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1. A collapsible paperboard container comprising:
a bottom wall; a peripheral wall having a front panel, a back panel, and opposing side panels, the peripheral wall being connected at a bottom end to the bottom wall and extending upwardly therefrom, and which has expanded and collapsed positions, the container having a longitudinal axis whereby the bottom wall is disposed at right angles to the longitudinal axis when the container is in the expanded condition; an interior chamber defined by the bottom wall and peripheral wall; a top entrance opening of the interior chamber defined by a top of the peripheral wall; a plurality of score lines formed in the peripheral wall which facilitate movement of the peripheral wall from the expanded position to the collapsed position in response to a manual force being applied to the peripheral wall to cause a first portion thereof to move toward a second portion thereof, the plurality of score lines comprising: a first score line provided in the front panel and disposed substantially orthogonally to the longitudinal axis, the first score line being positioned within a bottom third of the container; and a second score line formed in each of the side panels, said second score lines being substantially mirror images of each other and each comprising a substantially V-shaped member having a first arm disposed substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the container, a second arm extending from proximate a bottom front corner of the side panel and toward the first arm, and a third arm extending from proximate a bottom back corner of the side panel and toward the first arm, said first, second and third arms intersecting at a point; and a plurality of visual indicators provided at positions of the container so as to indicate where and in what order manual force should be applied to collapse the container along the score lines by visually identifying positions on the container where fingertip pressure should be applied to collapse the container and the order in which said pressure should be applied to said positions, the visual indicators comprising:
a plurality of first alphanumeric markings identifying positions for a first application of fingertip pressure to a first score line on the front panel and the second score lines on the side panels, the first alphanumeric markings being disposed at each end of the first score line and at the point of intersection of the second score lines on each respective side panel;at least one second alphanumeric marking identifying a position for a second application of fingertip pressure to the bottom wall, the second alphanumeric marking being disposed laterally centrally along the front edge of the bottom wall; andat least one third alphanumeric marking identifying a position for a third application of fingertip pressure to the front panel, the third alphanumeric marking being disposed laterally centrally in an upper portion of the front panel, the visual indicators thereby being respectively positioned on the container at said positions where the indicators instruct that fingertip pressure should be applied to collapse the container. |
