Abstract: A combination that can be used as a pallet alone or modified to be used as a container. The combination includes a pallet and a container. The pallet rests on a horizontal surface and can be used as a pallet when used alone. The container has a bottom and selectively extends upwardly from the pallet. The pallet forms the bottom of the container when the pallet is modified to be used as the container. Further included are a method for constructing the pallet and a method for constructing the container.

Abstract: A method for providing fresh spring water to occupants of a facility directly from a sealable, collapsible, insulated, and sanitary container centrally located in the facility. The method includes the steps of: fabricating the sealable, collapsible, insulated, and sanitary container; installing the sealable, collapsible, insulated, and sanitary container to be centrally located in the facility; delivering the fresh spring water from a source of supply in a sealed container in a truck to the sealable, collapsible, insulated, and sanitary container through a sanitary pipe; entering the fresh spring water from the truck into the sealable, collapsible, insulated, and sanitary container; and accessing the fresh spring water by the occupants of the facility directly from the sealable, collapsible, insulated, and sanitary container.

Abstract: A polygon-shaped, knockdown, and stackable container. The container includes a side wall having a plurality of panels. The plurality of panels include a pair of skins and a plurality of cores. The plurality of cores are sandwiched between the pair of skins to form a laminate. The core has an axial compression strength greater than that of the pair of skins to allow the core to prevent puncturing, to provide insulation, to prevent any deformation or collapse during stacking, to avoid warping, and to resist against bulging as a result of internal material flow, while the pair of skins reduce overall weight.

Abstract: A polygon-shaped container comprising a plurality of normally rigid boards providing sides of a polygon-shaped container having a predetermined polygon configuration; a plurality of connecting members each connecting adjacent edges of the plurality of normally rigid boards together, each of the plurality of connecting members having sufficient strength to maintain the polygon-shaped container in the predetermined polygon configuration and yet sufficiently flexible to enable the plurality of normally rigid boards to be shipped flat to a user who will form the polygon-shaped container into the predetermined polygon configuration; a first arrangement to close a bottom of the polygon-shaped container; and a second arrangement to close a top of the polygon-shaped container after being filled.