James R Beck

US Patent:

47859571, Nov 22, 1988

Filed:

Aug 19, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/086885

Inventors:

James R. Beck - Memphis TN
John D. Sunderland - Kansas City MO

International Classification:

B65D 616

US Classification:

220 4F

Abstract:

A collapsible shipping container having a base structure provided with upstanding wall catches capable of being received in structurally interfitting relation within respective pockets defined within side walls thereof. A cover structure is provided with depending wall catches which are received within respective upwardly directed pockets of the side walls, thus securing the base structure to the side walls and the cover to the side walls. The cover structure is also provided with shipping catches which are received within shipping catch slots or openings defined within the base structure in the collapsed condition of the shipping container. In this condition the walls are stacked on the base structure and are restrained by the shipping catches and wall catches to secure the walls within the collapsed shipping container for shipping and handling in the collapsed condition thereof. The base structure is provided with spill guard strips which define space perimeters within which are received the lower ends of the wall structures to thus provide an appropriate seal to prevent entry of water and other liquid into the shipping container. The walls of the shipping container interfit at the corners thereof to define structurally interrelated corners that provide exceptional strength and which seal the corner sections against entry of water and other contaminants.