Collapsible box for trash compacting system

摘要

This invention is directed to an improved collapsible box for trash compactors and particularly aircraft trash compactors. The box is constructed from an integrally formed elongated main section having rectangularly shaped front, rear, and bottom panels and a pair of opposing side panels which are secured to continuous flanges hingedly connected to the vertical edges of the front and rear panels and to the horizontal edges of the bottom panel. At least one side panel is provided with a free-standing edge which is adapted to be seated in a guide or securing means or overhang within the compactor chamber which fixes the position of the side panel. A continuous medial fold line is provided at the middle of the front, rear, and bottom panels to facilitate the folding of the box into a collapsed state for storing. In the preferred embodiment, the front and rear panels are each provided with a pair of fold lines which extend from the lower edges of the panels to common points on the medial fold lines. These fold lines allow the front and rear panels to fold inwardly and the bottom panel to fold outwardly about the medial lines thereof.