PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a foldable bucket, which is easily foldable when in non-use, and which is not bulky when carried and housed.SOLUTION: The foldable bucket 1 includes: a barrel 4 comprising a soft material having flexibility an upper frame 3 which comprises a material harder than the material to be used in the barrel 4 and has a circularly-formed lower end to which the barrel 4 is connected successively and a lower frame 5 which comprises a material harder than the material to be used in the barrel 4, is connected successively to the lower end of the barrel 4, and has a circular surface of the diameter smaller than that of the upper frame 3. A plurality of circular fold parts 41 are arranged in the barrel 4. A mountain fold and a valley fold are folded back repeatedly and alternately along the plurality of fold parts 41 from the upper frame 3 side to the lower frame 5 side, so that the barrel 4 and the lower frame 5 are folded concentrically inside the inner wall of the upper frame 3.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】未使用時に容易に折り畳むことができ、持ち運び及び収納する際に嵩張らない折り畳み式バケツを提供する。【解決手段】折り畳み式バケツ1は、可撓性を有する軟質材料からなる胴体部4と、前記胴体部4に用いられる材料よりも硬質の材料からなり、円環状に形成された下端部に前記胴体部4が連設される上部枠体3と、前記胴体部4に用いられる材料よりも硬質の材料からなり、前記胴体部4の下端部に連設され、前記上部枠体3よりも径小な円形の面を有する下部枠体5と、を備え、前記胴体部4には、複数の環状の折目部41が設けられ、前記上部枠体3側から前記下部枠体5側に向かって、前記折目部41に沿って山折りと谷折りを交互に繰り返し折り返されることによって、前記胴体部4及び前記下部枠体5が前記上部枠体3の内壁内側に同心円状に畳み込まれる。【選択図】図1
