsible in a lower first plane connected to the base plate via hinge joints and two short... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7387215 | Foldable end frame container A frame container (10) for packing heavy durable goods in which a base (12) includes two end frames (14, 16) connected by pairs of opposing side diagonals (40) pinned at first ends to the base and at second ends (42) to the end fra... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7370771 | Collapsible plastic container with locking feature A collapsible plastic container includes a top perimeter, a bottom and a plurality of sidewalls formed in a generally rectangular configuration. At least one of the sidewalls is pivotable between a collapsed position and an opened position. An engaging portion of th... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7360784 | Multifunctional mobile storage and delivery system A reconfigurable, transportable container assembly is provided. Side panels are releasably interconnected with each other and combine with a base panel, and a top panel releasably mates with the side panels. The top panel is combined with the side panels and the bas... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357269 | Container A collapsible container includes a plurality of walls collapsible onto the base. At least one wall has a support pivotably and slidably mounted to an upper end portion thereof. The support is pivotable between a support position where it is partially supported on an... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357271 | Insulated container with access door An insulated container includes a bottom and four walls connected to the bottom; a top which fits on the four walls; a portion of the top is pivotally mounted so as to be opened to provide access to the insulated container through a first opening; a portion of one o... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353962 | Bulk shipping container having adjustable height, collapsible walls A collapsible container has adjustable height walls. The container includes a base defining the bottom wall of the container, an opposing pair of side walls, and an opposing pair of end walls. The side walls and end walls are pivotable between an upright position an... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350662 | Modular reusable vehicle shipping crate A shipping crate for shipping objects such as all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and personal water-crafts (PWCs). The shipping crate is completely recyclable and includes a top frame structure and a bottom frame structure. The top and bottom frame structures are operable ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350661 | Container An open top box-shaped container is provided having a pair of confronting end walls tiltably pivoted and coupled to a bottom wall, wherein the end walls are pivoted at the bottom wall so as to be folded in contact with a top of the bottom wall, a pair of side walls ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347328 | Collapsible container for transport and storage Collapsible container which includes a base member, collapsible side walls, which adjacent side walls are inter-connectable. The base member is provided with feet members, a circumambient edge and a mainly horizontal load surface. The load surface is provided with r... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347340 | Folding container A folding container has a base, side support tubes upstanding from the corners of the base, and side panels located between the side support tubes and arranged to bound a storage space. Pivots are arranged to pivotally mount the side panels onto the side support tub... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347164 | Foldable/collapsible structures The present invention relates to a collapsible/foldable structure suitable for a variety of applications, such as an animal shelter, pet carrier transportation device, or a collapsible consumer storage container in general, such as a cooler or ice chest. The structu... | 03/25/2008 |
