Collapsible container

Description

FIG. 1 a perspective view of a collapsible container showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the container shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the container illustrated in FIG. 1 but shown in the collapsed condition;

FIG. 6 is a front elevation view of the collapsed container illustrated in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a container of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of the container shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a front elevation view;

FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the container illustrated in FIG. 7 but shown in the collapsed condition; and,

FIG. 12 is a front elevation view of the collapsed container illustrated in FIG. 11.

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Patent History
Patent number: D358764
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 16, 1993
Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
Inventor: Edward S. Robbins, III (Muscle Shoals, AL)
Primary Examiner: Prabhakar G. Deshmukh
Law Firm: Nixon & Vanderhye
Application Number: 0/7,106
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/9428