Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
222 words
A container comprising a base provided with lateral edges and including widened feet, three lateral walls for alignment with corresponding edges of said base and forming a triptych, said walls including and being foldable about two vertical hinges, one of said walls being a central panel and having a lower horizontal edge coupled to said base, the other of said walls being lateral panels, said triptych being foldable about the lower horizontal edge of the central panel, said triptych, with said walls folded together, being housed within said base, a fourth lateral wall including at least two panels pivotally connected to each other about a horizontal axis, said fourth lateral wall being foldable into said base to be housed within the latter along with said triptych such that neither the triptych nor said fourth wall extends above the lateral edges, one of said two panels being pivotally connected to said base and both of said two panels being displaceable relative to the lateral panels of the triptych when the latter are aligned with the corresponding edges of the base, and brackets on the lateral panels of said triptych for engaging said two panels when the latter are displaced, said lateral panels Including shoulders for centering the feet when the container is stacked on another like container, said brackets being upwardly open hooks.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
222 words
A container comprising a base provided with lateral edges and including widened feet, three lateral walls for alignment with corresponding edges of said base and forming a triptych, said walls including and being foldable about two vertical hinges, one of said walls being a central panel and having a lower horizontal edge coupled to said base, the other of said walls being lateral panels, said triptych being foldable about the lower horizontal edge of the central panel, said triptych, with said walls folded together, being housed within said base, a fourth lateral wall including at least two panels pivotally connected to each other about a horizontal axis, said fourth lateral wall being foldable into said base to be housed within the latter along with said triptych such that neither the triptych nor said fourth wall extends above the lateral edges, one of said two panels being pivotally connected to said base and both of said two panels being displaceable relative to the lateral panels of the triptych when the latter are aligned with the corresponding edges of the base, and brackets on the lateral panels of said triptych for engaging said two panels when the latter are displaced, said lateral panels Including shoulders for centering the feet when the container is stacked on another like container, said brackets being upwardly open hooks.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
A container as claimed in claim 1 wherein each of said feet include connected vertical and horizontal parts, said horizontal part being adapted to rest on a lateral edge of a lateral panel of another like container with the vertical part overlapping the latter said edge.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
A container as claimed in claim 1 wherein said fourth wall includes elongated loops coupling the panels thereof together and coupling one of the latter said panels to the base whereby the latter said panels are displaceable.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A container as claimed in claim 1 wherein said lateral panels have upper edges and include extensions thereon to engage the feet of another like container.