Reuseable shipping container for perishable food products

A reusable container system for storage and transport of a perishable food product, comprising a plurality of stackable reusable containers, each container comprising:

• a removable access panel;
• a base having shouldered feet to facilitate a nesting relationship with corresponding alignment features of another container below when stacked;
• a pair of upwardly extending side walls;
• a pair of upwardly extending end walls connected with the side walls to form a generally rectangular box having four interior edges and four interior corners where the side and end walls join the base;
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• a window formed in at least one of the side walls or end walls being sized and positioned to facilitate loading and unloading of food product;
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• a removable lid shaped and configured to cover the container, wherein:
• the box is integrally formed of food grade molded polyethylene such that each of the four interior edges and four interior corners of the box has a rounded interior profile to prevent accumulation of material and facilitate sanitation between uses,
• the removable access panel is shaped to removably fit in the window, and
• the window and the removable access panel have cooperating tongue and groove features that fit together when the removable access panel is fitted in the window,
• wherein the shouldered feet comprise at least two sets of shouldered side feet, each set extending below one of the side walls, each shouldered side foot in a set being adjacent to a corner of the base below one of the side walls, wherein the shoulder on each of the shouldered side feet extends outward so that an outer edge of the shouldered side foot is flush with an outer surface of the side wall, so that when the container sits on a surface, the shoulders of the shouldered side feet are spaced apart from the surface, and when the container is stacked on another container, the shoulders of the shouldered side feet each abut an upper edge of the side walls of the other container and the other portion of each shouldered side foot extends below the upper edge of the side wall of the other container.

A reusable container for storage and transport of a perishable food product, the container comprising:

• a base having shouldered feet to facilitate a nesting relationship with corresponding alignment features of another container below when stacked;
• a pair of upwardly extending side walls;
• a pair of upwardly extending end walls connected with the side walls to form a generally rectangular box having four interior edges and four interior corners where the side and end walls join the base;
• a window formed in at least one of the side walls or end walls being sized and positioned to facilitate loading and unloading of food product;
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• a removable access panel being shaped to removably fit in the window, wherein:
• the box is integrally formed of food grade molded polyethylene such that each of the four interior edges and four interior corners has a rounded interior profile to prevent accumulation of material and facilitate sanitation between uses,
• wherein the window and the removable access panel have cooperating tongue and groove features that fit together when the removable access panel is fitted in the window,
• wherein the shouldered feet comprise at least two sets of shouldered side feet, each set extending below one of the side walls, each shouldered side foot in a set being adjacent to a corner of the base below one of the side walls, wherein the shoulder on each of the shouldered side feet extends outward so that an outer edge of the shouldered side foot is flush with an outer surface of the side wall, so that when the container sits on a surface, the shoulders of the shouldered side feet are spaced apart from the surface, and when the container is stacked on another container, the shoulders of the shouldered side feet each abut an upper edge of the side walls of the other container and the other portion of each shouldered side foot extends below the upper edge of the side wall of the other container.