A collapsible container is described in the present disclosure and can include a base, two end walls and two side walls, wherein each of the side walls include a plurality of movably connected panels that can be folded down to allow for the container to be collapsed into a more compact arrangement. The container also can include a roof that is movably connected to one or more of the walls to allow the walls to move relative to the roof.

Foldable containers and methods of making and using same. A foldable container adjustable between an unfolded condition and a folded condition has a roof panel and an opposing base panel, and a front panel and an opposing door panel. Each of the front panel and the door panel is hingedly connected to only the roof panel. The container includes a first side panel and a disparately sized opposing second side panel. A first extender is associated with the first side panel and a disparately sized second extender is associated with the second side panel. A set of tracks is situated on the first side panel. When folded, the second panel is upwardly adjacent the base panel, the first panel is upwardly adjacent the second panel, a group comprising the front panel and the door panel is upwardly adjacent the first panel, and the roof panel is upwardly adjacent the group.

A laterally collapsible container (111) comprising a pair of side walls (114, 115), at least one pair of hinged end panels (116), a top wall (113) and a bottom wall (112), wherein one end of a vertical side wall (114, 115) is mechanically coupled to the corresponding vertical side edge of a hinged end panel (116) through a hinged push-pull connection (211) comprising at least a first piece (123) and at least a second piece (212) that are joined together through an intermediate piece (213), to allow the hinged end panels (116) to be attached to the corresponding outer side surface of a vertical side wall (114, 115), where the hinged end panel (116) can describe a rotational movement between 0?, which corresponds to the hinged end panel (116) in the closed position, and 270?, which corresponds to the hinged end panel (116) in the fully open position.

In multiple embodiments, a collapsible container includes a base and a plurality of walls pivotably connected to edges of the base and collapsible onto the base. The plurality of walls include a retractable first wall. The first wall includes a frame having a lower horizontal portion and a pair of upstanding vertical portions extending upward from the lower horizontal portion to define an access opening therebetween. An upper beam is slidably coupled to the vertical portions and movable between a first position away from the lower horizontal portion of the frame and a second position proximate the lower horizontal portion of the frame. In some embodiments, the first wall includes a mid-beam coupled to the upper beam. The mid-beam is spaced away from the upper beam and spaced away from the lower horizontal portion of the frame when the upper beam is in the first position.

The present invention discloses a novel apparatus and way for folding a shipping container in order to improve space utilization when in a folded condition. As a result of the container design, less vertical space is occupied in the folded condition thereby allowing an additional folded container to be stacked in an assembly of folded containers when compared to the prior art designs.

[Problem] To provide containers stronger than conventional containers with respect to a lateral load when stacked. [Solution] The containers according to the present invention are configured so that a corner engaging projection and a corner engaging recess are engaged at the four corners on the bottom face and the top face of a top and a bottom container when stacked, thereby allowing such containers to hold up against the lateral load received when stacked by dispersing the lateral load more widely than conventional containers. Thus, the present invention achieves a higher strength with respect to the lateral load when stacked than conventional containers and prevents incidents where a first sidewall and second sidewall would be separated from each other due to the first sidewall or second sidewall being pushed and bent outwards.

A fast unloading folding cargo container has a left frame, a right frame, a rear frame, a bottom frame, and connection members. The left frame and the right frame are rotatably connected to the rear frame via the connection members. Both ends of the bottom frame are formed with locking slots that lock onto the rails on the bottoms of the left frame and the right frame, both sides of the bottoms of the left frame and the right frame include recessed support grooves, and the left frame and the right frame both include a suspension member on the top.

The present disclosure is to a scale for measuring a weight of a mass inside of an intermodal freight container. The scale includes a first bottom side rail, a second bottom side rail, a first cross-member and a second cross-member, where the cross-members join the first bottom side rail and the second bottom side rail. The scale further includes a jointed member having a first elongate section joined to the first bottom side rail with a first hinge, a second elongate section joined to the second bottom side rail with a second hinge, and a third hinge that connects the first elongate section and the second elongate section. A container floor is positioned over the jointed member to allow force from a weight of a mass on the container floor to be transferred through the hinges into a first lateral force through the first elongate section into the first bottom side rail, where a load cell associated with the first bottom side rail provides an electrical signal whose magnitude is representative of the first lateral force being imparted by the weight of the mass. A microprocessor receives and stores in memory the electrical signal from the load cell indicating the weight of the mass inside of the intermodal freight container.

A collapsible intermodal shipping container is provided. The container includes door frame posts and sidewalls that are each segmented into long and short portions that enable the door frames and sidewalls to articulate. When collapsed, the long portions of the door frame posts lie folded at right angles to the short portions of the door frame posts and the long portions of the sidewalls lie folded at right angles to the short portions of the sidewalls.

A crate includes a base and a plurality of walls including a front wall. The front wall is movable between a retracted, open position and a closed position. In some embodiments, the front wall includes a frame, a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is hingeably connected to the frame and the second portion is hingeably connected to the first portion.