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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2002
William P. Apps, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Robert V. Gruber, Dallas, TX (US);
William P. Apps, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Robert V. Gruber, Dallas, TX (US);
Rehrig Pacific Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A collapsible container includes a base member having a pair of first base edges, and a pair of second base edges having a recessed base area formed therein. A pair of first opposed walls pivotably attached to the first base edges and orientable between an upright an upright orientation and an inwardly folded orientation. A pair of second opposed walls pivotably attached to the second base edges and orientable between an upright orientation and an overlapping folded orientation. Each of the second opposed walls generally corresponding in height and having a projection member arranged to be received within the recessed area of the second base edges when in the overlapping folded orientation, and each side wall has a recessed wall area arranged to receive the projection member of the second opposed wall folded thereon.