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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 09, 1989

Filed:

Jul. 28, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:

Philip S Francis, Jr, Clewiston, FL (US);

Stephen J Harris, Pasadena, MD (US);

Raymond H Gosnell, Plymouth, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
220-6 ; 220 / ; 220-15 ; 16225 ;
Abstract

A reusable, collapsible, rectangular hinged container comprising a novel foldable wall section or sleeve having strong, rigid weather-resistant wall panels and a pair of strong rigid, weather resistant top and bottom cap members, each of which overlaps with and supports a marginal area of the open wall section or sleeve to form the container. The wall section or sleeve contains a plurality of novel strong, rigid, panel-supporting hinge members which enable the sleeve to be folded to a flat condition in which it is completely receivable within and between the cap members to provided a compacted container to be returned to a supplier for reuse.


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