Pallet container with adapter frame

Pallet container for use as a disposable and reusable container, comprising:

• a bottom tray having an outer edge, a drain bottom, and being made of one of sheet metal and plastic, said bottom being secured to a pallet made of one of metal, plastic, and wood designed for handling by a forklift truck;
• a collapsible outer jacket detachably mounted on the pallet, and made of a metal lattice work, said outer jacket having front, side and rear lattice walls;
• a support insert adjoining the outer jacket, said support insert having wall parts which can be collapsed into a package;
• an adapter frame secured to the outer edge of the bottom tray and enclosing a stowage space for accommodating both the outer jacket and support insert when collapsed;
• said lattice walls being joined to one another by rounded corner plates having hinges, and the shape of the corner plates is matched to a rounded shape of corner areas of an inner container and to flexible joint frames of said support insert within which is disposed said inner container;
• said front and rear lattice walls each being divided in the center, and respective wall halves being connected to one another by hinges;
• a side wall of said outer jacket being swivel-mounted by means of movable hinges on a longitudinal section of an upper edge of the adapter frame;
• detachable claws for fastening another side wall and wall halves of the front and rear lattice walls to two longitudinal sections and two short sections of the upper edge of the adapter frame;
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• a cover for closing the storage space when both the outer jacket and support insert are collapsed.