Collapsible storage/transport box with removable cover

Abstract

A transport/storage box has a floor having side and end edges and side and end walls having lower edges hinged on the side and end edges of the floor and upper edges. The walls are movable between down positions lying atop one another on the floor and up positions projecting upward from the respective floor edges. An annular frame is fittable in the up positions with the upper edges of the side and end walls with the upper edges bearing outward on the frame. A cover sits atop the frame. Latch elements engageable from above downwardly through the cover and frame with the upper edges of walls anchor the cover and frame to the walls.

1 . A transport/storage box comprising: 
 a floor having side and end edges;    side and end walls having lower edges hinged on the side and end edges of the floor and upper edges, the walls being movable between down positions lying atop one another on the floor and up positions projecting upward from the respective floor edges;    an annular frame fittable in the up positions with the upper edges of the side and end walls with the upper edges bearing outward on the frame;    a cover atop the frame; and    means including latch elements engageable from above downwardly through the cover and frame with the upper edges of walls for anchoring the cover and frame to the walls.    
   
   
       2 . The transport/storage box defined in  claim 1  wherein the frame is formed with throughgoing holes and the latch elements include 
 upper elements engageable downward through the holes and    lower elements on the upper edges below the holes latchingly engageable with the respective upper elements.    
   
   
       3 . The transport/storage box defined in  claim 2  wherein the upper elements are slides shiftable on the cover between holding positions latchingly engaging the respective lower elements and freeing positions clear of the respective lower elements.  
   
   
       4 . The transport/storage box defined in  claim 3  wherein each lower element defines a horizontally open seat and each slide has a hook engaging in the holding position in the seat.  
   
   
       5 . The transport/storage box defined in  claim 3  wherein the slides are captured in the cover.  
   
   
       6 . The transport/storage box defined in  claim 3  wherein the slides, cover, frame, and wall upper edge are formed with security holes that are aligned in the holding positions, the box further comprising 
 a security seal engageable through the security holes for arresting the slides in the holding positions.    
   
   
       7 . The transport/storage box defined in  claim 1  wherein the frame is annularly continuous and formed of one piece.