Disassembleable, reusable container
OwnerRobert D. Flandersinventor
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Abstract
A disassemblable, reusable container system is provided which on assembly is substantially rectangular configuration providing for greater storage capacity, and on disassembly, is readily stackable in a relatively small area. The container system includes floor, bracing support, sidewall and lid members, respectively, which are interlockingly joined on to the other.
Claims6
A disassemblable, reusable, container system which, when assembled, is storeable in a relatively small area compared to a conventional container system, for storing and shipping materials, which comprises a plurality of bracing support members, each of said bracing support members including, at its lower end, a support leg section for maintaining said container system above the level of the surface upon which it is supported;
- a floor member including upper and lower portions engaging and joining with said support members for supporting the material to be shipped located within the confines of said container system, and including means for engaging and joining with said bracing members;
- a plurality of sidewall members, having their vertical edges located within the confines of said bracing support members, said adjacent vertical edges of said sidewall members being in bearing relationship one against the other, said bracing support members interlockingly engaging said sidewalls and joining with said floor member to support said sidewall members, and an interlocking lid member, which serves as a cover for said container system by protecting said material and which interlockingly secures and maintains the container in proper vertical alignment, supported on said bracing support members and said sidewall members, respectively, each of said bracing support members including a pair of slots for receiving the lower portion of the floor member, and upon engagement thereof, interlockingly bracking and maintaining said container system in proper alignment, said upper support portion including a floor section surrounded by a peripheral groove which in turn is circumscribed by an outer floor section and having notches included in each of the corners of said upper floor portion for engagement with said bracing support members, and said lower support portion being comprised of a peripheral frame member fabricated to interlockingly engage the slots of said bracing members to further lock said support members in position.
A disassemblable, reusable, container system which, when assembled, is storeable in a relatively small area compared to a conventional container system, for storing and shipping materials, which comprises a plurality of bracing support members, each of said bracing support members including, at its lower end, a support leg section for maintaining said container system above level of the surface upon which it is supported;
- a floor member, including upper and lower portions, engaging and joining with said bracing support members for supporting the material to be shipped located within the confines of said container system, and further including means for engaging and joining with said bracing members, the upper portion of the floor member comprising a floor element, and the lower portion of the floor member including an outer peripheral frame section having an inner cross-member section including cross pieces each connected to the mid point of each of the inner sides of said outer peripheral frame thereby forming rectangular-shaped openings, a plurality of sidewall members, having their vertical edges located within the confines of said bracking support members, said adjacent vertical edges of said sidewall members being in bearing relationship one against the other and including an aperture in the lower edge of said sidewall member for engagement with said inner cross-members, said bracing support members interlockingly engaging said sidewalls and joining with said floor member to support said sidewall members, an interlocking lid member, which serves as a cover for said container system by protecting said material and which interlockingly secures and maintains the container in proper vertical alignment, supported on said bracing support members and said sidewall members, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.