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1. A collapsible container, comprising:
a base having a bottom wall, base side walls and base end walls; a pair of opposed side panels and a pair of opposed end panels respectively hinged to the base side and end walls; wherein each of the pair of opposed side panels and the pair of opposed end panels is movable between an erected position and a folded position, and in said folded position, a first of the pairs of opposed side panels and end panels fold essentially flat parallel to the bottom wall of the base and a second of the pairs of opposed side panels and end panels fold essentially flat onto the first of the pairs of opposed side and end panels to minimize a height of the container in the folded position, wherein one of the first and second pairs of opposed side and end panels of the container are each fixedly hinged to a respective one of the side and end walls of the base to permit folding of the one pair of opposed side and end panels onto the base, wherein the base has channels formed in ones of the side and end walls of the base corresponding to the second one of the first and second opposed pairs of side and end panels of the container and wherein each of the second of the pairs of opposed side panels and end panels has hinge portions to be received within the respective channels in the ones of the side and end walls of the base to permit a hinge line to slide vertically in the channels permitting, in the folded position, folding of the second of the first and second opposed pairs of the side and end panels onto the one of the folded first and second pairs of opposed side and end panels, each of said channels including spaced channel ends defined by sloped channel end surfaces and a horizontal flange, and wherein each of first ones of the first and second opposed pairs of side and end panels of the container has side edge return flanges with grooves and each of second ones of the first and second opposed pair of side and end panels has side edge tabs that are received in corresponding ones of the grooves of the adjacent opposed ones of the first and second opposed side and end panels in said erected position of said collapsible container, whereby, when said pairs of opposed side panels and end panels are in said erected position, said second ones of said first and second opposed pairs of side and end panels are fixed to said first ones of said first and second opposed pairs of side and end panels to lock all of said panels to said base. |
