Abstract: A collapsible intermodal shipping container is provided. The container includes door frame posts and sidewalls that are each segmented into long and short portions that enable the door frames and sidewalls to articulate. When collapsed, the long portions of the door frame posts lie folded at right angles to the short portions of the door frame posts and the long portions of the sidewalls lie folded at right angles to the short portions of the sidewalls.

Abstract: A crate includes a base and a plurality of walls including a front wall. The front wall is movable between a retracted, open position and a closed position. In some embodiments, the front wall includes a frame, a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is hingeably connected to the frame and the second portion is hingeably connected to the first portion.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided having an open configuration and a closed configuration. The apparatus includes, while in the closed configuration, a first panel, a second panel, a third panel, a fourth panel, a fifth panel, and a sixth panel that together create a box partially enclosing a void space. The first panel is rotatably coupled to the fifth panel and the sixth panel, the second panel is rotatably coupled to the fourth panel and the sixth panel, and the third panel is rotatably coupled to the fourth panel and the fifth panel. The apparatus opens from the closed configuration to present the contents therein through a single degree-of-freedom mechanism where the first, second, and third panels become perpendicular to the fourth, fifth, and sixth panels while the fourth, fifth, and sixth panels become aligned in a same plane.

Abstract: An enclosure member for a building structure comprising a planar laminate having a first facing layer; a layer of foam having a first face and a second opposing face; and a second facing layer; where the first facing layer is fastened to the first face of the layer of foam, and the second facing layer is fastened to the second opposing face of the layer of foam. An edge of the enclosure is provided with a perimeter structure that can perform one or more of a sealing function, an edge reinforcement function and a pivotable joining function with another enclosure, in accordance with the particular embodiment.

Abstract: An expandable cargo box assembly for mounting on a side wall section of a cargo bed of a pickup truck includes a base member for attaching the expandable cargo box assembly to the side wall section of the cargo bed, the base member having the form of an outer wall plate. Opposite the outer wall plate is an inner wall plate, the inner wall plate being displaceable from a first position to a second position, the first position defining a collapsed state, and the second position defining a deployed state. The outer and inner wall plates have operably associated therebetween a folding floor assembly, and the outer wall plate supports a forward folding wall and a rearward folding wall. Upon expanding the expandable cargo box assembly to a deployed state, the folding floor assembly and the forward and rearward folding walls are arranged to define an enclosure for receiving cargo.

Abstract: A foldable rectangular plastic/composite enclosure having first, second, third and fourth sides connected by hinges. The enclosure folds flat by rotating the sides on the hinges but is constructed to fold only in one direction. The hinges allow the enclosure to be folded flat for storage and transportation. The hinges are composed of a plurality of hinge members wherein each hinge member is positioned in a housing. The housing has an open interior which helps anchor the enclosure in the ground. An insertable locking pin can be inserted through each hinge to prevent the enclosure from folding. The enclosure can be made of plastic/composite imbedded with fibers such as carbon fibers, glass fibers, or ceramic fibers or imbedded with particles such as glass particles. The use of plastic/composite and various openings or cutouts makes the enclosure light weight.

Abstract: A crate includes a base and a plurality of walls including a front wall. The front wall is movable between a retracted, open position and a closed position. In some embodiments, the front wall includes a frame, a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is hingeably connected to the frame and the second portion is hingeably connected to the first portion.

Abstract: Provided is an expandable cargo box assembly for mounting on a side wall section of a cargo bed. The cargo box assembly comprises a base member for attaching the expandable cargo box assembly to the side wall section. The base member supports a folding floor assembly and forward and rearward collapsible walls at each end of the base member. The cargo box assembly also includes an inner wall plate attached to the forward and rearward collapsible walls opposite to the base member. The base member, the folding floor assembly, the forward and rearward collapsible walls and the inner wall plate collectively define an expandable enclosure that can be positioned in a stowed position when not in use, and is configured to expand to a deployed position to receive cargo.

Abstract: An expansion insert for converting an ISO shipping container into a housing unit is provided, the insert having a compacted form reversibly convertible to a expanded form. The insert has a frame assembly torsionally hinged to a roof assembly and a floor assembly. Two pivot walls and a sidewall are also built into the insert. The insert may be compacted for shipping, expanded after insertion into an ISO container, and compacted again on the ISO container.

