Container

Claim 2

A collapsible container having side walls connected to a bottom wall, a top wall integral with a first side wall at a line which permits folding of the top wall with respect to said first side wall, the top wall having first and second panels pivotable with respect to one another, said first panel being generally perpendicular to said first side wall, said second panel being generally parallel to a second side wall opposite said first side wall, said second side wall being longer than said first side wall, at least one locking ear on a third side wall, said locking ear holding said top wall panels in a right angled disposition, a slot at the intersection of said second and third walls at the upper end thereof, said top wall second panel having a tab received within the last-mentioned slot.

Claim 3

A container in accordance with claim 1 including a scoop integral along one side edge and separable from one of said first and second side walls by a perforation line.

Claim 4

A container in accordance with claim 1 wherein said bottom wall is defined by a plurality of panels corresponding in number to the side walls, each bottom wall panel being integral with and connected to a side wall by way of a fold line, the panels attached to said first and second side walls having mating locking portions, said bottom wall panels being arranged to snap into a locked disposition when pressure is applied to opposite corners of the container in a collapsed condition.

Claim 5

A container in accordance with claim 1 wherein said top wall has a slot along a side edge of said top wall first panel, said locking ear having a tab received in the last-mentioned slot.

Claim 6

A container in accordance with claim 1 including a scoop integral with a side edge of one of said side walls and connected thereto by way of a perforation line to facilitate separation of the scoop, said scoop and said walls being made from a one piece blank.

Claim 7

A container comprising: (a) first and second oppositely disposed side walls, third and fourth oppositely disposed side walls, said walls being connected together in a collapsed and in an erected position, panel means connected to a bottom end of each of said walls and defining a bottom wall which assumes a position generally perpendicular to said side walls as said walls are erected from a collapsed position, (b) first and second top wall panels connected together at a fold line, said first top wall panel being integral with said first side wall at the upper end thereof and connected thereto at a fold line, the combined height of said first side wall and said second top wall panel corresponding generally to the height of said second wall, (c) one of said top wall panels having a tab, one of said side walls having a slot for receiving said tab when said first top wall panel is generally perpendicular to each of said first and second side walls and said second top wall panel overlies the upper end of said second wall, (d) means for locking said first top wall panel in a position generally perpendicular to said first and second side walls, said locking means including at least one slot in said first top wall panel, said third wall having a tab, said third wall being foldable to a position wherein the tab thereon enters the slot in said first top wall panel.

Claim 8

A container comprising: (a) first and second oppositely disposed side walls, third and fourth oppositely disposed side walls, said walls being connected together in a collapsed and in an erected position, panel means connected to a bottom end of each of said walls and defining a bottom wall which assumes a position generally perpendicular to said side walls as said walls are erected from a collapsed position, (b) first and second top wall panels connected together at a fold line, said first top wall panel being integral with said first side wall at the upper end thereof and connected thereto at a fold line, the combined height of said first side wall and said second top wall panel corresponding generally to the height of said second wall, (c) one of said top wall panels having a tab, one of said side walls having a slot for receiving said tab when said first top wall panel is generally perpendicular to each of said first and second side walls and said second top wall panel overlies the upper end of said second wall, (d) means for locking said first top wall panel in a position generally perpendicular to said first and second side walls, said locking means including at least one slot in said first top wall panel, said third wall having a tab, said third wall being foldable to a position wherein the tab thereon enters the slot in said first top wall panel.

Claim 9

A container in accordance with claim 6 wherein said locking means also includes a tab on the upper end of said fourth side wall, the upper end of said fourth side wall being foldable to a position wherein the tab thereon enters a different slot in said first top wall panel.

Claim 10

A container in accordance with claim 6 wherein said top wall panel having a tab is the second top wall panel and the slot therefor being at the intersection of said second and third walls at the upper end thereof.

Claim 11

A container in accordance with claim 6 including serrations at the upper edge of said second side wall.

Claim 12

A collapsible container having side walls connected to a bottom wall, a top wall integral with a first side wall at a line which permits folding of the top wall with respect to said first side wall, the top wall having first and second panels pivotable with respect to one another, said first panel being generally perpendicular to said first side wall, said second panel being generally parallel to said first side wall and overlying a portion of a second side wall opposite said first side wall, said second side wall being longer than said first side wall, said top wall first panel having a slot adjacent a side edge thereof, a locking ear pivotably connected to a third side wall, said locking ear having a portion disposed within said slot and having mutually perpendicular side edges contacting said top wall panels for holding said top wall panels in a right angled disposition.

Claim 13

A collapsible container having side walls connected to a bottom wall, a top wall integral with a first side wall at a line which permits folding of the top wall with respect to said first side wall, the top wall having first and second panels pivotable with respect to one another, said first panel being generally perpendicular to said first side wall, said second panel being generally parallel to said first side wall and overlying a portion of a second side wall opposite said first side wall, said second side wall being longer than said first side wall, said top wall first panel having a slot adjacent a side edge thereof, a locking ear pivotably connected to a third side wall, said locking ear having a portion disposed within said slot and having mutually perpendicular side edges contacting said top wall panels for holding said top wall panels in a right angled disposition.