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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2007
Robert R. Turvey, Sanford, MI (US);
Brian C. Dais, Saginaw, MI (US);
Sanjay Dhall, Canton, MI (US);
S.C. Johnson Home Storage, Inc., Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
A container includes a plurality of wall panels. Each wall panel is connected to adjacent wall panels at hinged connections and the wall panels are arranged so as to articulate at the hinged connections between a collapsed position and an expanded position defining a bottom wall and a plurality of side walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The container also includes a first latch that is configured to interlockingly engage when the wall panels are in the expanded position and a second latch that is configured to interlockingly engage when the wall panels are in the collapsed position.