Patent ID: 6382457
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A container for carrying heavy equipment therein defining an upper and a lower end, and comprising a floor panel at said lower end and a peripheral wall upstanding from said floor panel and fixedly attached thereto, said peripheral wall enclosing an inner chamber and being made from at least one rigid corrugated sheet of material, said at least one corrugated sheet having a number of spaced-apart, vertically extending elongated ribs each defining a concave surface oriented towards said inner chamber and a convex surface opposite said concave surface, wherein each said at least one corrugated sheet has a number of elongated rigid flat reinforcement strips each vertically fixedly attached to said corrugated sheet inside said container inner chamber in longitudinal facing register with the concave surface of a corresponding said rib and extending the full length of said rib, with each said rib being provided with a distinct corresponding said strip.