Container construction

A container construction comprising a pallet, a sidewall structure, a divider and a lid, the pallet being generally rectangular and including a bottom wall having an upper face and a lower face, sidewall means extending around the periphery of the bottom wall on the upper face thereof, the bottom wall having a pair of substantially parallel spaced apart hollow open-ended raised portions on the upper face extending between two opposed edges of the bottom wall defining a pair of channels to receive the skids of a fork lift truck, lug structure on the upper face of the bottom wall extending around the inner periphery of the pallet sidewall means and spaced therefrom to form, with the pallet sidewall means, a support structure receiving the lower edges of the sidewall structure, a shelf structure extending from the lug structure to the pallet sidewall means for support of the lower edges of the sidewall structure, the shelf structure being spaced from the bottom wall and in horizontal alignment with the raised portions, channel structure on the upper surface of the bottom wall extending between and substantially parallel to the hollow raised portions for receiving the lower edge of the divider, a pair of spaced apart projections on the pallet sidewall means at each end of the channel structure on the upper surface of the bottom wall with the spaces therebetween being in alignment with said channel structure and receiving corner portions of the lower edge of the divider, the sidewall structure comprising four vertical wall members, first hinge means connecting the four wall members together along vertical edges thereof to form a generally rectangular box-like structure with the lower edges thereof being received in the space between the lug structure and pallet wall means as aforesaid, each of two oppositely disposed wall members of the sidewall structure comprising a pair of panels of substantially equal size, the first hinge means connecting one vertical edge of said panels to a vertical edge of an adjacent sidewall member to result in the aforesaid connection, second hinge means connecting the remaining adjacent vertical edges of each pair of adjacent panels together, a vertical channel defined by the second hinge means and adjacent edges of each pair of adjacent panels, each of said vertical channels being in alignment with the channel structure on the upper surface of the pallet bottom wall, the divider comprising a wall member extending between the sidewall members which comprise a pair of panels and having vertical edge portions received in said vertical channels and a lower edge portion received in the channel structure on the upper surface of the pallet bottom wall with lower corner portions of the divider being received between said pairs of spaced apart projections, said vertical edge portions of the divider each having an elongated projection extending outwardly from the upper portion thereof, said projections terminating intermediate the upper and lower edges of the divider, the lid being generally rectangular and having a top wall with an upper face and a lower face, sidewall means extending around the periphery of the top wall on the lower face thereof, lug structure on the lower face of the top wall extending around the inner periphery of the lid sidewall means and spaced therefrom to form, with the lid sidewall means, a support structure received on the upper edges of the sidewall structure, channel structure on the lower surface of the top wall extending between the vertical channels defined by the second hinge means and panels, the divider having an upper edge portion received in the channel structure on the lower surface of the top wall, the lower face of the pallet bottom wall and the upper face of the lid top wall each having an irregular surface configuration, the irregularities of the two surfaces mating when one container is stacked upon another to thereby block the two surfaces against sliding with respect to each other.