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Folding collapsible storage boxFolding collapsible storage box description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20090101700, Folding collapsible storage box. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
(a) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to storage boxes and more particularly, to a folding collapsible storage box that can be folding into a collapsed flat manner to reduce the dimension when not in use. (b) Description of the Prior Art Storage boxes are intensively used in every family for keeping small clothes or other small items. A storage box for this purpose may have only one storage chamber, and may be made folding collapsible. When a folding collapsible storage box is not in use, it can be folded into a collapsed status, reducing the dimension. To classify storage items in a storage box, a partition structure is necessary. Therefore, partition plates prepared from a hard material such as plastics, wood or metal are installed in storage boxes to divide the holding space of each storage box into multiple compartments for keeping different storage items. When partition plates are connected to the inside of a folding collapsible storage box, the size of the folding collapsible storage box is fixed and not changeable. When wishing to collapse the folding collapsible storage box, the partition plates must be removed and separately stored. This arrangement results in inconvenience in use. The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a folding collapsible storage box, which eliminates the drawbacks of the aforesaid prior art design. According to one aspect of the present invention, folding partition members are directly connected to the upright peripheral walls of the box body and alternatively set between an extended status where the partition members divide the holding space of the box body into multiple compartments for keeping different items, and a received status where the partition members are respectively closely attached to the upright peripheral walls of the box body and foldable with the box body into a collapsed flat manner. According to another aspect of the present invention, the box body and the partition members can be made of hard and strong plate members prepared from wood, metal, plastic or hard paper and then wrapped with a cloth covering, and a folding line is formed of a part of the cloth covering between each two plate members. By means of the folding lines, the box body and the partition members can be folded up and set in a collapsed flat manner. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the box body is a rectangular container, having a rectangular bottom panel and four upright peripheral walls respectively extending from the four sides of the rectangular bottom panel and connected to one another. Further, two partition members are set in the box body, each having one folding line on the middle and its two opposite end portions respectively connected to the four upright peripheral walls of the rectangular box body. The two partition members can be settable between an extended position where the folding lines of the two partition members are abutted against each other and the two partition members divide the holding space of the box body into four compartments, and a received position where the partition members are closely attached to the upright peripheral walls of the box body and the folding lines of the partition members are respectively attached to diagonal corners of the box body. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the box body is a rectangular container, having a rectangular bottom panel and four upright peripheral walls respectively extending from the four sides of the rectangular bottom panel and connected to one another, and two plate-like first partition members and one hollow rectangular column-like second partition member are set in the box body to divide the holding space of the box body into four compartments. The first partition members each have a folding line on the middle and its two opposite end portions respectively connected to two adjacent upright peripheral walls of the rectangular box body. The second partition member have four sides connected to one another and one of the four sides connected to the folding line of one first partition member. According to still another embodiment of the present invention, the box body is a rectangular container, having a rectangular bottom panel and four upright peripheral walls respectively extending from the four sides of the rectangular bottom panel and connected to one another, and two first partition plates and two second partition plates are set in the box body. The first partition plates each have a folding line disposed on the middle and vertically extending to top and bottom sides thereof and the respective two opposite end portions respectively connected to two adjacent upright peripheral walls of the rectangular box body. The second partition plates each have two folding lines arranged in parallel and vertically extending to top and bottom sides thereof and the respective two opposite ends portions respectively connected to two opposite upright peripheral walls of the box body and arranged at two sides in a staggered manner. According to still another embodiment of the present invention, the box body is a rectangular container, having a rectangular bottom panel and four upright peripheral walls respectively extending from the four sides of the rectangular bottom panel and connected to one another, and one first partition plate and one second partition plate are set in the box body. The first partition plate has a folding line disposed on the middle and vertically extending to its top and bottom sides, and its two opposite end portions respectively connected to two adjacent upright peripheral walls of the rectangular box body. The second partition plate has two folding lines arranged in parallel and vertically extending to its top and bottom sides, and its two opposite ends portions respectively connected to two opposite upright peripheral walls of the box body. According to still another embodiment of the present invention, the box body is a rectangular container, having a rectangular bottom panel and four upright peripheral walls respectively extending from the four sides of the rectangular bottom panel and connected to one another, and two partition members are connected in parallel between two opposite upright peripheral walls of the box body. Each partition member has two folding lines arranged in parallel and vertically extending to its top and bottom sides, and its two opposite ends portions respectively connected to two opposite upright peripheral walls of the box body. According to still another embodiment of the present invention, the box body is a circular container, and curved partition members are set in the boxy body. The curved partition members each have two end portions, two arched portions connected in series between the two opposite end portions, and a folding line connected between the two arched portions. When applying a pressure to the folding line of one partition member, the extending direction of the arched portions of the respective partition member is reversed, and therefore the configuration of the compartments defined in the box body by the partition members is relatively changed. Further, the end portions of the partition members can be respectively stitched to the upright peripheral walls of the box body in such a manner that the partition members are twistable relative to the box body. Further, the end portions of the partition members can be respectively pivoted to the upright peripheral walls of the box body so that the partition members are rotatable relative to the box body. The foregoing object and summary provide only a brief introduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these and other objects of the present invention as well as the invention itself, all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detailed description of the invention and the claims should be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the specification and drawings identical reference numerals refer to identical or similar parts. Many other advantages and features of the present invention will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown by way of illustrative example. Continue reading about Folding collapsible storage box... 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