Abstract: The specification discloses a collapsible pallet box or container composed of a pallet platform and four upright panels connected together at the corner edges by flexible material to form a polygon expandable to a rectangle or collapsible to a flattened parallelogram. The bottom of the polygon panels are removably attached to the pallet. The tops of the panels have a stabilizing grid with interconnected compression elements between the panels to stabilize the panel tops in the expanded rectangular configuration, and interconnectable, releasable hook and loop fasteners on the grid and on the polygon upper end, at the corners of the grid and recessed into the corners of the polygon, to keep the grid secured to the polygon and thereby keep the polygon locked to the pallet.

Abstract: A disassembleable portable cold frame apparatus including a rigid tray having a recessed area formed thereon; a plurality of planar rigid side plates removably interconnected together in an end-to-end configuration to thereby create a border bounding a ground holding space and with the border positioned within the recessed area of the tray; and a rigid transparent cover enclosing an air space and with the cover disposed upon and removably hingably coupled to the border to place the air space in communication with the ground holding space.

Abstract: A fully collapsible box with four sidewalls comprising vertical slats, horizontal cleats and interconnected wires at the ends of the cleats at the corners of the box, wherein the ends of the cleats have reverse miters so that the box may be hingedly collapsed along these corners when not in use. Hinged collapsing of this box does not require disconnection of the wires and does not adversely affect the tightness of the wire interconnections between adjacently located cleats. Because the reverse miters allow the box to be hingedly collapsed while the sidewalls remain interconnected, this invention assures a sturdy box over a period of use, while eliminating the need to connect and disconnect the cleats at the corners of the box during assembly and disassembly, respectively. In one embodiment the wire internconnection comprises a single loop extending completely around the box and secured to the cleats.

Abstract: An integral socket attached to a base for receiving an end of a vertical cleat in a corrugated paperboard container, the socket having a bottom skirt for aligning the socket to a side face of a member of the base and a top skirt for restraining the vertical cleat from moving out of the socket. A cavity defined in the socket receives therein a tenon at the end of the vertical cleat.

Abstract: The invention relates to a framework means for collecting, preferably, frozen animal carcasses and similar pieces of goods, including a wooden crate and strapping means. The novelty resides in the feature that in the crate, which comprises a bottom frame (1), end pieces (9), and a top frame (12), the end piece (9) extremities engaging the bottom frame (1) and the top frame (12) are arranged laterally non-displaceable, and that there are defined abutments or hooking means (14) for the strapping means (13) extending diagonally and serving as struts bracing the crate, there also being strapping means (15) enclosing the end pieces (9) and the load and preventing together with the load the end pieces (9) from bending outwardly.

Abstract: Modular system for making containers, including reusable panels for the side walls of the containers, the side wall panels having horizontal edge portions providing for guided vertical stacking of the panels, the side wall panels also having fastening devices adjacent the upright corners of the containers, with the end portions of the panels overlapping each other in a series in one direction around the perimeter of the containers, and with fastening devices including fastening plates in a series overlapping each other in the opposite direction around the perimeter of the containers.

Abstract: A collapsible frame structure 1 for a rectangular retaining wall on a pallet 6 has an open top and an open bottom formed by side walls 3 and end walls 2. The end walls 2 are hinged at 4 to the side walls 3 and each end wall comprises two wall parts 2a, 2b which are pivotally connected by hinge members 12. The end wall parts 2a, 2b are displaceable inwardly between the side walls 3 so that the side walls and end wall parts are located in parallel planes to form a flat pack. The hinge members 12 are rigid and each has two pivotal connections, one on each wall part 2a, 2b so that when the structure is collapsed the hinge members accommodate for the thickness of the wall parts. When the structure is erect, flanges on the wall parts 2a, 2b abut the respective hinge members at positions thereof between the pivotal connections to restrain the wall parts from displacement outwardly from the rectangular configuration.

