Transport chamber
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1. A transport container comprising:
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a plurality of side walls extending from the base, the side walls being adjacent to each other at edges to form a container having an inner cavity, each of the side walls being formed of a first wall panel and a second wall panel connected to the first wall panel by a hinge, adjacent first wall panels being selectively connectable and disconnectable to each other at edges of the side walls to allow the first wall panels to fold down relative to the second wall panels thereby shortening the transport container;
wherein at least one of the second wall panels is slidably connected to adjacent second wall panels by edge connectors such that the side wall with the slidably connected second wall panel may be slid in a direction essentially perpendicular to the base for access to the inner cavity, the edge connectors preventing the adjacent second wall panels from pulling away from the slidably connected second wall panel in other directions.
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Abstract
A transport container having a base and a plurality of side walls perpendicularly connected to form a container having an inner cavity. The side walls are formed of first and second wall panels. The first and second wall panels are hingedly connected so that the first or upper wall panels may fold down relative to the second or lower wall panels to collapse the transport container after use. The first and second wall panels are hingedly connected by an elongated flexible hinge. Edge portions of the first wall panels have coupling assemblies that are designed to selectively connect and disconnect adjacent first wall panels.
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19 Claims
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1. A transport container comprising:
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a base; a plurality of side walls extending from the base, the side walls being adjacent to each other at edges to form a container having an inner cavity, each of the side walls being formed of a first wall panel and a second wall panel connected to the first wall panel by a hinge, adjacent first wall panels being selectively connectable and disconnectable to each other at edges of the side walls to allow the first wall panels to fold down relative to the second wall panels thereby shortening the transport container; wherein at least one of the second wall panels is slidably connected to adjacent second wall panels by edge connectors such that the side wall with the slidably connected second wall panel may be slid in a direction essentially perpendicular to the base for access to the inner cavity, the edge connectors preventing the adjacent second wall panels from pulling away from the slidably connected second wall panel in other directions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A transport container comprising:
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a base; a plurality of side walls extending from the base, the side walls being adjacent to each other to form a container having an open top and an inner cavity, each of the side walls being formed of a first wall panel and a second wall panel hingedly connected thereto by a hinge which seals against ambient air flow between the first wall panel and the second wall panel, the second wall panels being sealably connectable to the base and to each other; and cooperating edgeloks attached at edges of each of the first wall panels, the cooperating edgeloks being selectively connectable and disconnectable to allow the first wall panels to fold down relative to the second wall panels, the cooperating edgeloks extending the entire height of the first wall panels, the cooperating edgeloks being formed of plastic material and having a plurality of surfaces which mate to seal against air flow between adjacent first wall panels. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A transport container comprising:
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a base; a plurality of side walls extending upward from the base, the side walls being adjacent to each other at edges to form a container having an inner cavity, each of the side walls being formed of a lower panel contacting the base and an upper panel connected to the lower panel by a hinge to allow the upper panel to fold down relative to the lower panel; wherein the lower panel of at least one of the side walls is slidably connected to the lower panels of adjacent side walls by edge connectors, such that the side wall with the slidably connected lower panel may be slid upward from the base for access to the inner cavity, the edge connectors preventing the lower panels of adjacent side walls from pulling away from the slidably connected lower panel in other directions. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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