Abstract: A transport system for an animal to be received in a motor vehicle. The transport system comprises a carrier configured to be received on a transport surface of the motor vehicle and a boarding aid including a first tread element and at least a second tread element. The first tread element can be swivelably attached to the carrier, wherein the boarding aid is movable from a transport position to a boarding position. The boarding aid can be arranged in the transport position on a first side of a plane defined by the carrier, and the boarding aid is an obstacle for the animal after the transport system has been received in the motor vehicle. The boarding aid can be arranged in the boarding position on a second side of the plane defined by the carrier and the animal is able leave the motor vehicle via the boarding aid.

Abstract: A foldable extension enclosure for a utility enclosure, each having first, second, third, and fourth sides connected by hinges and each folding only in one direction by means of detents on the sides. A first end of the first side slidably overlaps a second opposite end of the third side and a first end of the second side slidably overlaps a second opposite end of the fourth side. There is an internal top ledge on each side in an interior near a top end of the extension enclosure and the utility enclosure and an external bottom ledge on each side on an exterior near a bottom end of the extension enclosure, to mount the extension enclosure to the utility enclosure with concave and convex detents. Convex detents are at the top end of the utility and extension enclosures and concave detents are at the bottom end of the extension enclosure. The convex detents also reversibly lock a lid to the tops of the utility and extension enclosures.

Abstract: A lid for a utility enclosure having a front end, a rear end, a right side, a left side, a top lid portion, and a bottom, defining an interior. Large reinforcement ribs are on an interior surface of the top lid portion and form a lattice-type structure. Small reinforcement ribs are mounted in spaces formed by the lattice type structure. The lid is made of glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene and metal bars or rebar are embedded in the large reinforcement ribs. The metal bars are positioned near a bottom of the large reinforcement ribs and spaced above the bottom. The physical structure of the lid and the lid's composition, consisting essentially of glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene, are constructed so that the lid withstands up to 33,750 pounds of force without breaking or being deformed.

Abstract: A truck and automotive cab storage box is placed in the back seat of the cab of a work truck or other vehicle. The truck and automotive cab storage box has a tray which is connected to an angled cover and a divider separates the tray into two sections. The truck and automotive cab storage box stores items and forces users to stop the vehicle and open the rear doors to access items in or underneath the tray. The angled cover makes it difficult or impractical to store items on top of the truck and automotive cab storage box. The truck and automotive cab storage box makes it difficult or impractical to store items around it.

Abstract: An interchangeable dismountable hinged box for storing core samples is provided that is particularly used in the field of the collection of mineral materials, deriving from geological exploration activities, for subsequent analysis. The interchangeable dismountable hinged box has modular walls that can be fitted interchangeably with a base allowing for the hinging of these walls between a parallel position and a position perpendicular to the base. The box has at least one storage compartment for core samples defined between two modular transversal walls and two modular longitudinal walls, and may contain additional storage compartments, obtained by interlocking interchangeable partitions with modular walls. The box is adaptable for meeting the need for storing core samples of varying diameters.

Abstract: Trackable nylon pallets and collapsible containers constructed from injection molded, interlocking top and bottom pallet portions having attached, hinged collapsible container sides affixed to the pallet top side. Collapsible side locking assemblies and a container cover provide stability to container side when they are orthogonally disposed to the pallet top side. The cover also provides pallet and collapsible container stacking stability when the collapsed sides are folded inwards and resting on the pallet top side. Each pallet and collapsible container provide real time tracking, identification, and monitoring capabilities from at least one removable communication/sensor box releasably secured between conjoined top and bottom pallet portions. Each trackable pallet and collapsible container provide equipment entry passages between top and bottom portions from all four pallet sides.

Abstract: A crate includes a base and a plurality of walls defining a crate interior. The plurality of walls are movable between an upright position and a collapsed position on the base. The plurality of walls include a front wall having a first portion movable between a retracted, open position and a closed position. A latch selectively secures the first portion in the closed position. The latch includes a cantilevered portion having a free end, the free end having a lower wall portion extending downward and then outward of the crate.

Abstract: A colony basket and method of using the same for handling poultry from DOC through the growing process and on to a production facility comprising a harvesting system, a loading system, a transport system, an unloading and storing system, hanging system and cleaning system. The system and method performs the steps of harvesting and colonizing live poultry into a singly stackable and transportable colony basket, stacking and loading the trays on a transport, unloading and temporarily storing the poultry for subsequent processing. The system and method further includes the use of a modular colony basket for interchangeable use with the described system.

