Abstract: A collapsible cargo container particularly suited for aircraft and other uses in which rigid foldable side walls are interconnected to a rigid pallet element. The roof of the container is made of flexible high tensile strength material, and is interconnected to the upper edge area of the side walls so as to be foldable therewith. In one embodiment, provision is made for supporting the roof element in other than planar condition to accommodate a domed shaped cargo bay area in which the device is disposed.

Abstract: A system for the handling and storage of large capacity collapsible shipping containers particularly adapted for use at major airports handling large volumes of cargo. The system provides a specific location for storing large numbers of collapsed containers in planar juxtaposed vertical relation including a multicompartment rack. The pallet elements of the containers are separated during disassembly and are stored in a horizontal stack in a well adjacent the rack. The rack may be moveable from a point adjacent the well to permit a similar rack to be positioned in its place. Means is also provided for the movement to and from this location of erected containers for use at a remote location or the collapse of erected containers for storage in the rack.

Abstract: An improved means and method for shipping industrial sized quantities of hazardous concentrates which simplifies compliance with current environmental protection regulations. The method includes the steps of loading a collapsible shipping container with a collapsible bag which is partially filled with a liquid or particulate concentrate of a potentially hazardous material, collapsing the bag before inserting it into the shipping container. The container itself is then collapsed, sealed and shipped to the user. Upon arrival, the user erects the container, unfolds and fills the bag with a solvent such as water to fill the container and serve as a storage facility. The diluted or dissolved product is then drawn from the container as required until the container is empty. The user then collapses the bag and the container for return to the sender. As a result, no permanently installed storage facility need be cleaned.

Abstract: A collapsible shipping container with integral folding slip sheet. Foldable interior walls provide double wall thickness at two of four oppositely disposed side walls, the double wall thickness also serving to reinforce the container against compressive forces at each of four corners. A flap-type lower wall is provided with a permanently attached foldable slip sheet to facilitate fork lift engagement. In a first embodiment, a lid or cover is also formed integrally and foldably attached to an upper peripheral edge along one rectilinear segment thereof. In another embodiment, hook and pile fasteners interconnect the flaps and slip sheet forming the lower wall to maintain the container in erected condition.

Abstract: An arrangement for anchoring automobile bodies within a shipping container including a plurality of inflatable elements which are adapted to project into corresponding openings in a horizontally positioned member in an automobile body following which the elements are inflated to engage the edges of the openings and lock the body to a lower wall of the container.

Abstract: An improved collapsible container for shipping and dispensing particulate and similar material in industrial locations. The container includes a liner member in juxtaposed relation to the inner surfaces of the container, the container and liner member each including a front wall having a lined rectangular opening, each opening forming a full fold line at an upper edge thereof, and hook and pile fastening means for retaining first and second flaps formed by said aligned openings in opened condition to permit discharge of contents. When in closed condition, the flaps lie in the planes of the respective walls of the container and liner member. A laterally extending closure member is mounted on the first flap and provides means for maintaining the first flap in closed position by engaging an outer surface of the container.

Abstract: An improved cradle construction for cradle-type collapsible shipping containers in which transported articles are stacked in vertical rows supported from a rigid bar extending between oppositely disposed sides of the container. The construction substantially eliminates movement of the contents of the container during shipping, and affords improved convenience in loading and unloading by the provision of improved strap elements forming the cradle. Also disclosed is an improved method for preparing elongated composite articles such as automotive wiring harnesses for shipment prior to engagement with supporting cradles.

Abstract: An improved shipping container for laboratory animals such as mice and rats including inner and outer container elements both of which are provided with openings for adequate ventilation. The inner element is formed from a single blank of wire cloth or netting and includes a rectangular box-like element having a cover. The outer element is formed from a unitary blank of single wall corrugated fibrous material, and has openings inside, and upper walls communicating with the inner element, as well as spacing tabs to maintain stacked outer containers in mutually spaced relation, so that ambient air may enter through openings in said side and end walls, and exit through openings in the upper wall of each of the outer elements.

Abstract: A container cargo net for use with a shipping container of palletized or other type for the purpose of preventing shifting of the container when the net is interconnected to one or more fixed anchors on the inner surface of a vehicle in which the container is positioned. The net is particularly suited for use with containers having at least one movable door in a side wall thereof, permitting access to the interior of the container. The net includes a selectively closable T-shaped opening in that portion of the net overlying the door, which opening is closed by the use of color-coded hooks ot overlie the door in closed condition. Disengagement of the hooks permits access to the door as required, without the necessity of disconnecting a major portion of the net and folding it over the roof of the container.

