Collapsible container

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top, right, front perspective view of a collapsible container showing a first embodiment of the new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 1, a left side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a top, right, front perspective view of a collapsible container showing a second embodiment of the new design;

FIG. 6 is a front view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a right side view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 5, a left side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is a top, right, front perspective view of a collapsible container showing a third embodiment of the new design;

FIG. 10 is a front view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a right side view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 9, a left side view being a mirror image thereof; and,

FIG. 12 is a bottom view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 9.

The broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the collapsible container that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a collapsible container, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D1138525
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 4, 2024
Date of Patent: Aug 4, 2026
Assignee: DIFOLD INC. (Middletown, DE)
Inventor: Petar Kirilov Zaharinov (Sofia)
Primary Examiner: Jae Liang
Assistant Examiner: Tia Ruth-Renee Polidori
Application Number: 29/966,852
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D7/512; D7/509