Abstract: A pet crate having a top, a bottom, and a cage between the top and bottom. The cage can be engaged to and disengaged from each of the top and bottom. When engaged to the top and bottom, or when disengaged from either one or both of the top and bottom, the cage is endless and can safely hold a pet therein. When disengaged from the top and bottom, the cage is foldable into a closed, endless and flat configuration such that the cage can be stored between the top and bottom such that the crate as a whole in such stored configuration is generally flat. When disengaged from the top and bottom, the cage is foldable out into a fence configuration by disconnecting two ends of the cage.

Abstract: A collapsible catch assembly includes a box having a front wall, a rear wall, a left sidewall, a right sidewall, a bottom wall, and a lid collectively defining a hollow interior, wherein the lid is movable between an open position for allowing access to the hollow interior and a closed position for limiting access to the hollow interior; at least two support poles pivotably mounted within the hollow interior of the box; and a catch device supported on and extending between the at least two support poles. The at least two support poles and the catch device are collapsible to fit within the hollow interior of the box and extensible to extend out of the hollow interior of the box and define a catch area extending upwardly from the box.

Abstract: A height-extended bulk box that includes a base having four sides, four height-extending walls connected to respective sides of the base and four sidewalls pivotally mounted to respective ones of the height-extending walls and movable between a vertically erected use position and a collapsed configuration wherein the sidewalls are rotated inwardly into the area defined by a quadrilinear base. At least one sidewall stop is positioned on one of the height-extending walls and is movable between a non-use stowed position and a deployed position that extends into the volume of the bulk box and arrests movement of a first of the sidewalls to be moved into a collapsed position past a position substantially parallel to the top deck of the base.

Abstract: Collapsible reusable watertight carrying cases are provided in sizes varying from small containers to large sealable container bins on wheels, to provide large quantities of water to remote areas not served by public water supplies, or where water supplies are unavailable because of weather disasters. The cases are assembled or disassembled from a joined flat space-saving configuration to a functioning case and vice-versa. The sides of the cases are erected progressively by hand by interlocking elements at the corners. The panels also disassemble progressively by being manually pulled apart. When folded into a flat storage or shipping configuration, the panels stay together, resisting unfolding by virtue of snaps which are either molded into the panels or bonded to them. The carrying cases are resistant to water, dirt, bacteria, molds, allergens, and inclement weather.

Abstract: A cargo organizer includes a base, a storage compartment supported by the base and a deployment system for the storage compartment. The storage compartment includes a plurality of wall panels each having a hinged connection with the base and pivotable about its hinged connection between a stowed orientation and an upright orientation. The storage compartment is selectively deployable between a collapsed condition and an open condition. In the collapsed condition, each wall panel is lowered to its stowed orientation while, in the open condition, each wall panel is raised to its upright orientation. In the collapsed condition, the wall panels include an underlying wall panel and two adjacent overlying wall panels in spaced opposition about the underlying wall panel. The deployment system includes a strap system that connects an inboard portion of the underlying wall panel to respective outboard portions of the two adjacent overlying wall panels.

Abstract: Resin pallets having a deck and a base, where the deck and base are joined by an interlock, which is optionally reversible, are described. Methods of making such pallets by assembling the pallets by interlocking parts to form the pallets, in an optionally reversible method, are also described.

Abstract: A collapsible suitcase has a bottom panel, a rear panel, two side panels, and a front panel. The rear panel, side panels, and front panel are connected to the bottom panel by hinges permitting them to be rotated from a folded position against the bottom panel to a deployed position perpendicular to the bottom panel. The side hinges have a clearance sufficiently greater than the clearance of the front hinge to allow the side hinges to lie flat on the front panel when folded, and the rear hinge has a sufficiently greater clearance than that of the side hinges to allow the rear panel to lie flat on the side panels when folded.

Abstract: A cargo organizer for a vehicle includes a frame at least partially forming a floor of a cargo area of the vehicle. The cargo organizer includes one or more elongate elements extendable across an opening defined by the frame. The elongate elements are slidable with respect to the frame.

