Collapsible Pallet Container

Abstract

A system and method for providing a collapsible pallet container is disclosed. The collapsible pallet container includes a container base, a pair of top panel components, a pair of end wall panel components, and a pair of side wall panel components coupled on each side to one of the set of corner posts. The container base has four corner posts. Each of the top panels has a release cable and a pair of release cable end. Each of the top panel components slides outward towards one of the pair of side wall panel components and pivots into a vertical position and slides downward parallel to its corresponding side wall panel component; each of the wall panel components pivots inward one at a time until on top of the container base; and each of the side wall panel components with its corresponding top panel component in its vertical and parallel orientation pivots inward one at a time on top of the pair of end wall panel components.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for providing a collapsible pallet container, the collapsible pallet container comprises:
 a container base, the container base having four corners and a set of corner posts coupled to the container base at each corner;   a pair of top panel components, each of the top panels having a release cable and a pair of release cable end;   a pair of end wall panel components, each of the end wall panels having a pair of end wall top attachment members on each of the end wall panel components about an upper side and pair of top panel open pivot point rods about a lower side; and   a pair of side wall panel components coupled on each side to one of the set of corner posts.   
     
     
         2 . The collapsible pallet container according to  claim 1 , wherein the each of the corner posts comprise an interlocking post top and mating holes, the interlocking post top engages the mating holes on corner posts of a second collapsible pallet container for stacking the collapsible containers on top of each other. 
     
     
         3 . The collapsible pallet container according to  claim 2 , wherein each of the each of the corner posts further comprise:
 a top corner post coupled to a side of one of the pair of side wall components, the interlocking post top being at a top end of the top corner post; and   a bottom corner post coupled to the container base, the mating holes being at a bottom end of the bottom corner post;   wherein each of the top corner posts and its corresponding bottom corner post are coupled together by one of a set of corner post hinge components; and   the top corner post pivots downward with its attached side wall component from the bottom corner post as the corresponding corner post hinge component pivots about the bottom corner post.   
     
     
         4 . The collapsible pallet container according to  claim 3 , wherein the one of the set of securing brakes is located around the each of the corner posts, each of the securing brakes having an engaged position in which the top corner post and the corner post hinge components are held coupled to its corresponding bottom corner post and a disengaged position in which the top corner post and the corner post hinge components are free to pivot inward. 
     
     
         5 . The collapsible pallet container according to  claim 3 , wherein each of the top corner posts further comprises an end wall top attachment connector for coupling with one of the end wall top attachment members on each of the end wall panel components. 
     
     
         6 . The collapsible pallet container according to  claim 3 , wherein each of the top panel components slides outward towards one of the pair of side wall panel components and pivots into a vertical position and slides downward parallel to its corresponding side wall panel component;
 each of the wall panel components pivots inward one at a time until on top of the container base; and   each of the side wall panel components with its corresponding top panel component in its vertical and parallel orientation pivots inward one at a time on top of the pair of end wall panel components.   
     
     
         7 . A method for providing a collapsible pallet container, the collapsible container having a container base, the container base having four corners and a set of corner posts at each of the four corners, a pair of top panel components, a pair of end wall panel components, and a pair of side wall panel components, each of the top panels having a release cable and a pair of release cable ends, each of the end wall panels having a pair of end wall top attachment members on each of the end wall panel components about an upper side and pair of top panel open pivot point rods about a lower side, and each of the side wall panels coupled on each side to one of the set of corner posts, the method comprising:
 pulling outward on the release cable of each of the top panel components to disengage the release cable ends from the pair of side wall panel components;   sliding each of the pair of top panel components outward until a pair of top panel coupling ends on each side of the top panel components slide down top panel attachment rail slots to be within top panel attachment member release slots;   pivoting the top panel components upward until vertical about a pair of top panel open pivot point rods;   sliding the pair of top panel components downward parallel to a corresponding side wall panel component until the release cable ends engage a pair of top panel open cable connectors;   folding down each of the end wall components one at a time inward to the container base; and   folding down the pair of side wall components one at a time onto the end wall components.   
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises:
 lifting each of the end wall components one at a time to disengage a pair of end wall top attachment members from a pair of end wall top attachment connectors before folding the each of the end wall components inward to the container base.   
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:
 lifting a pair of securing brakes on both sides of each of the pair of side wall components about one of the corner posts before folding the side wall component inward on top of the end wall components.   
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 7 , wherein each of the corner posts have an interlocking post top and mating holes, the interlocking post top engages the mating holes on corner posts of a second collapsible pallet container for stacking the collapsible containers on top of each other. 
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 10 , wherein the each of the each of the corner posts further comprise:
 a top corner post coupled to a side of one of the pair of side wall components, the interlocking post top being at a top end of the top corner post; and   a bottom corner post coupled to the container base, the mating holes being at a bottom end of the bottom corner post;   wherein each of the top corner posts and its corresponding bottom corner post are coupled together by one of a set of corner post hinge components; and   the top corner post pivots downward with its attached side wall component from the bottom corner post as the corresponding corner post hinge component pivots about the bottom corner post.   
     
     
         12 . The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the one of the set of securing brakes is located around the each of the corner posts, each of the securing brakes having an engaged position in which the top corner post and the corner post hinge components are held coupled to its corresponding bottom corner post and a disengaged position in which the top corner post and the corner post hinge components are free to pivot inward. 
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein each of the top corner posts further comprises an end wall top attachment connector for coupling with one of the end wall top attachment members on each of the end wall panel components. 
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 13 , wherein each of the top panel components slides outward towards one of the pair of side wall panel components and pivots into a vertical position and slides downward parallel to its corresponding side wall panel component;
 each of the wall panel components pivots inward one at a time until on top of the container base; and   each of the side wall panel components with its corresponding top panel component in its vertical and parallel orientation pivots inward one at a time on top of the pair of end wall panel components.