Abstract: A novel reusable, rollable wrap for securing items stacked on a rectangular pallet. The wrap includes a flexible sheet, having ends which are secured together by detachable means, such as a zipper, and a plurality of parallel, stiff, elongate corner support members which are secured to the sheet at spaced-apart intervals therealong between the ends of the sheet. One set of ends of the members surroundingly engages the corners of the pallet with the members thereby defining the shape of the wrap above the pallet. The apparatus further includes releasable fastener means mounted on the sheet for securing the sheet to itself when the wrap is in a rolled condition for storage.

Abstract: A structure for holding plants, flowers or other objects utilizes a plurality of generally rectangular bar members having a hole at each end, the generally rectangular bar members being stacked in alternate directions in a rectilinear array, the holes proximate the ends of the bars aligned with like holes in the ends of other of said bars, with a set of assembly rods each engaging the aligned holes to define a rectilinear structure, hinged at each corner. A tray having a rectilinear shape, such as, a rectangle or parallelogram (diamond) is adapted to be inserted between a selected layer of assembled bars and engage opposite pairs of the rectangular bar members to maintaining the sides of the rectilinear stacked array at a predetermined angle to each other in the general shape of the tray.

Abstract: An enclosure comprising four interconnected sides, two opposite sides being coupling sides and the other sides being doors. A channel shaped coupler secured to each side with a channel leg extending under a bottom edge of the side and spaced therefrom to provide a slot to receive an edge of a floor panel for said enclosure. Cleats on the channels on the coupling members to engage the battens of a pallet thereby the mount the enclosure to a pallet.

Abstract: A collapsible box having sidewalls secured together at the corners of the box by first and second loop elements fastened to two adjacent sidewalls. As disclosed, each loop element includes two tapered end portions adjacent one another driven into a sidewall, to secure the loop element thereto, and two elongated portions extending along the sidewall from the tapered end portions, terminating in a loop at a corner of the box. The sidewalls of the box meet at the corner to produce a recess, and a fastening wire is passed through the loops of the loop elements on the two adjacent sidewalls, with the ends of the wire twisted together to secure the two loop elements to one another in the recess. The forces produced serve to hold the box together and to hold the loop elements against the sidewalls. The loop elements are also stapled to the sidewalls.

Abstract: A container construction is provided having an erected configuration and a storage configuration. The container construction comprises a pallet, a sidewall structure, a divider and a lid. These elements may be erected into a container construction or disassembled from an erected container construction and formed into storage packs.

Abstract: A pallet (10) comprising a top deck consisting of planks (20, 22, 24, 26) to the undersides of which blocks (28, 30, 32) are secured. The entire pallet is deformed to a convex form so that its length and width are reduced with respect to its undeformed dimensions. The lower faces of the blocks are joined by chordally extending strip material (18) which is tensioned by the pallet. Tensioning of the strips (18) ensures that these lie flat on the floor out of the way of the tines of a forklift truck when these are inserted below the planks to lift the pallet.

Abstract: A corrugated fibreboard container of tube-and-cap construction has two-walled plastic lining and a bottom side-wall discharge hose. A metal lid-mounting flange in the top end-cap receives a conventional drum lid with vent opening and bung opening threaded to receive a standard plug or a discharge pump fitting to facilitate pumping from the top. A band of reinforcing panels of hardboard mounted on corrugated fibreboard is strapped to the container tube wall and the whole assembly is strapped to a wood pallet for ease of transportation and handling.

Abstract: A shipping pallet is provided formed of a unitary sheet of material and having a generally planar base with a plurality of spaced proturberances extending upwardly from the upper surface of the base. The protuberances are adapted to receive respective items to be shipped thereon and to maintain such items in a predetermined relationship. The pallets further include a plurality of foot means projecting downwardly from the base, with portions of said foot means being proximal to each upwardly projecting protuberance so that said foot means effect enhanced support for items to be positioned on the protuberances and effect enhanced load distribution for the items positioned on the pallet. Additionally, a shipping container formed from two of the shipping pallets is provided for containing and transporting a load of items or packages having tubular carrier cores.