Abstract: A storage apparatus is installed in a vehicle with a flat bed and a tailgate and transforms back and forth between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The storage apparatus includes a container having a bottom panel, side walls, a lateral panel, and a top panel, a frame having a base board, side boards, support posts, slide rails, and bridge planks, and a slide member. The slide member connects the bottom panel of the container to the frame. The frame is fixed to the tailgate of the vehicle. In the collapsed configuration, the container sets on the tailgate or on the flat bed with the tailgate opened or closed. In the expanded configuration, the container cannot set on the tailgate with the tailgate closed, but the container can set on the tailgate with the tailgate opened. Opening the tailgate allows access to the storage space.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a novel freight container with improved characteristics. The container has a first portion and a second portion. The container is adapted to assume a first configuration in which the container has a maximum volume and a third configuration in which said container has a minimum volume. In the first configuration, the second portion is extended away from said first portion; side walls of said first and second portions are extending vertically in normal use; and at least some of said side walls are foldable. In the second configuration said side walls are folded in such a way to allow top walls of the first and second portions and bottom walls of the first and second portions be brought towards and adjacent each other whereby the minimum volume of the container is achieved.

Abstract: A foldable box includes a floor and two longitudinal and transverse side exterior walls each lying opposite in pairs and foldable relative to the floor, each longitudinal side exterior walls—including a protrusion at a transverse side end extending toward the transverse side exterior walls when upfolded, limiting foldability of the transverse side exterior walls to the outside. Each transverse side exterior wall including a locking mechanism at the outside of the transverse side exterior wall, including when upfolded, a snap-in element movable in a vertical direction relative to the floor surface, latchable with the protrusion. The protrusion and/or the snap-in element includes contact surfaces, inclined relative to the vertical direction when upfolded wherein the locking mechanism opens against a spring pretensioning when exceeding a predetermined inward force acting upon the transverse side exterior wall.

Abstract: A foldable box includes a floor and two longitudinal and transverse side exterior walls each lying opposite in pairs and foldable relative to the floor, each longitudinal side exterior walls including a protrusion at a transverse side end extending toward the transverse side exterior walls when upfolded, limiting foldability of the transverse side exterior walls to the outside. Each transverse side exterior wall including a locking mechanism at the outside of the transverse side exterior wall, including when upfolded, a snap-in element movable in a vertical direction relative to the floor surface, latchable with the protrusion. The protrusion and/or the snap-in element includes contact surfaces, inclined relative to the vertical direction when upfolded wherein the locking mechanism opens against a spring pretensioning when exceeding a predetermined inward force acting upon the transverse side exterior wall.

Abstract: A collapsible bin is provided. The bin includes a pair of opposing side panels. The bin further includes a pair of opposing end panels. At least one of the end panels has a first plurality of male interlocking members extending outward a first distance along an upper portion of a first side edge, and a second plurality of male interlocking members extending outward a second distance greater than the first distance along a lower portion of its first side edge. At least one of the side panels includes a plurality of female interlocking members along a first side edge for receiving the first and second pluralities of male interlocking members extending along the first side edge of the at least one side panel.

Abstract: A container that is convertible between a collapsed configuration and deployed configuration. The container includes a lower base assembly having sides, and an upper base assembly that is removably coupled to the lower base assembly. A plurality of removable supports are removably erected between the lower base assembly and the upper base assembly when the container is in the deployed configuration, and stowed between the lower base assembly and the upper base assembly when the container is in the collapsed configuration. The container may further include a plurality of sidewalls disposed between the supports and the upper and the lower base assemblies. The sidewalls may each be hingedly coupled to a respective side of the base assembly such that the sidewalls are deployable between the collapsed configuration and a deployed configuration.

Abstract: A collapsible box with a pair of opposed, hinged sidewalls in which a lightweight frame structure holds the sidewall in a vertical orientation during assembly and provides load-bearing strength. The frame structure and sidewalls fold over one another, and lie substantially flat, when said box is collapsed.

Abstract: A collapsible box that provides access through both its top and front side. When set up, said box comprises a (i) horizontal upper section and (ii) horizontal lower section, said sections attached to each other via a pair of opposed vertical sidewalls. When said upper section is gripped by hand and lifted upwardly, said upper section will separate from said lower section and the box will open. Each of said sidewalls comprises a set of upper and lower panels, said panels attached to each other via a hinge that extends horizontally across the approximate center of said sidewall. The top of each sidewall is attached to one end of said upper section via a horizontal hinge; the bottom of each sidewall is attached to one end of said lower section via a horizontal hinge. Said lower section comprises the floor of said box. Said upper section comprises the top lid and two panels that rest horizontally underneath said top lid.

