Collapsible corrugated container

Abstract

A container made from an integral blank in which a solid bottom wall is provided with hingedly connected side walls and ends walls which may be folded normal thereto. The end walls are provided with additional panels which may be placed in surface-to-surface relation with the interior of the side walls and secured thereto in any suitable manner as by any automatic machinery such as a 'tray former'. A pair of the securement panels from opposite end walls and opposite corners of the box have extensions which may be folded inwardly toward the opposite side wall panel to form a central partition. These extensions are longer than half the transverse distance between the opposite side walls so that portions of the extensions may meet in surface-to-surface relation to form a partition. The blank and therefore the container when formed may be scored so that it may be collapsed in bellows-like fashion with the side walls and a portion of the end wall folded in and the bottom wall folded out to bring the side walls together with the partition sections folded back against the side walls so that the container may be shipped and stored in collapse form. The upper ends of each of the end walls and the side walls may also be provided with closure flaps. Variations of the structure include having the partition sections extending from elements secured to narrower end walls rather than having the partitions extending from wider side walls; and the securement panels may be varied in relative length to provide variations of the position of the partition structure.