Abstract: A transport box corrugated cardboard or the like, said box when erected being connectable to a load carrying plane, a pallet, a roller pallet or the like, at which the loading receive locking lugs (26) projectable or foldable from the bottom (21, 22) of the transport box (11) and arranged to connect the box to the loading plane. The object of the present invention is to provide a transport box of a cheap material, e.g. corrugated cardboard which after use can be folded to a very narrow package and either be sent to a recovery paper collection or be reused one or more times. The transport box should very easily be connected to a load-carrying plane in such a way that the box withstands transport and driving over rough floors and said loading plane at the return transport from the retail trade to the packing central requiring only a small part of the space required by the transport box per se.

Abstract: A shipping pallet is disclosed which comprises a unitary sheet of material and which is so constructed so as to be usable with another substantially identical pallet to serve as a bottom and top of a shipping container for transporting and storing a product. The pallet comprises a base with a plurality of a foot means projecting from one side thereof, a first sleeve receiving groove extending adjacent the periphery of the pallet on the side opposite the foot means, and a second sleeve receiving groove on the same side of the pallet and positioned so as not to extend beyond the confines of the first groove. The two grooves are constructed and arranged so as to each receive a sleeve therein of different cross-sectional configurations, such as either a square sleeve or an octagonal sleeve, and with the opposite ends of the sleeve being positioned in the corresponding one of the first and second grooves.

Abstract: A shipping container for relay racks has a platform base with pallet skids beneath. Two end panels are hingedly attached to opposite ends of the platform and extend upwardly. The end panels are attached to the ends of the relay rack by means of toggle bolts. The hinged construction allows the device to be easily folded for return shipping and also provides substantial protection against forklift puncture.

Abstract: A container for fluids intended for use on a standard pallet, the container being formed of an outer fibreboard skin with an inner fluid-tight flexible bag, a series of posts each located vertically in the middle of a face of the container between the fibreboard skin and the flexible bag with a series of tension struts interlocating the upper and lower ends of the posts to prevent the bag expanding the container. The container is suitable for handling liquids or dry powder type fluids and can accommodate weights of the order of one ton while being easily dismantleable for despatch or storage. The container can be stacked three or more high.

Abstract: A stackable freight container comprising a rigid bottomless container body 10 and a separate freight-carrier pallet 11 which can be bolted into the open underside of the body 10 by means of shoot-bolts 37 to close the container and form its load-carrying floor. When the closed container is placed on a flat supporting surface 40 the lower edges of the body 10 rest on the surface 40 with the loaded pallet 11 supported clear of the surface 40 by the shoot-bolts 37, the weight of the loaded pallet 11 then preventing the withdrawal of the shoot-bolts. To open the container it must be lowered on to packing 39 to take the weight of the loaded pallet 11 off the shoot-bolts 37 so that they can be withdrawn.The body 10 can be used inverted as a floating pontoon unit, whose deck is afforded by the pallet 11.

Abstract: A shipping container is provided comprising a pallet as the bottom thereof, an inverted identical pallet as the top thereof, and a peripheral sleeve forming load-bearing side walls mating with each pallet via a peripheral sleeve-receiving groove defined by a peripheral rim. The unitary pallet is configured so that a bottom pallet of one container will mate with the inverted top pallet of a lower container, when containers are stacked, in such a way as to prevent shifting between containers. Said pallets are also self-nesting for transport or storage when unloaded. The containers will stack even if vertically adjacent mutually inverse pallets are rotated 180.degree. in a horizontal plane with respect to each other. This ability to tolerate a 180.degree. rotation is provided by depending members and platform members of the pallet feet, oriented so that (i) a 180.degree.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-piece container which locks together. A hinged locking section is attached to each end of a base. Side wall locking members have locking flaps which interact with the hinged locking sections and upper locking flanges which interact with internal locking flaps on the side walls of a side wall section to lock the side walls to the base.

Abstract: A pallet collar comprises four walls which are hingedly interconnected by means of hinges, so that the pallet collar may be collapsed or folded up into a substantially flat condition. To increase the utility and versatility of the pallet collar at least one pair of opposite walls are provided with supporting ribs on their inside, which extend substantially parallel to the bottom edge of the respective wall, somewhat above said bottom edge and are intended to carry a removable bottom in cooperation with the supporting rib of the opposite wall. Thanks to these supporting ribs it is possible to convert the pallet collar into a form-stable, open case by placing the bottom upon the ribs.