Abstract: Disclosed is a collapsible pickup truck storage compartment that can be selectively collapsed from an uncollapsed configuration to a collapsed configuration. The storage compartment includes a lid that can be selectively locked to cover the storage compartment when the storage compartment is either in the uncollapsed configuration or the collapsed configuration.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing a collapsible cargo box. The cargo box include a left wall having a tongue at the rearmost portion and a tongue at the bottom, a right wall having a tongue at the rearmost portion and a tongue at the bottom, a rear wall having a tongue at the leftmost portion, the rightmost portion and the bottom, a base and a tailgate. The method may include sliding the tongue at the bottom of the left wall into a first groove in the base, sliding the tongue at the bottom of the rear wall into a second groove in the base, sliding the tongue at the bottom of the right wall into a third groove in the base, rotatably coupling the tailgate to the base, coupling the left wall to the rear wall and coupling the right wall to the rear wall.

Abstract: Structures, methods, and systems associated with a stackable and collapsible container are provided. One structure includes a stackable and collapsible container having at least four non-collapsible, load bearing vertical support members attached to vertical walls of the container and capable of supporting the weight of other containers. A top surface is included having a number of sections which include a pivotal connection to one another and which are collapsible about the pivotal connection to an interior of the container. A bottom surface is included having a number of sections which include a pivotal connection to one another and which are collapsible about the pivotal connection to an interior of the container. The top and the bottom surfaces of the container can be fixedly positioned in a number of collapsed states.

Abstract: A modular beam structure consisting of one or more collapsible, lockable and interconnectable support structure modules, and any transition module to change longitudinal direction of the structure. In addition, it is possible to attach onto one or more support structure modules a collapsible platform and/or wall or fence. The structure is at an upstream end or start end attachable, via a module end element, onto an attachment device, e.g. a wall or attachment block, via a support frame which is fixedly attached to the attachment device.

Abstract: A foldable transport container substantially slides and folds so that the transport container can be folded and unfolded conveniently. In an example embodiment, a foldable transport container comprises a planar foldable base, a pair of opposing straight side walls, a pair opposing foldable end walls, a foldable top, and a folding mechanism. A first straight side wall is operable to slide towards a second straight side wall along a first longitudinal axis, and a first foldable end wall and a second foldable end wall are operable to fold inwardly towards each other along a second latitudinal axis. The folding mechanism allows surfaces of the first and second foldable base sections to be used for storing goods within the container without any interfering protrusions when the foldable transport container is in its erected configuration.

Abstract: The invention relates to a collapsible freight container and related methods thereof.

Abstract: Structures, methods, and systems associated with a stackable and collapsible container are provided. One structure includes a stackable and collapsible container having at least four non-collapsible, load bearing vertical support members attached to vertical walls of the container and capable of supporting the weight of other containers. A top surface is included having a number of sections which include a pivotal connection to one another and which are collapsible about the pivotal connection to an interior of the container. A bottom surface is included having a number of sections which include a pivotal connection to one another and which are collapsible about the pivotal connection to an interior of the container. The top and the bottom surfaces of the container can be fixedly positioned in a number of collapsed states.

Abstract: Structures, methods, and systems associated with a stackable and collapsible container are provided. One structure includes a stackable and collapsible container having at least four non-collapsible, load bearing vertical support members attached to vertical walls of the container and capable of supporting the weight of other containers. A top surface is included having a number of sections which include a pivotal connection to one another and which are collapsible about the pivotal connection to an interior of the container. A bottom surface is included having a number of sections which include a pivotal connection to one another and which are collapsible about the pivotal connection to an interior of the container. The top and the bottom surfaces of the container can be fixedly positioned in a number of collapsed states.

Abstract: Structures, methods, and systems associated with a stackable and collapsible container are provided. One structure includes a stackable and collapsible container having at least four non-collapsible, load bearing vertical support members attached to vertical walls of the container and capable of supporting the weight of other containers. A top surface is included having a number of sections which include a pivotal connection to one another and which are collapsible about the pivotal connection to an interior of the container. A bottom surface is included having a number of sections which include a pivotal connection to one another and which are collapsible about the pivotal connection to an interior of the container. The top and the bottom surfaces of the container can be fixedly positioned in a number of collapsed states.

Abstract: A container comprising a multiplicity of panels, a multiplicity of retaining clips adapted to secure the panels when the container is erect and a multiplicity of storage clips, each storage clip comprising two legs, a first leg having a first foot arranged to be received beneath the panels when the latter is stacked and a second leg having a second foot adapted to be received in a recess in a top panel of the stack. The length of the first leg is arranged so that the top panel of the stack can be stacked with the internal face directed towards the adjacent panel with a restraining force being applied by the storage clip to the stack to restrain separation of the panels.

