Multiple container and rack system

A multiple container and rack system for use both as a transport and storage medium, the system comprising:

• a frame assembly, said assembly including
• a pair of end members, each of said end members including first and second angle corner posts, a rail member fixedly secured at the upper end of each post to maintain said posts from each other the distance of said rail member, and
• at least one side member, said side member including first and second angle leg members and a rail member fixedly secured to the upper end of said leg members;
• means for detachably securing each of said side member angle legs nestably within a respective receiving angle corner post;
• base means includes a flange member for receiving said frame assembly therein and thereby defining a modular unit for receipt of articles to be carried thereby;
• receiving means on each corner post to permit nestably receipt of one additional modular unit in a stacking manner;
• restraining means includes at least one inwardly projecting element at each of said flange member upward portions wherein said projecting elements engage the lower angle member of said end member thereby preventing relative vertical displacement thereof;
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• said restraining means cooperating between said base means and said frame assembly to prevent vertical displacement of said frame assembly from said base means.