Abstract: A pallet box having a floor assembly which can be connected to the side wall assemblies without the use of nails is disclosed. The pallet box includes a plurality of side wall assemblies joined at their adjacent vertical edges to form an enclosure. Cleats are mounted adjacent the lower edges of the side wall assemblies and define bearing recesses. A bottom support assembly has finger members extending outwardly, which are received by the cleat recesses. The floor assembly is positioned on and is supported by the cleats and the bottom support assembly.

Abstract: A container for goods, in which the base of the container on which the goods are to rest comprises flaps folded towards one another from sides of the container, the folds thereby defining a lower peripheral edge around the container, and a support which in use spaces the container base from the ground, the underside of the container being secured to the support by tongues which are retained on the container and emerge through apertures in said lower peripheral edge of the container to engage cooperating clips on the support. A kit for assembling the container is also disclosed, comprising a blank from which can be folded a container having the features outlined above, and a support having clips for receiving tongues fitted to the folded blank. Two kinds of cooperating clips and tongues are specifically described and illustrated.

Abstract: A collapsible, reinforced, four sided container attached to a rigid base for transporting heavy products. The containers may be collapsed and shipped in reduced size for reuse and reassembled into its usable form without any special tools or skills. The collapsible container of this invention provides that one or more sides may be opened for loading or unloading.

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 shipping assembly for dry bulk commodities consists of a polyolefin bag confined within a rectangular, rigid, metal frame. A wooden pallet forms a support for the frame and the bottom of the bag. The assembly can be assembled for use or disassembled for shipment, the frame being foldable and connectable to the pallet by means of hooks that can be readily moved into place but cannot be disengaged by attempted relative movement between the frame and pallet. The assembly and disassembly operations require no tools.

Abstract: A load carrying pallet of the type comprising a base provided adjacent each end of each side with a support surface level with the deck of the base and terminating in an upstanding lug, and with an upwardly facing channel subjacent each support surface, for use with detachable walls, each having at the lower end an upper transverse frame member to rest on the support surfaces and having depending leg members with lower transverse members for locating in the channels, is improved--as to ease of application and removal of the walls and as to interchangeability with known pallets--by providing between each support surface and the subjacent channel a catch on an axis parallel to the support surface, the catch having upper and lower outward projections and spring latching means, whereby, in one position of the catch the lower projection extends from the slot and over the channel, in another position of the catch the lower projection is withdrawn into the slot, and in both positions the upper projection extends fro

Abstract: A preferably metallic platform which is adapted to be stacked and is provided with supports for receiving and supporting another loading platform. The platform also includes side walls which are adapted detachably to engage the insides of the supports. The side walls in the corner regions of their upper edges are positively connected to the supports which in the vertical direction are detachable from the loading platform.

Abstract: Large heavy objects, such as garden tractors, other wheeled vehicles and non-wheeled objects are packaged in a carton which includes a rectangular skid or frame formed of elongated structural members, preferably wood, arranged with two spaced parallel side members (footings) and a plurality of cross members extending therebetween. Some of said cross members (slats) are attached to the underneath surface of the side members while others of the cross members (chocks) are attached to the top surface of the side members at points spaced inwardly a prescribed distance from the outermost of the slats lying therebeneath. A cover member formed from some conventional material such as corrugated cardboard includes an opposed pair of side walls connected by an opposed pair of end walls, and a pair of upper major side flaps and upper minor side flaps attached to and extending upwardly from the upper edge of said side and end walls respectively.

Abstract: A knock-down container comprising four interlocked side panels and a panel-supporting pallet. Each side panel has opposing end regions which extend beyond the outwardly-facing surfaces of adjacent interlocked panels. Cleats attached to the inwardly-facing surfaces of each end region abut the outwardly-facing surfaces of adjacent panels to brace adjacent panels against an outwardly-directed force. The interlocked panels are supported on pallet skids which extend outwardly from two opposite edges of a pallet base.

