New foldable box and assembling and disassembling method thereof

Abstract

Disclosed are a new foldable box and an assembling and disassembling method thereof. The box includes a first plate ( 1 ), a second plate ( 2 ) and two side plates ( 3 ). The two side plates are respectively hinged with the second plate. Sliding guiding holes are provided on the first plate. The two side plates are respectively fixedly connected or movably connected with a sliding member. The two sliding members ( 4 ) are respectively slidably provided in the sliding guiding holes, such that the two side plates respectively slide toward each other along the sliding guiding holes to achieve folding or slide away from each other along the sliding guiding holes to achieve unfolding. The foldable box is simple in structure and convenient for assembling, reducing the space occupied thereby.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A new foldable box, comprising: a first plate, a second plate and two side plates; wherein the two side plates are respectively hinged to the second plate; the first plate is provided with a sliding guiding portion along a length direction of the first plate; the two side plates are respectively fixedly connected or movably connected with a sliding member; the two sliding members are respectively slidably connected with the sliding guiding portion, so that the two side plates respectively slide toward each other along the sliding guiding portion to realize folding or slide away from each other along the sliding guiding portion to realize unfolding. 
     
     
         2 . The new foldable box according to  claim 1 , wherein the first plate is provided with a sliding guiding portion along a length direction of the first plate in one of the following two ways:
 a) in a first way, the first plate comprises a first plate body, a sliding positioning structure connected to a top end and/or a bottom end of the first plate body, and side bars connected at two ends of the first plate body; the sliding guiding portion refers to a sliding guiding hole opened on the sliding positioning structure and extending along the length direction of the first plate; the two sliding members are respectively slidably disposed in the sliding guiding hole; the side bars at the two ends are located on one side of the first plate body adjacent to the second plate to form a positioning space, so that during folding, the two side plates are simultaneously accommodated in the positioning space to position the first plate;   b) in a second way, the first plate comprises a first plate body, an upper side bar connected to a top end of the first plate body, a lower side bar connected to a bottom end of the first plate body and first side bars connected at left and right ends of the first plate body; the sliding guiding portion refers to a sliding positioning bar; the sliding positioning bar is connected one or more of below the upper side bar, above the lower side bar, and at one side of the first plate body adjacent to the second plate; the sliding positioning bar is opened with a sliding guiding hole along a length direction; the two side plates are respectively hingedly connected with the second plate; the two side plates are respectively fixedly connected or movably connected with a sliding member; the two sliding members are respectively slidably disposed in the sliding guiding holes, so that two side plates respectively slide toward each other along the sliding guiding holes to realize folding or slide away from each other along the sliding guiding holes to realize unfolding.   
     
     
         3 . The new foldable box according to  claim 2 , wherein in the second way, the slide positioning bar refers to a flat sliding positioning bar or a U-shaped sliding positioning bar or a reverse sliding positioning bar. 
     
     
         4 . The new foldable box according to  claim 2 , wherein in the second way, mounting operation mouths are provided on the upper side bar and/or the lower side bar at positions opposite to two ends of the sliding guiding hole. 
     
     
         5 . The new foldable box according to  claim 2 , wherein in the second way, the sliding positioning bar and the first plate are separately disposed, and the fixed connection is achieved by welding or riveting or screwing, or the sliding positioning bar is integrally formed with the first plate. 
     
     
         6 . The new foldable box according to  claim 2 , wherein the two sliding members are respectively provided with a fastening structure for fixing between the side plates and the first plate. 
     
     
         7 . The new foldable box according to  claim 6 , wherein the fastening structure refers to a thread provided on the sliding member; the side first plates provided with a threaded portion, or the side plate comprises a side plate body and a sliding piece connected to the side plate body, and the sliding piece is provided with a threaded portion; one end of the sliding member is threaded to the threaded portion, and the other end of the sliding member passes through the sliding guiding hole to abut the first plate to realize fixing between the side plate and the first plate. 
     
