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A collapsible shipping container has a rectangular base and four side walls pivotally attached to the base and foldable from an erect condition to a collapsed condition. Captive fastener means on the walls are operated to interconnect them in the erected condition. The entire shipping container is m

A collapsible shipping container has a rectangular base and four side walls pivotally attached to the base and foldable from an erect condition to a collapsed condition. Captive fastener means on the walls are operated to interconnect them in the erected condition. The entire shipping container is made of plastics material without the inclusion of any metal parts.

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A collapsible shipping container comprising: a rectangular base, and four side walls each attached at a respective side of the base and capable of only pivotal movement on a horizontal axis parallel to that side, each wall being pivotable between an upright position, wherein it extends normal to the

A collapsible shipping container comprising: a rectangular base, and four side walls each attached at a respective side of the base and capable of only pivotal movement on a horizontal axis parallel to that side, each wall being pivotable between an upright position, wherein it extends normal to the base, and a retracted position wherein it overlies the base, the container being adjustable from an erected condition, wherein all four walls are in the upright position, to a collapsed condition wherein all four walls are in the retracted position, the adjacent edges of neighboring walls being configured to provide mutual support when in the upright position, said walls carrying captive releasable fastener means that engage between neighboring walls to lock them in the upright position, said fastener means comprising a latch pin and a parallel mounting pin fixedly interconnected by a transverse strap, said mounting pin being axially movably carried in an edge region of one wall whereby the latch pin is selectively insertable axially in a direction generally parallel to said adjacent edge into a socket in an adjacent wall to secure said walls together in the upright position with said latch pins and mounting pins extending in a generally upright orientations on axes normal to any horizontally directed separation forces applied to said walls, there being an auxiliary socket in the wall in which the mounting pin is carried, said auxiliary socket receiving said latch pin in a non-operative stored condition.