COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINERS

摘要

A collapsible shipping container has a corner post located at each corner of a base frame. A respective stile of an end cover frame, which may support at least one door, is pivotally mounted on the base frame adjacent each corner post. Respective lifting members on each corner post and stile have curved abutment faces which engage when the stile is in the erected position, and a latch member releasably locks the stile in the erected position.;The or each end cover frame may be provided with a spring—or winch system to assist in moving the end cover frame to the erected position.

主权项

1. A base frame/end cover engagement assembly, for a collapsible container, the assembly including:
a corner post located at a corner of the base frame and extending upwardly therefrom; a lower lifting restraint extending laterally from the corner post, towards an interior space, and spaced above the base frame, the lower lifting restraint having, at a distal end, a downwardly-directed concave abutment face; a stile of an end cover frame pivotally mounted on the base frame adjacent the corner post; a lower lifting restraint block on the stile, the lower lifting restraint block having an upwardly-directed convex abutment face complementary to the concave abutment face on the lower lifting restraint; and a latch member on the corner post, or the stile, operable to releasably engage a stop member on the stile, or corner post, to releasably lock the stile in a substantially vertical position when a respective end cover is in an erected position; so arranged that:
in the erected position, the respective abutment faces of the lower lifting restraint and of the lower lifting restraint block are engaged to increase the load strength of the collapsible container, in the vertical direction, when erected; andthe lower lifting restraint extends, and is fixed, to a vertical side plate of the base frame extending along one side thereof.