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A container is provided including a support base, side panels having guide tracks, front and rear panels, and a top cover. The front panel includes track followers releasably received in the front guide tracks. The front panel is pivotal outwardly away from the container compartment about the track

A container is provided including a support base, side panels having guide tracks, front and rear panels, and a top cover. The front panel includes track followers releasably received in the front guide tracks. The front panel is pivotal outwardly away from the container compartment about the track followers, while the top cover is closed, from a substantially vertical orientation to an angled orientation in which the front panel upper edge is exposed from under the closed top cover. From this angled orientation, and while the cover remains closed, the track followers are slidable along and out of engagement with the respective front guide tracks to detach the front panel from the side panel, thereby providing front access to the container compartment.

대표청구항 ▼

What is claimed is: 1. A container including a container compartment, comprising: a support base; first and second side structures each respectively comprising a respective side structure upper edge, the first and second side structures further respectively comprising first and second front guide t

What is claimed is: 1. A container including a container compartment, comprising: a support base; first and second side structures each respectively comprising a respective side structure upper edge, the first and second side structures further respectively comprising first and second front guide tracks facing one another; a rear panel comprising a rear panel upper edge and engaged with the first and second side structures; a front panel comprising a front panel upper edge and first and second front track followers received in the first and second front guide tracks, respectively; and a top cover engageable with at least one of the front panel, the rear panel, and the first and second side structures, and movable between a closed state and an open state, in which the container compartment is accessible from above, wherein the front panel pivots outwardly away from the container compartment about the front track followers, while the first and second front track followers are engaged in the respective first and second front guide tracks and the top cover is in the closed state, and wherein the first and second front track followers are slidable along the respective first and second front guide tracks to permit front access to the container compartment. 2. The container according to claim 1, wherein the first and second front track followers are releasably received in the first and second front guide tracks, respectively for detaching the front panel. 3. The container according to claim 1, wherein the support base comprises a pallet. 4. The container according to claim 3, wherein the pallet comprises four-way entry pockets. 5. The container according to claim 1, wherein the first and second front guide tracks comprise respective substantially vertical channels and associated substantially horizontal channels. 6. The container according to claim 5, wherein the first and second side structures respectively comprising first and second side panels, said first and second side panels respectively comprise first and second forward edges, and wherein the substantially horizontal channels terminate at the first and second forward edges, respectively, for permitting the first and second front track followers to detachably engage and disengage the first and second front guide tracks. 7. The container according to claim 1, wherein the first and second front track followers project laterally from opposite sides of the front panel, respectively. 8. The container according to claim 1, wherein the first and second side structures comprise respective rear guide tracks facing one another, wherein the rear panel comprises rear track followers projecting laterally from opposite sides of the rear panel, the rear track followers are releasably received in the rear guide tracks of the first and second side structures, respectively, wherein the rear panel pivots outwardly away from the container compartment about the rear track followers, while the rear track followers are engaged in the respective rear guide tracks, from a substantially vertical orientation to an angled orientation in which the rear panel upper edge is exposed from under the cover, and wherein the rear track followers are slidable along and out of engagement with the respective rear guide tracks, while the rear panel is in the angled orientation and while the cover is in the closed state, to permit detachment of the rear panel for providing rear access to the container compartment. 9. The container according to claim 1, wherein the cover in the closed state prevents upward movement of the front panel when the front panel is in the substantially vertical state. 10. A collapsible container, including a container compartment, movable between an erect position and a collapsed position, comprising: a support base; first and second side structures each respectively comprising a respective side structure upper edge and each being movable between the erect position, in which the first and second side structures are spaced apart and substantially parallel to one another, and the collapsed position, in which the first and second side structures are stowed on the support base, wherein the first and second side structures respectively comprise first and second front guide tracks facing one another; a rear panel comprising a rear panel upper edge and movable between the erect position and the collapsed position, in which the rear panel is stowable on the support base; a front panel comprising a front panel upper edge and first and second front track followers releasably received in the first and second front guide tracks, respectively, the front panel being movable between the erect position, and the collapsed position, in which the front panel is stowable on the support base; and a top cover engageable with at least one of the front panel, rear panel, and the first and second side structures, and movable between a closed state and an open state, in which the container compartment is accessible from above, wherein the front panel pivots outwardly away from the container compartment about the first and second front track followers, while the top cover is in the closed state, and wherein the first and second front track followers are slidable along and out of engagement with the respective first and second front guide tracks, while the cover is in the closed state to permit detachment of the front panel for providing front access to the container compartment. 11. The collapsible container according to claim 10, wherein the support base comprises a pallet. 12. The collapsible container according to claim 11, wherein the pallet comprises four-way entry pockets. 13. The collapsible container according to claim 10, wherein the first and second side structures comprise first and second side panels, respectively, and wherein the first and second side structures further comprise opposed first and second side skirts, respectively, the first and second side skirts upwardly projecting from opposite sides of the support base and supporting the first and second side panels, respectively, when the container is in the erect position. 14. The collapsible container according to claim 13, wherein the first and second side panels are pivotally connected to the first and second side skirts, respectively, to permit pivotal movement of the first and second side panels between the erect and collapsed positions. 15. The collapsible container according to claim 13, wherein the first and second front guide tracks are formed in the first and second side skirts, respectively. 16. The collapsible container according to claim 10, wherein the first and second front guide tracks comprise respective substantially vertical channels and associated substantially horizontal channels. 17. The collapsible container according to claim 16, wherein the first and second side skirts comprise first and second forward edges, respectively, and wherein the substantially horizontal channels terminate at the first and second forward edges, respectively, for permitting the first and second front track followers detachably engage and disengage the first and second front guide tracks. 18. The collapsible container according to claim 10, wherein the first and second front track followers project laterally from opposite sides of the front panel, respectively. 19. The collapsible container according to claim 10, wherein the first and second side structures comprise respective rear guide tracks facing one another, wherein the rear panel comprises rear track followers project laterally, from opposite sides of the rear panel, the rear track followers are releasably received in the rear guide tracks of the first and second side structures, respectively, wherein the rear panel pivots outwardly away from the container compartment about the rear track followers, while the rear track followers are engaged in the respective rear guide tracks, from a substantially vertical orientation to an angled orientation in which the rear panel upper edge is exposed from under the cover, and wherein the rear track followers are slidable along and out of engagement with the respective rear guide tracks, while the rear panel is in the angled orientation and while the cover is in the closed state, to permit detachment of the rear panel for providing rear access to the container compartment. 20. The collapsible container according to claim 10, wherein the cover in the closed state prevents upward movement of the front panel when the front panel is in a substantially vertical state. 21. The collapsible container according to claim 10, further comprising a plurality of latching mechanisms for selectively latching and unlatching the top cover to the front panel and the side panel, each of the plurality of latching mechanisms is accessible and selectively actuatable below the top cover.