People facing emergencies, such as disasters, may not receive external assistance in a timely manner, instead having to rely on themselves for critical or extended periods. A system including emergency response containers providing both for organizational structure, including a method of assigning roles to available individuals, and task domain knowledge for organizational elements, namely the people facing and experiencing the emergency, allows for organic emergency response and eases transition to and effectiveness of external professional emergency response providers. In some embodiments the system is modular and adjustable for different situations.

Collapsible indoor and outdoor containers having a collapsible wall section with shape-retaining characteristics are disclosed. In particular, collapsible coolers, fish bins, and wheeled vertical bins are provided. The collapsible wall section may include foldable tiers of a flexible material, each tier having at least one stable, relatively expanded position and at least one stable, relatively collapsed position; and an intervening, non-folding tier composed of a different, relatively stiff or rigid material. The coolers, fish bins, and wheeled vertical bins are each advantageously provided with a collapsible insert container that nests within and collapses together with a shell of the respective container, the respective wall folds of the shell and insert meshing together to result in a combined collapsed vertical dimension as small or nearly as small as that of the collapsed shell alone.

An accessory for use with a portable container includes a jacket configured to extend around at least a portion of the sidewall of the container, the jacket including a plurality of modular sections formed separately and connected together around the at least a portion of the sidewall of the container. The modular sections include a first modular section having extending around a first portion of the sidewall of the container, a second modular section connected to the first modular section and extending around a second portion of the sidewall of the container, and at least one additional modular section extending around a third portion of the sidewall of the container. The first and second modular sections have different structural configurations. The accessory also includes a first connection member connected to the jacket and configured to support the jacket in connection with the container.

Collapsible indoor and outdoor containers having a collapsible wall section with shape-retaining characteristics are disclosed. In particular, collapsible coolers, fish bins, and wheeled vertical bins are provided. The collapsible wall section may include foldable tiers of a flexible material, each tier having at least one stable, relatively expanded position and at least one stable, relatively collapsed position; and an intervening, non-folding tier composed of a different, relatively stiff or rigid material. The coolers, fish bins, and wheeled vertical bins are each advantageously provided with a collapsible insert container that nests within and collapses together with a shell of the respective container, the respective wall folds of the shell and insert meshing together to result in a combined collapsed vertical dimension as small or nearly as small as that of the collapsed shell alone.

A material loading device with inbuilt stability for the materials and largely immune to operator error includes a loading frame and at least one first locking mechanism. The loading frame defines a receiving cavity with at least one opening. Opposing inner walls of the loading frame define a plurality of slots. The first locking mechanism, comprising guide rod and first locking portions, is disposed at the opening. The first guide rod is disposed outside the receiving cavity, the first locking portions are movably built into at least one sidewall of the loading frame. The first guide rod will drop by gravity to just outside the loading frame, causing the first locking portions to move and lock the plurality of slots. The first guide rod can also be lifted by a parallel surface, moving the first locking portions away to unlock the slots.

A material loading device includes a main body defining a receiving cavity and an opening. The receiving cavity receives materials. The main body defines a buckle groove at the opening. A buckle rod movably coupled to the main body at the opening buckles into the buckle groove. A foolproof mechanism is arranged on the main body. A thimble of the foolproof mechanism is slidably coupled to the main body. One end of the thimble is located in the buckle groove. When the buckle rod is buckled into the buckle groove, the buckle rod drives the thimble to slide relative to the main body. A display member of the foolproof mechanism is coupled to the thimble. The main body defines a plurality of recesses corresponding to the display member. The thimble drives the display member to slide relative to the recesses to switch the display member displayed through the recesses.

A container includes a case that defines a storage space and an opening at a top surface of the case, a case coupler that is configured to couple to an upper edge of at least one of the lateral walls of the case, the case coupler including a shaft, a cover fixing unit configured to couple to the shaft of the case coupler and to rotate about the shaft, a cover configured to detachably couple to an upper side of the case coupler and configured to open and close at least a portion of the opening of the case, and a hinge that is coupled to the cover and that defines a seating portion configured to receive the shaft, the cover being configured to rotate about the shaft. The cover fixing unit comprises cover fixing units that are located, respectively, at lateral walls of the case that face each other.

A storage case where a case cover is openably and closably connected to a case body, the storage case includes a latch mechanism fixing the case cover to the case body and a handle swingably connected to the case body. The handle includes a support arm swinging about a swing shaft extending in a case width direction, and a grip extending from the support arm in the case width direction. A part of the latch mechanism is located on a side of the grip from the support arm in the case width direction when the handle is downed.

An insulation system for beverage containers comprising: an inner container surrounding a plurality of cylindrical beverage containers contained in an inner container; a handle included in an inner container top panel; an outer container having a cavity defined in the outer container for receiving the inner container; a pair of lateral spacers disposed lengthwise along corresponding inner upper corners of the out container; an airspace defined between an inner container side panel and an external container side panel having a polygon cross-section; and, a handle access opening centrally defined in an outer container top panel allowing access to the handle of the inner container so that the beverage containers, inner container and out container can be transported using the handle wherein the width of the handle access opening is about one third the length of the outer panel top opening.