Abstract: The structural member is made from corrugated board or fiberboard and has a longitudinal axis. It comprises a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of side walls. A pair of laterally spaced-apart internal dividers are located within the interior of the housing on opposite sides of the axis and extend from one end of the housing to the other end. A plurality of laterally extending reinforcing elements are located within the housing and are supported by the pair of internal dividers. The reinforcing elements have peripheral edges which contact the walls of the housing to provide support for the walls. The structural member is constructed and designed to withstand many pounds of applied force before failure.

Abstract: A collapsible bin has corner constructions that provides reinforcement at the corners thereof and joins the walls of the bin in a box configuration that may be collapsed. The collapsible corner construction includes a pair of casements joined together by an anchor pin. The anchor pin is received in T-slots within each of the casements. The anchor pin may be slipped or removed from the T-slots to release the casements from their joined condition, so that the walls of the container may be collapsed. An interlocking tab and slot configuration provides interlocking means for stacking one collapsible bin upon another.

Abstract: A stackable partitioned shipping container has a plurality of partitions and shelves defining compartments. The partitions are aligned parallel from one side of the shipping container to the other. The shelving is arranged in columns between the partitions. Rods are strung through the partitions to support the shelves. The frames have hollow tubular columns at each corner thereof. At the top of the columns are inserts which are insertable into the hollow columns of another shipping container stacked upon the first shipping container. Wheels that support the shipping container are supported above the top of a bottom container when the container is stacked upon the bottom container.

Abstract: A collapsible bin has corner constructions that provides reinforcement at the corners thereof and joins the walls of the bin in a box configuration that may be collapsed. The collapsible corner construction includes a pair of casements joined together by an anchor pin. The anchor pin is received in T-slots within each of the casements. The anchor pin may be slipped or removed from the T-slots to release the casements from their joined condition, so that the walls of the container may be collapsed. An interlocking tab and slot configuration provides interlocking means for stacking one collapsible bin upon another.

Abstract: An edge molding is adapted to trace the edges of a shipping container and be placed thereon. The edge molding is configured with a ledge for internesting another edge molding when said edge moldings are mounted on cartons, one carton internesting with another. The edge molding has a nesting rack pivotally mounted to be pivoted and rest outside of the perimeter of the edge molding and pivotal to mount at least a portion of the edge rack within the perimeter of the molding. In this latter position, the rack rests on the edge molding and is capable of supporting a shipping container nested above it without the carton substantially breaching the volume on which the container is nested.

Abstract: A collapsible corrugated fiberboard container to be fastened to a pallet. The container has a floor panel, two opposite side panels and two opposite end panels. The side panels and end panels are flexibly connected to each other, and the floor panel is connected to the bottom edges of the side panels. The floor panel is divided by score lines into a center portion and two outer portions which are on either side of the center portion. The center portion is attached to the pallet, and the outer portions are free to pivot about the score lines. The end panels are provided with vertical score lines. Bottom flaps are each connected to the bottom edge of the end panels and are also provided with score lines. The container can be collapsed due to the flexible connections between the side and end panels and the arrangement of the score lines so that the container can assume a flattened storage configuration above the pallet when not in use.