Abstract: A collapsible box with a pair of opposed, hinged sidewalls in which a lightweight frame structure holds the sidewall in a vertical orientation during assembly and provides load-bearing strength. The frame structure and sidewalls fold over one another, and lie substantially flat, when said box is collapsed.

Abstract: A collapsible storage and transport container made of plastic, has a bottom, lengthwise and crosswise side walls that rise vertically from it, opposite one another in pairs, in the operating position, and a top end frame connected with the side walls in articulated manner, in the region of their top edge. The lengthwise side walls are mounted on the bottom and on the end frame, in articulated manner, about longitudinal axes that run parallel to one another and to the plane of the bottom, and can be folded about a center longitudinal axis. The crosswise side walls are structured in one piece, in each instance, and are arranged to pivot about a crosswise axis that is parallel to the plane of the bottom, after a lock has been released, from their upright position into a horizontal collapsed position. The crosswise side walls are mounted to pivot in the region of the bottom, and are provided, at their free top edge, with devices to secure them in place with a positive lock, on the top end frame.

Abstract: A collapsible box that provides access through both its top and front side. When set up, said box comprises a (i) horizontal upper section and (ii) horizontal lower section, said sections attached to each other via a pair of opposed vertical sidewalls. When said upper section is gripped by hand and lifted upwardly, said upper section will separate from said lower section and the box will open. Each of said sidewalls comprises a set of upper and lower panels, said panels attached to each other via a hinge that extends horizontally across the approximate center of said sidewall. The top of each sidewall is attached to one end of said upper section via a horizontal hinge; the bottom of each sidewall is attached to one end of said lower section via a horizontal hinge. Said lower section comprises the floor of said box. Said upper section comprises the top lid and two panels that rest horizontally underneath said top lid.

Abstract: A reusable knock down stillage box comprises a base pallet assembly including a rectangular base panel and four side walls extending from the base panel, and a top panel, Each of the side walls comprise lower and upper side wail panels, with three of the lower side wall panels being hinged to three of the upper side wall panels, and the lower side wall panels in turn being connected to the base panel by means of L-shaped clips. The upper or side wall panels are movable between an erected cargo stowing position In which stillage components are erected for stowing cargo such as motor vehicle panels within the box and a collapsed stillage stowing position. In the collapsed position, the top panel and the upper side wall panels, in combination with the base panel and the lower side wall panels, provide a sub-box defining a closed sub-volume within which the stillage components are stowable in the collapsed condition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a foldable shipping container that provides users with access to the liner fill port in confined areas and that can be used to transport liquids, powders, or solids. One embodiment of the shipping container has a generally rectangular base pivotally connected a first side wall and a second side wall, a first lid section pivotally connected to the first side wall, a second lid section pivotally connected to the second side wall, and a third lid section pivotally connected to the first lid section. The third lid section provides access to a centrally located liner fill port.

Abstract: A motor vehicle storage apparatus comprises a tray. Opposing doors are pivoted to the tray. The doors are displaceable between a raised position and a lowered position. Ends are pivoted to the tray. The ends are displaceable between a raised position and a lowered position. The doors and the ends cooperate to form peripheral walls for bounding a storage area when in the raised position.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention relates to a crate subassembly including four support cords with connector plates securing respective adjacent cords. More particularly, the connector plates extend over the interfaces between adjacent cords, and the connector plates secure adjacent cords together so as to prevent relative lateral movement between adjacent cords yet allow relative rotational movement of the cords as described below. By simply separating opposing cords, the subassembly can be easily and quickly opened. Specifically, the connector plates flex, or bend, and the connector plates have sufficient rigidity so that once opened, the subassembly does not close on itself during handling. Also, notches are formed between adjacent cords, and these notches are utilized when forming a crate as described below. To form a crate, and in an exemplary configuration, three subassemblies are positioned in a spaced relationship, and girders are positioned to extend through respective notches in each subassembly.

