Patent ID: 6216872
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A stackable container suitable for transporting produce, comprising:a housing constituted by a first pair of opposed side walls, a second pair of opposed end walls, a cover member, and a floor panel, the housing being molded from a plastics material in the form of a unitary stackable blank, with the side and end walls being hinged to the floor panel and the cover member being hinged to one of the walls;a plurality of separate elongate load bearing shafts connected to the housing and adapted to bear the weight of a superjacent container when two like containers are stacked;the walls each having two opposite side meeting edges, with one of the side meeting edges of one wall being connected to one of the side meeting edges of an adjacent wall by one of said load bearing shafts;the side meeting edges of the walls being provided with connecting means, with each connecting means comprising a plurality of staggered connecting formations for intermeshing with the staggered connecting formations of one of the other walls and wherein each connecting formation defines an opening which is aligned with the openings of other connecting formations, for respectively receiving the load bearing shafts; andeach load bearing shaft comprising a head at one end defining a socket for receiving an opposite end of a load bearing shaft of a subjacent like container.