Convertible and disposable picnic basket and table top device

Claim 1

A FOLDABLE CONTAINER COMPRISING A SHEET, SAID SHEET BEING DIVIDED INTO A CHECKERBOARD PATTERN CONSISTING OF THREE SETS OF THREE LONGITUDINALLY ARRAYED RECTANGULAR PANELS EACH, TWO OF SAID SETS BEING ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A CENTRAL SET, THE FOUR CORNER PANELS OF SAID SHEET HAVING AN OUTWARDLY EXTENDING DIAGONAL FOLD LINE, FOLD LINES BETWEEN ALL ADJACENT PANELS, TWO ENDLESS CORDS, A PAIR OF SPACED APART APERTURES IN EACH OF THOSE PANELS INTERMEDIATE A PAIR OF CORNER PANELS IN EACH SET, SAID PAIR OF APERTURES BEING LOCATED NEAR THE OUTER EDGE OF ITS RESPECTIVE PANEL, AND A PAIR OF SPACED APART APERTURES IN EACH OF THE CORNER PANELS, SAID CORNER PANEL APERTURES DEFINING BETWEEN THEM A LINE INTERSECTING SAID FIRST MENTIONED DIAGONAL FOLD LINE IN THE RESPECTIVE CORNER PANEL, SAID APERTURES IN SAID CORNER PANELS BEING DISPOSED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID DIAGONAL FOLD LINE EACH OF SAID CORDS BEING LACED THROUGH THE APERTURES OF TWO CORNER PANELS ON THE INNER SIDE THEREOF AND THROUGH THE APERTURES OF THE PANEL THEREBETWEEN ON EACH SIDE OF SAID SHEET, THE TENSIONING OF EACH OF SAID CORDS CAUSING SAID RESPECTIVE CORNER PANELS TO FOLD OUTWARDLY ALONG THEIR DIAGONAL FOLD LINES AND TO FORM TRIANGULARLY SHAPED WINGS, AND TO CAUSE ALL OF THE PANELS EXCEPTING THE CENTER PANEL OF SAID SHEET TO MOVE UPWARDLY TO FORM A BOX-LIKE STRUCTURE, SAID WINGS BEING CAUSED BY THE TENSIONING OF SAID CORDS TO FOLD ONE OVER THE OTHER ON THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE PANEL POSITIONED THEREBETWEEN.