Abstract: An improved collapsible shipping container adapted to conform to the configuration of a storage area in an aircraft fuselage. The container includes a removable dome-shaped roof element supported by a pair of combination side wall and door elements, which are detachably secured along the continuous lower edges thereof to a slip sheet.

Abstract: A reuseable shipping container for manufactured subcomponents and parts suitable for use on a manufacturing assembly line. The parts are not individually wrapped, but are suspended upon flexible cradle-like supports, the ends of which are carried upon elongated bars carried by the container for relative movement in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the bars. One vertical side of the container is removable to provide access to the interior thereof. The container is loaded by engaging the parts on the cradle-like supports in a vertical stack, carried by a bar, following which the bar is moved in a direction away from the opening. A second bar is engaged with the container, and a second vertical stack is formed. This process is continued until the container is substantially filled. Unloading takes place in reverse order. When emptied, the container may be collapsed for return to a point of reloading.

Abstract: A multiple merchandise display shipping package and method of assembly is disclosed. The package consists of plural displays in a tray base to which a two-tab slip sheet is bonded. A T-shaped paper board section is placed upright between the displays and locks them together by means of a wing type cover for damage free handling. When the package arrives at a breakbulk location, the T-section is removed, and the individual displays are transported to a point of sale location.

Abstract: A strap support system for collapsible shipping containers whereby top-loaded containers may be emptied from the bottoms thereof while supported in a manner which permits, for example, the transfer of particulate material to a hopper or other receptacle is disclosed. In the case of particulate comestibles, the system includes the provision of an expandable sack-like element which contacts the transported material and prevents contact of this material with the reuseable components of the container.

Abstract: A multiply corrugated paper wall construction having increased resistance to bowing or flexing under loads applied in a plane normal to the plane of the wall. The construction includes the provision of one or more rigid reinforcing members of elongated non-planar cross section implanted and glued into corresponding recesses in at least one of a plurality of laminae comprising the construction. In a preferred embodiment, the reinforcing member is of "T" shaped cross section with the leg of the "T" lying in a plane normal to the plane of the wall. A second embodiment, useful where greater strength is required, includes a reinforcing member having a "W" shaped cross section.

Abstract: An improved collapsible shipping container having a planar rectangular profile while in collapsed condition to permit improved stacking capability. The container includes a collapsible liner or reinforcing element having improved compression strength at the corners of the container when in erected and installed condition, thereby permitting maximum stacking capability when the container is in erected and loaded condition.

Abstract: A collapsible shipping container of a type which includes a foldable reinforcing element which is stored in the collapsed condition when not in use. The container is of substantially square dimensions in a horizontal plane, and the reinforcing element includes provision for disassembly prior to folding so as to be accomodated in substantially congruent relation upon an upper surface of a bottom wall of the container.

Abstract: A pour spout construction suitable for large collapsible reusable shipping containers employed for transporting particulate materials. The construction includes a spout member which folds against a side wall of the container rather than projects into the interior thereof, so as to afford no interference to the collapsing of the container when not in use, and no frictional resistance to opening the spout caused by the engagement of particulate material under pressure.

Abstract: A collapsible container for fluid materials such as liquids, slurrys, fine particulates and the like. The device includes a foldable box-like outer container and a blow molded synthetic resinous inner element in the form of a bottle which may be collapsed when empty and returned to a shipper with the outer container for reuse. The bottle is provided with a molded fitment adjacent to a lower edge of a side wall to which a dispensing valve may be fitted. In an another embodiment, the valve includes a corresponding fitment with a noncircular periphery which engages a liner element forming part of the container, in nonrotational relation, so that the dispensing valve may be conveniently threadedly attached thereto, without the use of tools. A third embodiment employs a nonreusable synthetic resinous bag as an inner element, and the dispensing valves includes a cutting edge which penetrates the bag upon installation.

Abstract: A combination assembly clip and sealing means for collapsible shipping containers. The clip is formed from synthetic resinous materials, and may be partially folded to enable it to be inserted into a pair of aligned openings in an assembled container to maintain, for example, a lid in closed condition upon a side wall thereof. After insertion, the clip is returned to planar condition to fully engage the side of the engaged openings in the container. This movement aligns a plurality of exposed openings in the clip through which a strip-type seal is inserted and closed, thus making it impossible to refold the clip prior to removal to open the container without first destroying the seal.

Abstract: A foldable reinforcing element or liner for use with collapsible reusable shipping containers to provide increased resistance to bulging or bursting. The element is formed of two pieces of single or multiple ply corrugated material overlapped at a pair of oppositely disposed end walls and glued in such manner as to provide a solid wall panel overlying a second panel having a vertical fold line. When in erected condition, the overlapping walls also provide improved compression strength in the plane thereof.