Abstract: A pallet-mounted container for liquids comprises a synthetic resin container in a metal shell that supports the container. The metal shell is a sheet metal jacket with a welded-on lid and bottom and is attached to a supporting wooden pallet. The shell is formed, starting from a tube with a longitudinal welded seam. The tube is then deformed by fluid pressure by a fluid pressure press to a rectangular cross section with rounded corners, having two long sides and two short sides. The welded seam is on one of the short sides; and the long sides are stretched beyond their elastic limit between the expansion jaws of the press. A vertically spaced apart series of peepholes is provided along one corner, for visually detecting liquid level through the translucent material of the liner.

Abstract: A connecting arrangement for box-shaped support structures connects the upright walls constituting the support structure to one another at upright marginal portions thereof. The connecting arrangement includes upper and lower connecting projections which are rigid with the marginal portions of one of the walls, and upper and lower slots which are provided in the marginal portions of another wall constituting the support structure. Each of the upper slots has an L-shaped configuration, commences at the upper end face of the marginal portion and extends first downwardly therefrom and then toward the side face of the marginal portion. Each of the lower slots has a substantially inverted V-shaped configuration and extends inwardly from the above-mentioned side face of the marginal portion, first upwardly and then downwardly. The respective end zones of the slots are vertically aligned with one another and receive the connecting projections of the first-mentioned marginal portion.

Abstract: A container for storing or transporting delicate or perishable merchandise consists of a box having two end elements and two faces and seated on a handling base such as a pallet. The box is formed by two panels each having a central portion constituting one face, the central portion being placed between two side flaps each forming part of one of the end elements, the interior of the box being lined with insulating material. The flaps can be folded back against the central portion which can in turn be folded back against the base, locking means being provided for maintaining insulating plates in position when the box is erected.

Abstract: A collapsible container side wall for use with a material support pallet. The container side wall has a front panel, a rear panel and two side panels, the latter panels being interconnected between opposed end edges of the front and rear panels by a respective hinge connection. Each of the side panels has two panel sections interconnected to each other by a transverse hinge located intermediate the front and rear panels and extending parallel to the hinge connections at the end edges of the front and rear panels. The transverse hinge of one of the two side panels is offset laterally from the transverse hinge of the other side panel whereby the panel sections can fold inwardly with one side panel on top of the other between the front and rear panels with these latter panels collapsing towards each other. Retention means is provided in the lower edge of the container side wall to prevent lateral displacement of the container side wall when positioned about a peripheral area of the pallet.

Abstract: A container has a separately formed floor which is attached to a pallet. The floorless body of the container is placed on the pallet and trapped in position by the floor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a complex packing, especially adapted for the transport and storage of liquid and pasty products in large quantities, for example of the order of a thousand litres or more, this packing having a large safety factor during handling while full, while enabling a small volume to be obtained when empty. The complex packing is composed firstly of a plastic bag of parallelepiped shape capable of being folded flat when empty, and secondly of a pallet of corresponding parallelepiped shape which constitutes a rigid outer casing for the plastic bag, the pallet comprising a base platform and four dismantlable sides, of which at least two have handles for handling by slings. The platform is furthermore arranged so as to receive a cross-member which may be engaged in the handles of the pallet located immediately below, so as to couple the two pallets together for handling in series.

Abstract: Pallet cages to couple to a pallet and enclose goods stacked on the pallet, each cage comprising four panels, two locking and two hinged. The locking panels having clips which by manipulation of the locking panel are engageable under battens of the pallet to prevent removal of the locking panel unless said manipulation is reinacted. Each locking panel is hingedly connected to a hinged panel and adjacent portions of the hinged and locking panels of an assembled cage having interengageable catch means to retain the pallet cage unified as a four sided enclosure.