Abstract: This folding packaging case or box of parallelipipedic configuration comprises a bottom, a front panel, a back panel and two lateral panels, and a folding lid, the various panel elements being hingedly interconnected by flexible joints. The bottom comprises at least one joint through which it is hingedly connected to one of the lateral panels, and a peripheral ledge engageable by the peripheral panels so as to lock the peripheral panels in position and thus permit the assembling of the case into a rigid structure.

Abstract: A collapsible container for fruit is provided with simple means for interlocking the bottom plate with a wall plate so that the bottom plate is not detached from the wall plate regardless of the manner in which the container is handled. The simple means comprise at least two L-shaped projections on one side of the bottom plate each having an additional holding projection and corresponding openings in the lower part of the wall plate.

Abstract: A structure that is collapsible from a volume-enclosing, expanded position to a position wherein the walls and roof are disposed in a horizontally extending stack of generally vertically disposed members. The roof is pivotally mounted to an upper portion of a free-standing rear wall (which is operatively connected to the ground in free-standing position), and the front wall is pivotally connected to the roof generally along the front edge of the roof. A floor may be provided having at least a portion thereof pivotal with respect to the rear wall so that it can be disposed generally parallel or perpendicular to the rear wall. The side walls may be mounted to the rear wall so that they pivot outwardly with respect to the rear wall, the rear wall being disposed between the side walls and the front wall when the structure is in collapsed position. An interior partition can be provided in the structure, and mechanisms may be utilized for interconnecting two such structures together.

Abstract: The end walls of the container are hinged to the opposite vertical edges of one side wall. The roof is hinged to a longitudinal listel rigid with said one side wall, inwardly protruding from the longitudinal upper edge of the latter at 90.degree., and is disengageably coupled with a similar listel on the longitudinal upper edge of the other side wall. Both side walls have their longitudinal lower edges hinged to the base wall of the container, the said one side wall being hinged at a level lower than that of the hinges of the other side wall. The container is collapsable to a reduced volume by first folding the end walls onto the inner face of said one side wall, subsequently downwardly folding the roof onto the folded end walls, then downwardly folding onto the base wall said one side wall with its carried end walls and roof, and downwardly folding the other side wall onto the said one side wall.

Abstract: A packing case molded from plastic materials comprises two side walls including two half-walls rotatably connected to each other by tenon/mortise joint and hinge elements, two end walls rotatably connected to the adjacent side walls by tenon/mortise joint and hinge elements, and two cover plates removeably intersecting with said connected walls, thereby to form a foldable container which can easily pack or unpack without need of any external means, and can be folded into a collapsed form that is easily recovered for further use.

Abstract: Folding structures useful for a variety of different utilitarian and play purposes can be constructed so as to utilize a Sarrus linkage modified so as to include an overcenter toggle mechanism to reinforce the linkage against inadvertent or undesired folding from an expanded position. As used in accordance with the invention such a Sarrus linkage includes two non-folding members or walls which are connected by two separate folding wall structures. Each of such wall structures includes two non-folding parts, an intermediate hinge connecting such parts, and edge hinges connecting such parts to the non-folding members or walls.

Abstract: A foldable shed or enclosure consisting of a rear wall, a front wall including a door, centrally foldable side walls hinged at their front and rear edges to the side edges of the front and rear walls, a floor hinged to the bottom margin of the rear wall and a roof connected at rear side edge portions thereof to the upper side edge portions of the rear wall by link bars. A foldable strut bar is pivotally and swivelly connected to the top marginal portions of the front sections of the foldable side walls, the strut bar having a locking mechanism which locks its segments in horizontal positions when the side walls are unfolded to their planar positions. By raising the floor against the rear wall, unlocking the strut bar, folding the side walls inwardly and folding the roof downwardly, the shed can be folded to a compact flat condition with the roof and link bars acting to clamp the parts together.

Abstract: A collapsible carton is provided with two bottom closure flaps. A center divider is also provided which has its bottom edge extended along the junction between the two bottom flaps. This center divider and the two bottom flaps have intermeshing apertured projections. Each projection has a cylindrical hole extending therethrough and all said projections are alignable to receive a single securing pin.