Abstract: An assemble-in-place storage container mounts in the space behind the front seats of an extended cab truck. The container contains bottom, side, front, back and top panels which are configured to form the body of the container, as well as divider panels to provide compartments within the container. The container mounts on the horizontally oriented metallic back supports of the folded down jump seats of an extended cab truck. The bottom panel is sized and shaped to fit over the "footprint" of the folded down jump seats, and side panels are hinged to the bottom panel and are collapsed onto the bottom panel. With the bottom panel in place, the side panels are extended to the vertical; the side panels having sloping front edges conforming to the taper of the back of the truck's seats. The back and front panels are then vertically put into place, and are locked into position by tabs which fit into slots in the side panels.

Abstract: A collapsible container is defined having: a container base, a plurality of support members extending generally upwardly from the container base and a plurality of wall members each mounted to at least one respective support member by a hinge. Each wall member is movable between an erected position where the wall member extends generally away from the container base and a collapsed position where the wall member generally overlays the container base. Each wall member as top, bottom and side edges extending between inner and outer faces. The inner face lie s closer to the container base than the outer face in the collapsed position. The hinge has a hinge pin extending between each wall member and respective support member. The hinge pin is rotatably supported at one or both of the wall member and support member, and is located on the side edge closer to the inner face than the outer face and closer to the bottom edge than the top edge.

Abstract: A collapsible container for transporting or storing general cargo, preferably has a pair of opposing side walls connected by hinge means to a rectangular base. Front and rear walls of similar configuration are removably joined to the base. A cover panel, removably joined to the side, front, and rear walls defines a closed container of predetermined volume. To permit the container to be reduced in volume, each side wall has a central hinge defining an upper and a lower panel adapted to be folded upon themselves and toward the interior of the container into a collapsed condition. Additionally, the front and rear walls are shaped and dimensioned to be horizontally positioned, one above the other, atop said side walls when collapsed and the cover panel horizontally positioned thereabove.

Abstract: A load carrier (20) has a bottom member (21) and a surrounding wall (22) disposed on the bottom member (21). A connector (213) connects detachably the bottom member (21) and the surrounding wall (22) so as to form the load carrier (20). The surrounding wall (22) is made of a tough and bendable material and is foldable after it has been detached from the bottom member (21).

Abstract: A collapsible bin box assembly formed of two separate collapsible bin boxes. The bin boxes are identical in construction having side and end walls constructed in a manner which permits them to be folded down upon the base, making the bin boxes collapsible. In order to form the bin box assembly from two separate identical bin boxes, the bin boxes are arranged end-to-end in substantially abutting relationship and with the side walls of the two bin boxes along each side of the assembly parallel and interconnected by splices. When the adjacent end walls of the two bin boxes are folded down flat, the enlarged bin box assembly has a capacity approximately double the capacity of either one of the bin boxes. The interconnected side walls are capable of swinging as a unit from the normal upright position of use to a collapsed position when the bin box assembly is empty.

Abstract: A folding container comprising: an upper frame having two pairs of opposing frame portions each having an engagement portion; a bottom frame with a closed end and having opposing frame portions which respectively correspond to those of the upper frame, each frame portion of the bottom frame having a pivotally support portion; two side plates pivotally supported at their lower end portions by the pivotally support portions, respectively, which are formed on one of the two pairs of frame portions of the bottom frame so that the side plates are able to pivot upward, each side plate being slidably supported at both lateral end portions thereof by the upper frame, the upper end portions of the side plates being engaged with the respective engagement portions formed on one of the two pairs of frame portions of the upper frame; and two end plates pivotally supported at their lower end portions by the pivotally support portions, respectively, which are formed on the other pair of frame portions of the bottom frame, t

Abstract: A collapsible basket includes an upper frame, two side plates pivotedly mounted on the right and left sides of the frame, a front plate and a rear plate pivotedly mounted on the front and rear sides of the frame, and a bottom plate slidingly engaged with both side plates, in which the two side plates can be angularly moved to be pendant by their gravitational force, and the bottom plate will then gravitionally descend along the two side plates to its lowest position, and the rear and front plates are finally angularly moved by the gravitational force to engage with the bottom plate to form a cubic or parallelepiped basket ready for filling use; and reversely, all the plates can be gravitationally collapsed by inverting the assembled basket to become a folded compact unit convenient for handling and storage.

Abstract: A foldable container includes an upper rectangular frame; a rectangular bottom plate having studs insertable into opposing sides of said upper frame; a pair of side plates, the upper end of each side plate being rotatably connected to said frame while the lower end is detachably engagable with said bottom plate; and a pair of end plates, the upper end of each end plate being detachably engagable with said frame while the lower end is detachably engageable with the studs of the bottom plate.

