Patent ID: 9016474
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A transport container comprising: a rectangular base comprising four corners, with feet extending downward from the underside thereof at each of the four corners, and on each of the feet, a plurality of adjacent protrusions extending downward from a bottom surface thereof; side walls adapted to pivot about hinges and that rise up from the base, wherein the side walls, which lie on top in the folded-together state, and a bordering base edge comprising the hinges form first support surfaces for the feet of an identical second container; recesses in the side walls that lie on top in the folded-together state, the recesses separated from one another by ribs and adapted to receive the protrusions formed on the bottoms of the feet of an identical second container when an identical second container is stacked on the transport container, the height of the protrusions being less than the depth of the recesses; the feet comprising second support surfaces at least partially surrounding the protrusions and adapted to sit on the first support surfaces of an identical second container when the transport container is stacked on an identical second container; wherein the bordering base edge is adapted to absorb the entire load of an identical second container stacked on the transport container.