Collapsible pail

Claim 1

A collapsible pail comprising the combination of: a plurality of tapered sections coaxially disposed with respect to each other; each of said pail sections having an upper portion and a lower portion arranged so that the lower portion of one section binds with the upper portion of another section so as to provide a maximum volume container; sealing means disposed between adjacent and binding portions of said sections providing releasable frictional engagement therebetween; said sections characterized as being nestable in one condition providing a low profile for storage purposes and extendable to another condition constituting said maximum volume container; said lower portion of said other section includes a circular flange serving as a stop means limiting disassembly of said sections from said coaxial relationship and from each other; said sealing means comprising a pair of annular spaced apart tapes of resilient composition characterized as being compressible to effect a waterproof seal between said adjacent and binding portions of said sections; said tapered upper portion of said one section cooperates with said flange of said lower portion of said other section to combine said sections as a unit in either of said first and second conditions; snap-lock means are cooperatively disposed between said lower portion of said other section and said flange whereby said flange is removably coupled to said lower portion of said other section; said flange is removably connectable to said upper portion of one section constituting a lid therefor in either one of said aforementioned conditions; and said flanged bottom of said other section is of greater dimension than the dimension of said other section so as to retain said sections together as a unit.