Abstract: A container for transporting bulk material either solid or liquid has a pallet and a sleeve having segments of its wall secured to the pallet and other segments of its wall folded inwardly to provide flaps. A tubular member having corrugated-paperboard or the like wall and a cross-section corresponding to that of the sleeve has one end thereof disposed in the sleeve and resting on the flaps. A plastic bag may be inserted in the container and is folded about its edges to overlap the flaps. A rigid disk such as a corrugated paperboard disk having a cross-section substantially equal to the cross-section of the sleeve is disposed in the bag adjacent its closed end with its peripheral edge under the flaps. When the bag is filled with material, it is expanded against the wall of the tubular member and the tubular member is pressed against the sleeve thereby securing the tubular member in the sleeve. A cup-shaped lid is slidably disposed over the open end of the tubular member to enclose the bag.

Abstract: A reusable shipping container assembly for securing, supporting, housing and shipping items. In a preferred embodiment, the container assembly includes: (a) members for securing and supporting the item, including: a slotted base upon which the item is placed; a plurality of removable straps, with fasteners, passing through any two of the slots, for strapping the item to the base; a plurality of bracing blocks, movable on the base and releasably lockable in the slots, to abut and brace the item; and a floor, removably positioned under, and also cushioned under, the base; and, (b) a completely closeable container for housing the item to be shipped, and the members of the assembly which secure and support the item to be shipped. This container assembly, unlike the prior art not only is reusable, but also permits the simultaneous housing and shipping, within the same container, or a multiplicity of items that vary in size, shape, and weight.

Abstract: An improved shipping container is disclosed which may be used with a wooden pallet or the like. The shipping container includes an outer liner which has a plurality of flaps on the bottom thereof. The plurality of flaps are turned inwardly in a predetermined manner over and under a flat sheet which is positioned on the bottom of the container. The flat sheet then forms the bottom for the container with the turned in end flaps serving to retain the flat sheet on the bottom of the container. A portion of the flat sheet is exposed on the outside of the container and may be glued or stapled to the pallet. When formed in a generally octagonal shape, the improved shipping container has greater stacking strength and is able to retain a bulk quantity of various materials within the container without the materials working their way out of the container.

Abstract: A lightweight container formed of a plastics material is provided for use in carrying fresh produce. The container base and side panels are molded with interfitting tenon and mortise joints which provide a strong and tight fit but yet which permit easy knock-down for storage or return of the container parts. Ledges formed on the lower margins of the side panels interfit with sockets formed along the base. The corners and side margins of the base are captured within horizontal slots in the corner and intermediate tenons of the panel, while locking ribs formed above these tenons fit into vertical slots in the base. A plurality of slots are provided in the inner region of the base for drainage and air circulation. Openings are formed beneath the base for insertion of the tines of a forklift truck.

Abstract: A knock-down container or bin of the type used to transport fruits and vegetables from the field to produce processing and packing plants is molded of plastic and consists of four identical sides and a bottom. When erected, the containers may be stacked. When detached, the sides nest, preferably with the bottom, for transportation and storage. The bottom is square and is flat on top and formed with reticulated reinforcing ribs on the bottom; on each edge is a projecting lip section. Each side has reinforcing ribs on its exterior. The bottom edge of each side is thickened and has spaced projections with a groove above the projections into which fits the projecting lip of one edge of the bottom. At each end of the side is a post, one post being formed with a rabbet and also carrying three vertically spaced fastener elements. The other post is shaped to fill the rabbet and has sockets to receive the fastener elements.

Abstract: A shipping container is provided comprising a pallet as the bottom thereof, an inverted identical pallet as the top thereof, and a peripheral sleeve forming load-bearing side walls mating with each pallet via a peripheral sleeve-receiving groove defined by a peripheral rim. The unitary pallet is configured so that a bottom pallet of one container will mate with the inverted top pallet of a lower container, when containers are stacked, in such a way as to prevent shifting between containers. Said pallets are also self-nesting for transport or storage when unloaded. The containers will stack even if vertically adjacent mutually inverse pallets are rotated 180.degree. in a horizontal plane with respect to each other. This ability to tolerate a 180.degree. rotation is provided by depending members and platform members of the pallet feet, oriented so that (i) a 180.degree.