Container having a replaceable pallet base

A molded plastic container for transporting and storing large quantities of bulk materials comprising

• a molded plastic tank having a substantially flat bottom wall without legs that is easily cleaned and four sidewalls extending upwardly from the bottom wall,
• said tank having an open top,
• pallet means for supporting the tank from below including pallet legs with spaces between the pallet legs for admitting the tines of a forklkft truck or pallet jack,
• and connecting-disconnecting means for connecting the pallet legs to the bottom of the tank and for disconnecting the pallet legs from the tank as when it is desired to replace a broken pallet leg,
• whereby only the pallet legs, rather than the entire container, need be replaced if only the pallet legs are damaged as by the tines of a forklift truck.

A plastic container for transporting and storing large quantities of bulk materials comprising

• a molded plastic tank having a substantially flat bottom wall that is easily cleaned and four sidewalls extending upwardly from the bottom wall,
• said tank having an open top,
• base means comprising a molded plastic pallet base for supporting the tank and for providing spaces for entry of the tines of a forklift truck or a pallet jack, and
• connecting-disconnecting means for connecting the pallet base to the tank and for detaching the pallet base from the tank when desired as when the pallet base becomes damaged,
• the pallet base being replaceably secured to the tank by the connecting-disconnecting means,
• the pallet base being a molded, tub-like, plastic pallet base with a bottom wall, and four sidewalls extending upwardly from the pallet base.

A plastic container for handling and storing large quantities of bulk material such as food products, comprising

• a molded plastic tank having a bottom wall and four upwardly extending side walls,
• pallet base means replaceably mounted to the tank for supporting the tank and for providing spaces for entry of tines of a forklift truck or a pallet jack,
• the pallet base means including
• a molded, tub-like, plastic pallet base having a bottom wall and four upwardly extending side walls,
• the pallet base bottom wall including a downwardly extending hollow leg in each corner of the pallet base bottom wall, a downwardly extending hollow leg halfway between each corner leg, and a downwardly extending hollow leg in the center of the pallet base bottom wall,
• whereby the pallet base means is replaceably secured to the tank, and
• whereby only the pallet base means of the container, rather than the entire container, need be replaced if the tines of a forklift truck or a pallet jack damage the pallet base means of the container,
• the tank bottom wall being flat,
• a lip along the upper edges of the four upwardly extending side walls of the tank,
• the tank side walls including nesting stop means for facilitating nesting and unnesting of the container to a similar container by limiting the distance an upper nesting container extends into a lower nesting container,
• the tank side walls further including lip support means extending from the tank side walls for supporting the lip at the top of the four tank side walls and for guiding a container being lowered next to an adjacent container into proper position next to the adjacent container if the container being lowered strikes an overhanging portion of the lid or lip of an adjacent container,
• the lip including a lip ledge at the top of the tank side walls and a lip wall extending upwardly from the outer portion of the lip ledge,
• the lip support means for supporting the lip being gussets extending from the tank side walls to the outer portion of the lip,
• the nesting means being nesting stops located in each corner of the upper end of the tank, and
• corner gusset means for guiding a container into position adjacent another container, for supporting the lip, and for acting as bumpers to protect the tank corners from danger.

A plastic container for handling and storing large quantities of bulk material such as food products, comprising

• a molded plastic tank having a bottom wall and four upwardly extending side walls having a lip,
• pallet base means replaceably mounted on the tank for supporting the tank and for providing spaces for entry of tines of a forklift truck or a pallet jack,
• the tank side walls including nesting stop means for facilitating nesting and unnesting of the container to a similar container by limiting the distance an upper nesting container extends into a lower nesting container,
• the nesting means being nesting stops located in each corner of the upper end of the tank, and
• corner gusset means for guiding a container into position adjacent another container, for supporting the lip, and for acting as bumpers to protect the tank corners from danger.

A plastic container for handling and storing large quantities of bulk material such as food products, comprising

• a molded plastic tank having a bottom wall and four upwardly extending side walls,
• pallet base means for supporting the tank and for providing spaces for entry of the tines of a forklift truck or a pallet jack, and
• mounting means for replaceably mounting the pallet base means on the tank,
• whereby the pallet base means is replaceably secured to the tank, and whereby only the pallet base means of the container, rather than the entire container, need be replaced if the tines of a forklift truck or a pallet jack damage the pallet base means of the truck,
• the pallet base means including,
• a molded, tub-like, plastic pallet base having a bottom wall and four upwardly extending side walls,
• the pallet base bottom wall including a downwardly extending hollow leg in each corner of the pallet base bottom wall, a downwardly extending hollow leg halfway between each corner leg, and a downwardly extending hollow leg in the center of the pallet base bottom wall, and
• spaces formed between adjacent legs for entry of tines of a forklift truck or a pallet jack,
• whereby the container may be transported by a forklift truck or a pallet jack without the use of separate pallet, and
• whereby the container is accessible to the tines of a forklift or a pallet jack from all four sides of the container
• the mounting means including
• bolt means mounted into each side wall of the tank and extending outwardly and through a corresponding pallet base side wall,
• nut means attached to the outer end of each bolt means for securing the tank side walls to the corresponding pallet base side walls,
• bolt means molded into the tank bottom wall and extending downwardly through the pallet base bottom wall, and
• nut means attached to the bolt means for securing the pallet base bottom wall to the tank bottom wall.