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A reusable, collapsible, rectangular hinged container comprising a novel foldable wall section or sleeve having strong, rigid weather-resistant wall panels and a pair of strong rigid, weather resistant top and bottom cap members, each of which overlaps with and supports a marginal area of the open w

A reusable, collapsible, rectangular hinged container comprising a novel foldable wall section or sleeve having strong, rigid weather-resistant wall panels and a pair of strong rigid, weather resistant top and bottom cap members, each of which overlaps with and supports a marginal area of the open wall section or sleeve to form the container. The wall section or sleeve contains a plurality of novel strong, rigid, panel-supporting hinge members which enable the sleeve to be folded to a flat condition in which it is completely receivable within and between the cap members to provided a compacted container to be returned to a supplier for reuse.

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A collapsible, foldable, double panel tubular wall sleeve for use in providing collapsible, reusable bulk containers having top and bottom cap members, said wall sleeve comprising parallel pairs of inner and outer rectangular flat wall panels constructed of strong, rigid weather-resistant material,

A collapsible, foldable, double panel tubular wall sleeve for use in providing collapsible, reusable bulk containers having top and bottom cap members, said wall sleeve comprising parallel pairs of inner and outer rectangular flat wall panels constructed of strong, rigid weather-resistant material, said panels including two elongate outer side panels and two elongate inner side panels having similar dimensions, and four narrow outer end panels and four narrow inner end panels, each having the same height as the side panels but having a width less than one-half the width of the side panels, and six elongate brace and hinge members, each having substantially the same heights as said panels and comprising opposed, elongate, rigid brace portions connected by an elongate flexible hinge portion, the brace portions each having a spaced pair of adjacent, parallel, elongate narrow edge-receiving slots, a parallel pair of said narrow outer and inner end panels being connected to another parallel pair of inner and outer end panels to form two connected pairs thereof by engaging the adjacent height edges of each parallel pair of inner and outer end panels within the opposed parallel pairs of edge-receiving slots of a brace and hinge member to form two foldable double panel end walls, each of the other height edges of the four narrow inner and outer end panels being engaged within an inner or outer edge receiving slot of a different brace and hinge member, and the opposed height edges of each of said elongate side panels being engaged within the other inner or outer edge-receiving slots of said different brace and hinge members to form a tubular wall sleeve having opposed elongate double panel side walls and opposed foldable double panel end walls which can be folded towards each other, between said side walls, to form a flat, collapsed assembly.