Container with panel lock

A stackable shipping and storing container, comprising:

• a first end wall;
• a second end wall;
• a right side wall extending between the first end wall and the second end wall and having a locking tab near each of a first end and a second end;
• a left side wall extending between the first end wall and the second end wall and having a locking tab near each of a first end and a second end;
• a bottom wall extending between the first end wall and the second end wall and having a locking tab near each of a first end and a second end;
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• locking means for attaching each locking of the right side wall, the left side wall, and the bottom wall to the first end wall and the second end wall wherein each locking tab is held in the locking means at at least three points by pressing each of the locking tabs perpendicularly into engagement with the locking means.

A stackable shipping and storing container, comprising:

• a first end wall having a stacking tab extending vertically from a top of the first end wall, having a receiving slot at a bottom of the first end wall for receiving a stacking tab of a substantially identical second stackable container, and having at least one protrusion near each of a first edge, a bottom edge, and a second edge of the first end wall;
• a second end wall having a stacking tab extending vertically from a top of the second end wall, having a receiving slot at a bottom of the second end wall for receiving a stacking tab of a substantially identical second stackable container, and having at least one protrusion near each of a first edge, a bottom edge, and a second edge of the second end wall;
• a left side wall having an opening at a first end and a second end, the protrusion near the first edge of the first end wall protruding through the opening at the first end of the left side wall and being compressed after protruding through the opening to secure the left side wall to the first end wall, the protrusion near the first edge of the second end wall protruding through the opening at the second end of the left side wall and being compressed after protruding through the opening to secure the left side wall to the second end wall;
• a bottom wall having an opening at a first end and a second end, the protrusion near the bottom edge of the first end wall protruding through the opening at the first end of the bottom wall and being compressed after protruding through the opening to secure the bottom wall to the first end wall, the protrusion near the bottom edge of the second end wall protruding through the opening at the second end of the bottom wall and being compressed after protruding through the opening to secure the bottom wall to the second end wall;
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• a fight side wall having an opening at a first end and a second end, the protrusion near the second edge of the first end wall protruding through the opening at the first end of the right side wall and being compressed after protruding through the opening to secure the right side wall to the first end wall, the protrusion near the second edge of the second end wall protruding through the opening at the second end of the right side wall and being compressed after protruding through the opening to secure the right side wall to the second end wall.

A stackable shipping and storing container, comprising:

• a first end plate having a stacking tab extending vertically from a top of the first end plate, having a receiving slot at a bottom of the first end plate for receiving a stacking tab of a substantially identical second stackable container, and having a plurality of first panel locks, at least one first panel lock being on a first edge, a bottom edge, and a second edge of the first end plate;
• a second end plate having a stacking tab extending vertically from a top of the second end plate, having a receiving slot at a bottom of the second end plate for receiving a stacking tab of a substantially identical second stackable container, and having a plurality of second panel locks, at least one second panel lock on a first edge, a bottom edge, and a second edge of the second end plate;
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• a panel having a plurality of first panel tabs at a first end for attaching the panel to the first end plate with the plurality of first panel locks and a plurality of second panel tabs at a second end for attaching the panel to the second end plate with the plurality of second panel locks, each of said first panel locks and said second panel locks comprises a channel extending perpendicularly through the thickness of the end plate, the channel being generally C-shaped so as to form flanges, the channel having a protrusion extending from a back of the channel toward an opening in the channel formed between the flanges, the protrusion having an overhanging edge so that when each of the first panel tabs and the second panel tabs is pressed into each of the first panel locks and the second panel locks respectively each of the first panel tabs and second panel tabs is secured in place under the flanges of the channel and under the overhanging edge of the protrusion.