Abstract: A collapsible holder for grocery bags or the like for use in the trunk or inside a vehicle has a square base. A plurality of upright right angularly related side walls of inverted triangular shape has their base apices hinged to the base corners. The top apices of each side wall at its upper end is removably clipped to the corresponding apex of an adjacent side wall.

Abstract: A folding container construction has a wooden reinforcing framework which is attached to the side (74, 75) and end walls (98, 99) of the box. The side walls (74, 75) of the box are provided with vertical struts (82, 84, 86) disposed at the peripheral edges of the walls and a single, horizontal brace (79, 80) disposed adjacent to the top of the wall. At least one horizontal reinforcing member (104, 105) is provided on each end wall of the box with the horizontal members being received by slots defined by the struts on the side walls and the horizontal brace to maintain the box configuration. The end walls (98, 99) are maintained on the base (60) of the container by the bottom surfaces of the vertical struts which seat against a bottom flap (92, 93) on the end walls when the box is constructed. In this way, the need for separately attaching the end walls to the container base is eliminated.

Abstract: A container comprises a rectangular top, bottom and sides. The sides each have two ends which are normally vertical. There is a hinge generally adjacent the bottom and one side permitting the one side to pivot outwardly. There is an angle section with an outwardly directed flange near each end of the one side and channel sections with inwardly directed flanges on the ends of the two other sides adjacent ends of the one side. The angle sections are engageable with the channel sections to constrain outward movement of the one side about the hinge. A latch constrains inward movement of the one side when the latch is engaged. A mechanism can deflect the outwardly directed flanges to permit the one side to pivot outwardly about the hinge for loading and unloading the container.

Abstract: A hinged knock-down returnable, self-locking bin includes a base panel, first and second side panels, first and second end panels, and first and second panel hinge means, the first panel hinge means being provided for hingedly connecting each of the side panels to a side of the base panel, and the second hinged means being provided for hingedly connecting each of the end panels to an end of the base panel. Locking meansare provided for connecting the tops of the side panels to the tops of the end panels. The bin is characterized by its simplicity of structure, the ease with which it may be erected for use in shipment, singly or in stacked interlocking relation, and the ease with which it may be collapsed so as to occupy a minimum space for storage and return shipment for further use when emptied of its contents.

Abstract: A collapsible crate for shipping produce and the like comprising a base portion, two inwardly folding end-wall members and two inwardly folding side-wall members. Each wall member is divided into an upper and lower portion by means of a unitary hinge, wherein the lower portions of the wall members are fixably attached to vertical flanges which extend from the base portion. The vertical edges of the upper portions of the wall members are provided with a plurality of stops and latches which hold the wall members in an upright engaged position when the crate is assembled.

Abstract: This container, such as a tote box or pallet heightening container, comprises an opening in one of its side walls, and at least one movable shutter for closing said opening. The shutter is hingedly mounted at its bottom edge by means of elongated rings to the bottom edge of the opening or of the next underlying shutter, if any. Side lock bolts are rigidly secured to the upper portion of each shutter and adapted to engage through notches a U-sectioned lateral slideway running along the lateral edges of the opening. Detent means are provided for holding the shutter in its open position.

Abstract: This invention relates to a collapsible prefabricated house comprising relatively short poles erected at each corner of a rectangular floor, supports for supporting a roof connected to each pole through means of a hinge or a pin attached to the top of the pole in a freely turnable manner, support brackets of a predetermined width fixed to the inner side of the top of each support so that, when the supports are turned, the supports are laid above the floor maintaining a predetermined space between them, front and rear panels fixed between the roof and the floor, and right and left side panels fixed between each support.

Abstract: An air cargo shipping container comprising a rectangular base of molded synthetic resin material which is chemically inert to most substances, the base having a plurality of legs formed in its bottom for supporting the base above the ground. These legs are spaced for entry of the lifting tines of a forklift or the like and each leg is hollow and open at its upper end thus defining a plurality of reservoirs on the inside of the base for confining spilled cargo. The base has an integral lip around its periphery which extends up above the level of the base. The container further has three panels hingedly secured to the lip for swinging between a generally vertical, erect position and a generally horizontal, folded position in which the panels overlie the base, and a fourth or front panel. The vertical edges of adjacent panels are releasably secured together and the front panel is readily removable from the base and from the adjacent side panels so as to enable loading and unloading of the container.