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A collapsible container for containing goods, including a liquid and/or solid/liquid mixture, configured to be assembled and disassembled manually without the use of tools. The container includes a plurality of upright panels coupled to a base by their bottom portions. The bottom portion of each pan

A collapsible container for containing goods, including a liquid and/or solid/liquid mixture, configured to be assembled and disassembled manually without the use of tools. The container includes a plurality of upright panels coupled to a base by their bottom portions. The bottom portion of each panel has a relieved portion that extends into a corresponding groove formed in the base. The panels include panels of a first type and panels of a second type, with the relieved portion of the panels of the first type differing from the relieved portion of the panels of the second type. Each panel of the first type is flanked along its opposing upright edges by a pair of adjacent panels of the second type. Each of the edges of each of the panels is coupled by an edge joining assembly to one of the edges of one of the flanking panels.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A container defining an interior for containing goods, the container comprising:a base having a center portion defined by a perimeter portion having a front side, a back side opposite the front side, a third side extending between the front side and the back side, and a

The invention claimed is: 1. A container defining an interior for containing goods, the container comprising:a base having a center portion defined by a perimeter portion having a front side, a back side opposite the front side, a third side extending between the front side and the back side, and a second side opposite the third side and extending between the front side and back side, the front side having a first side groove with an undercut portion extending laterally from the first side groove, the back side having a second side groove with an undercut portion extending laterally from the second side groove, the third side having a third side groove with an undercut portion extending laterally from the third side groove, and the second side portion having a fourth side groove with an undercut portion extending laterally from the fourth side groove;a first panel, second panel, third side panel, and fourth side panel, each of the first panel, second panel, third side panel, and fourth side panel comprising:an inside face facing into the interior of the container,a first side portion,a second side portion opposing the first side portion, anda bottom portion comprising a toe portion extending laterally outward, the toe portion of the first panel being received inside the first side groove and configured to be biased into the undercut portion of the first side groove by engagement between the inside face of the first panel and the goods contained in the interior of the container, the toe portion of the second panel being received inside the second side groove and configured to be biased into the undercut portion of the second side groove by engagement between the inside face of the second panel and the goods contained in the interior of the container, the toe portion of the third side panel being received inside the third side groove with the toe portion of the third side panel extending into the undercut portion of the third side groove, the toe portion of the fourth side panel being received inside the fourth side groove with the toe portion of the fourth side panel extending into the undercut portion of the fourth side groove,a first upright elongated corner member, the first upright elongated corner member being coupled to the first side portion of the third side panel;a second upright elongated corner member coupled to the first side portion of the first panel and interlocked with the first upright elongated member to form a first corner therewith, the interlocking engagement of the first and second upright elongated members preventing their lateral disengagement from one another;a third upright elongated corner member, the third upright elongated corner member being coupled to the second side portion of the third side panel;a fourth upright elongated corner member coupled to the second side portion of the second panel and interlocked with the third upright elongated member to form a second corner therewith, the interlocking engagement of the third and fourth upright elongated members preventing their lateral disengagement from one another;a fifth upright elongated corner member, the fifth upright elongated corner member being coupled to the second side portion of the fourth side panel;a sixth upright elongated corner member coupled to the second side portion of the first panel and interlocked with the fifth upright elongated member to form a third corner therewith, the interlocking engagement of the fifth and sixth upright elongated members preventing their lateral disengagement from one another;a seventh upright elongated corner member, the seventh upright elongated corner member being coupled to the first side portion of the fourth side panel; anda eighth upright elongated corner member coupled to the first side portion of the second panel and interlocked with the seventh upright elongated member to form a fourth corner therewith, the interlocking engagement of the seventh and eighth upright elongated members preventing their lateral disengagement from one another.