Storage Box that is Foldable When Not in Use

Abstract

A storage box includes a flexible box body, a hard support board removably mounted in the box body to support the box body, and a cover removably mounted on the box body. The support board is receivable into the cover, and the box body is foldable when being compressed and receivable into the cover. Thus, the support board and the box body are received in the hollow inside of the cover to reduce the volume of the storage box to the minimum size so that the storage box has a smaller volume when not in use, thereby greatly saving the space of storage, and thereby facilitating packaging, storage and transportation of the storage box.

1 . A storage box, comprising:
 a flexible box body;   a hard support board removably mounted in the box body to support the box body;   a cover removably mounted on the box body;   wherein the support board is receivable into the cover, and the box body is foldable when being compressed and receivable into the cover.   
   
   
       2 . The storage box in accordance with  claim 1 , further comprising:
 two bendable strips mounted on two opposite first sides of the box body;   a soft piece mounted in the box body.   
   
   
       3 . The storage box in accordance with  claim 2 , wherein the box body has a hollow inside to receive the support board and the soft piece. 
   
   
       4 . The storage box in accordance with  claim 2 , wherein each of the bendable strips is disposed at an upright state. 
   
   
       5 . The storage box in accordance with  claim 2 , wherein each of the bendable strips is located at a middle position of each of the first sides of the box body. 
   
   
       6 . The storage box in accordance with  claim 2 , wherein the soft piece is mounted on a bottom of the box body. 
   
   
       7 . The storage box in accordance with  claim 2 , wherein the support board has a bottom rested on a top of the soft piece. 
   
   
       8 . The storage box in accordance with  claim 3 , wherein the cover has a hollow inside which is defined by a peripheral wall which is removably mounted a top of the box body. 
   
   
       9 . The storage box in accordance with  claim 8 , wherein the support board has a size flush with that of the hollow inside of the box body and that of the hollow inside of the cover so that the support board is receivable into the hollow inside of the box body and the hollow inside of the cover. 
   
   
       10 . The storage box in accordance with  claim 8 , wherein the box body has two opposite second sides located between the first sides. 
   
   
       11 . The storage box in accordance with  claim 10 , wherein the second sides of the box body are compressible and movable toward each other to bend the bendable strips toward each other and to compress the soft piece so as to compress the box body so that the box body is foldable to have a flat shape. 
   
   
       12 . The storage box in accordance with  claim 11 , wherein each of the second sides of the box body has a size flush with that of the hollow inside of the cover so that the box body is receivable into the hollow inside of the cover when the box body is foldable to have a flat shape. 
   
   
       13 . The storage box in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the support board is receivable into the hollow inside of the cover after the support board is removable from the box body. 
   
   
       14 . The storage box in accordance with  claim 1 , further comprising a decorative piece mounted on a surface of the box body. 
   
   
       15 . The storage box in accordance with  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of patterns mounted on a surface of the box body. 
   
   
       16 . The storage box in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the cover has a substantially inverted U-shaped cross-sectional profile. 
   
   
       17 . The storage box in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the box body has a substantially U-shaped cross-sectional profile.