Abstract: The present invention entails a collapsible moving and storage container for holding household furnishings and other articles typically moved or stored. A series of six panel assemblies are designed to cooperate and join together to form a container of relatively light weight but which forms an envelope of substantial space when the container assumes any erect posture. The container is specifically designed to be compatible with a highly automated and controlled container handling system that would move and direct a container from the warehouse to a truck and finally to a household and vice versa.

Abstract: The present invention entails a container transport system for transporting a container, such as a moving and storage container between a truck and a residence. Forming a part of the system is a powered mobile carrier that includes a front power module and a separate rear wheel container support module. A powered cable assembly is carried by the front module and the cable assembly is operative to link the front and rear modules together in such a fashion that a container is supported therebetween by opposed forks extending from the respective modules along with segments from the cable assembly extending underneath the container.