     
         8 . The new foldable box according to  claim 2 , wherein the sliding positioning structure is configured in one of two ways:
 a) each sliding positioning structure includes a sliding positioning bar; the sliding guiding hole refers to a sliding guiding hole opened on the sliding positioning bar; one end of the sliding member is connected with the side plate, and the other end of the sliding member passes through the sliding guiding hole to realize that the sliding member is slidably disposed in the sliding guiding hole; and   b) the sliding positioning structure comprises at least two sliding positioning bars arranged on the upper and lower sides and parallel to each other; the sliding guiding holes refer to sliding guiding holes opened on the respective sliding positioning bars and parallel to each other; one end of the sliding member is connected to the side plate, and the other end of the sliding member sequentially passes through all the sliding guiding holes to realize that the sliding member is slidably disposed in the sliding guiding hole.   
     
     
         9 . The new foldable box according to  claim 2 , wherein the sliding guiding hole is provided with an inwardly protruding limiting protrusion on a hall wall to realize the position limiting of the sliding member. 
     
     
         10 . The new foldable box according to any  claim 2 , wherein one sides of the two side plates are respectively attached to the first plate, and the other sides of the two side plates are respectively attached to the second plate to realize the assembly of the first plate, the second plate and the two side plates into a frame. 
     
     
         11 . The new foldable box according to  claim 10 , wherein one sides of the two side plates being respectively attached to the first plate refers to that the two side plates each comprises a side plate body and a reinforcing edge, the reinforcing edge has an L-shaped cross section; and the reinforcing edge is disposed on a side of the side plate body adjacent to the side bar, and is attached to the side bar. 
     
     
         12 . The new foldable box according to  claim 10 , wherein the second plate comprises a second plate body and second side bars connected to the two ends of the second plate body; the second side bars at the two ends are located on one side of the second plate body adjacent to the first plate, so that the second side bars at the two ends are respectively attached to the first plate, and a spacing exists between the first plate and the second plate body; the other sides of the two side plates are respectively attached to the second plate, and the other sides of the two side plates are respectively attached to the side bars at the two ends. 
     
     
         13 . A method for assembling and disassembling a new foldable box, comprising: an assembling method and a disassembling method; wherein the assembling method comprises the following steps:
 in step A1, laying the box in a folded state flat; pulling one of a first plate and a second plate upward, the other keeping stationary under the action of gravity, and the two side plates respectively rotating outward around a hinge with the second plate to accommodate the increasing distance between the first plate and the second plate until both side plates are unfolded and form a frame together with the first plate and the second plate; during the outward rotation of the two side plates, two sliding members respectively connected to the two side plates sliding away from each other along a sliding guiding portion opened on the first plate to limit rotation angles of the two side plates and realize the positioning of the first plate;   in step A2, fixing the frame and completing assembly;   
       the disassembling method includes the following steps:
 in step B1, de-fixing the frame; 
 in step B2, the two side plates respectively rotating inwardly around the hinge with the second plate until the two side plates are both overlapped with the first plate; in the process of the two side plates rotating inwardly respectively, the two sliding members respectively sliding toward each other along the sliding guiding portion, and the first plate and/or the second plate moving inwardly to reduce the distance between the first plate and the second plate. 
 
     
     
         14 . The assembling and disassembling method according to  claim 13 , wherein in the step A2, fixing the frame means adopting one of the following three ways:
 a) realizing positioning and fixing between the two side plates and the first plate by two sliding members respectively, so that the frame is fixed;   b) mounting one or more of a top plate, a bottom plate, a laminate and a longitudinal partition on the frame, so that the distance between the first plate and the second plate and the distance between the two side plates are fixed, thereby fixing the frame; and   c) realizing positioning and fixing between the two side plates and the first plate by two sliding members respectively, so that the frame is fixed, and mounting any one or two or more of a top plate, a bottom plate, a laminate plate and a longitudinal partition on the frame to strengthen the frame.