FULLY FOLDABLE STORAGE BOX
A fully foldable storage box includes a soft bottom, and four hard side boards perpendicularly coupled to four edges of the bottom, and edges of the side boards are connected with each other to constitute a structure having a first folding line along each of four edge corners of the storage box, and a second folding line is disposed perpendicularly at the middle of two selected corresponding lateral boards and a third folding line is disposed perpendicularly at a side of the two lateral boards and proximate to the rear board, such that support strips are formed between the two lateral boards and the rear board respectively, and a liftable hard bottom board is coupled to an internal bottom edge of the rear board, so that and the bottom board can be stacked onto the soft bottom to constitute a fully foldable storage box.
The present invention relates to a fully foldable storage box, and more particularly to a storage box that can be fully folded without removing a hard bottom board of the storage box.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONTraditional storage box generally comes with a foldable structure for effectively saving space and volume for storage, transportation, and display for sale and allows users to fold the storage box freely. For example, a separate piece of unwoven cloth is attached onto surfaces of a front board, a rear board and two lateral boards of the traditional storage box, and a soft bottom of the storage box is made of unwoven cloth, and a detachable hard bottom board is disposed on top of the bottom to constitute a foldable storage box. However, the front board, rear board and two lateral boards of the storage box are made of a hard material and come with a specific thickness, so that the hard bottom board cannot be folded among the front board, rear board and two lateral boards, or else the bottom board will interfere the folding space of the front board, rear board and two lateral boards. Thus, it is necessary to remove the hard bottom board before the front board, rear board and two lateral boards can be folded together flatly. Furthermore, the removed hard bottom board must be placed outside the storage box. Obviously, the traditional storage box cannot be fully folded, and the detachable hard bottom board may be lost easily, such that the whole storage box no longer can be used anymore.
In view of the foregoing shortcomings of the traditional foldable structure of a storage box, the inventor of the present invention based on years of experience in the related industry to conduct extensive researches and experiments, and finally developed a fully foldable storage box to overcome the shortcomings of the present invention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONTherefore, it is a primary objective of the present invention to provide a fully foldable storage box, having a bottom board coupled with a rear board of the storage box. After the bottom board is lifted without being detached completely from the bottom board, the whole storage box can be folded flatly to achieve a fully folded structure.
To achieve the foregoing objective, the present invention provides a storage box, comprising: a soft bottom, and four hard side boards including a front board, a rear board and two lateral boards perpendicularly coupled to four edges of the bottom, and the front board and the rear board being coupled with both edges of the two lateral boards respectively to constitute a storage box having a first folding line disposed along each of four lateral corners, characterized in that a second folding line is disposed perpendicularly at the middle of two selected corresponding lateral boards, and a third folding line is disposed perpendicularly at a side of the two lateral boards and proximate to the rear board, such that a support strip is formed between the two lateral boards and the rear board separately and applied to a bottom edge of the internal side of the rear board for supporting an enclosed containing space, and a liftable hard bottom board is coupled to a bottom edge of the internal side of the rear board, so that an end of the bottom board can be coupled to the bottom edge of the internal side of the rear board, and the bottom board can be stacked onto the soft bottom.
Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent in the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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With the aforementioned structure of the fully foldable storage box, a user can pull the pull tab 162 to lift the bottom board 16 if it is necessary to fold the storage box for a manufacturer's packing or for a user's storage, and the bottom board 16 will be folded into halves along the fourth folding line 161, and the folded bottom board 16 will be attached onto the internal side of the rear board 13 in the containing space A supported by the support strip 15 (as shown in
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It is noteworthy to point out that the front board 12, the rear board 13, the two lateral boards 14, the support strip 15 and the bottom board 16 are made of hard plates, and unwoven cloths are attached on surfaces of the plates. With the unwoven cloths coupled to the front board 12, the rear board 13, the two lateral boards 14, the support strip 15 and the bottom board 16, the aforementioned first folding lines 121, 131, second folding line 141, third folding line 142 and fourth folding line 161 are formed for folding and storing the whole storage box.
In summation of the description above, the fully foldable storage box in accordance with the present invention complies with the patent application requirements, and thus is duly filed for patent application. While the invention has been described by means of specific embodiments, numerous modifications and variations could be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention set forth in the claims.
Claims
1. A fully foldable storage box, comprising a soft bottom, and four hard side boards including a front board, a rear board and two lateral boards perpendicularly coupled to four edges of the bottom, and the front board and the rear board being coupled with both edges of the two lateral boards respectively to constitute a storage box having a first folding line disposed along each of four lateral corners, characterized in that:
- a second folding line is disposed perpendicularly at the middle of two selected corresponding lateral boards, and a third folding line is disposed perpendicularly at the two lateral boards and proximate to a side of the rear board, such that support strips are formed between the two lateral boards and the rear board respectively, and each support strip is applied to an internal side of the rear board for supporting an enclosed containing space, and a liftable hard bottom board is coupled to a bottom edge of the internal side of the rear board, so that an end of the bottom board can be coupled to the bottom edge of the internal of the rear board, and the bottom board can be stacked onto the soft bottom.
2. The fully foldable storage box of claim 1, wherein the bottom board has fourth folding line for folding the bottom board into halves.
3. The fully foldable storage box of claim 1, wherein the bottom board has a pull tab disposed at a predetermined position.
4. The fully foldable storage box of claim 1, wherein the front board has a hollow window coupled with a transparent plate.
5. The fully foldable storage box of claim 1, wherein the front board has a handle made of a piece of ribbon and coupled to the exterior of the front board.
Type: Application
Filed: Jan 23, 2009
Publication Date: Jul 29, 2010
Inventor: Hui-Min WANG (Sindian City)
Application Number: 12/358,569