Compartmentalized stacking posts and container with compartmentalized stacking posts

A stacking post for attachment between two side panels to form a wall structure of a commercial storage and transport container, the stacking post having a longitudinal axis and comprising:

• a longitudinally-extending first wall constructed of a first sheet having a first exterior surface, a first interior surface, and a uniform material thickness;
• a longitudinally-extending second wall connected to a portion of the first interior surface of the first wall, the second wall being constructed of a second substantially planar sheet having a second exterior surface, a second interior surface, and a uniform material thickness;
• and
• a longitudinally-extending channel formed by a corrugation in the first exterior surface of the first wall, the portion of the first interior surface abutting the second wall and the channel separating a first longitudinally-extending interior area located between the first interior surface and the second exterior surface from a second longitudinally-extending interior area located between the first interior surface and the second exterior surface,
• wherein the stacking post has a cross-sectional shape that is consistent along a majority of the longitudinal axis, the stacking post defining a stacking post width measured along the first and second walls when viewing the cross-sectional shape and a stacking post thickness measured across the first and second walls when viewing the cross-sectional shape, the stacking post width exceeding the stacking post thickness,
• wherein a first free distal edge is defined between the first exterior surface and the first interior surface and a second free distal edge is defined opposite from the first free distal edge,
• wherein each of the first and second interior areas is additionally bounded by respective abutments between the first free distal edge and the second exterior surface and the second free distal edge and the second exterior surface, respectively, each of the respective abutments being provided adjacent a corresponding widthwise distal end of the stacking post, and
• wherein each of the first and second widthwise distal ends of the stacking post is shaped to join with a corresponding one of the two side panels.

A commercial storage and transport container comprising:

• a frame including a pair of stacking posts spaced apart from one another across a container width direction;
• and
• a plurality of sidewalls, each of the plurality of sidewalls including two adjacent side panels that are spaced apart in a container length direction by a corresponding one of the pair of stacking posts and said two side panels are coupled together via said corresponding one of the pair of stacking posts;
• wherein each of the pair of stacking posts defines a longitudinal axis in a container height direction and includes:
• an exterior wall,
• an interior wall coupled to the exterior wall,
• a first internal longitudinally-extending compartment between the interior and exterior walls, and
• a second internal longitudinally-extending compartment running alongside the first compartment and separated from the first compartment,
• wherein each of the exterior and interior walls has a material thickness of no less than about 0.13 inches and no greater than about 0.25 inches,
• wherein the stacking post has a cross-sectional shape taken perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the stacking post defining a stacking post width measured along the exterior and interior walls in the container length direction when viewing the cross-sectional shape and a stacking post thickness measured across the exterior and interior walls in the container width direction when viewing the cross-sectional shape, the stacking post width exceeding the stacking post thickness,
• wherein the exterior wall has an interior-facing surface extending fully across both of the first and second compartments in a direction of the stacking post width, the interior-facing surface of the exterior wall abutting an exterior-facing surface of the interior wall at each of a first end that is distal in the direction of the stacking post width, a second end that is distal in the direction of the stacking post width, and at least one non-distal portion between the first and second ends, the exterior wall being spaced from the interior wall between each of the first and second ends and the at least one non-distal portion to define the stacking post thickness, and
• wherein the interior wall is constructed of a single, unitary and integral sheet spanning across both of the first and second compartments in the direction of the stacking post width.

A commercial storage and transport container comprising:

• a frame including a pair of stacking posts spaced apart from one another across a container width direction;
• and
• a plurality of sidewalls, each of the plurality of sidewalls including two adjacent side panels that are spaced apart in a container length direction by a corresponding one of the pair of stacking posts and said two side panels are coupled together via said corresponding one of the pair of stacking posts;
• wherein each of the pair of stacking posts defines a longitudinal axis in a container height direction and includes
• a longitudinally-extending first wall constructed of a first sheet having a uniform material thickness of no less than about 0.13 inches and no greater than about 0.25 inches,
• a longitudinally-extending second wall connected to the first wall, the second wall being constructed of a second substantially planar sheet and having a uniform material thickness of no less than about 0.13 inches and no greater than about 0.25 inches, and
• a longitudinally-extending channel formed by a corrugation in the first wall, the channel abutting the second wall and separating a first longitudinally-extending interior area located between the first and second walls from a second longitudinally-extending interior area located between the first and second walls,
• wherein the stacking post has a cross-sectional shape taken perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the stacking post defining a stacking post width measured along the first and second walls in the container length direction when viewing the cross-sectional shape and a stacking post thickness measured across the first and second walls in the container width direction when viewing the cross-sectional shape, the stacking post width exceeding the stacking post thickness, and
• wherein the first and second interior areas are additionally bounded by respective abutments between respective portions of the first and second walls that are distal in the direction of the stacking post width.