Patent ID: 6382458
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A transportation container comprising:a body having a plurality of side walls, a bottom and an open upper end with two pairs of corners, the side walls being inclined downwardly inward so that a cross-sectional area of the body is gradually decreased from the upper end to the bottom of the body; a pair of handles mounted on the body so as to be rotated inside or outside the body and including grip portions having both ends respectively; a pair of arms formed on the respective ends of each grip portion of each handle, each arm having a distal end mounted on an outer face of one of the side walls of the body so that each handle is rotated inside or outside the body; and a pair of engaging portions formed on an interface between each grip portion and the corresponding arm, each engaging portion engaging the upper end of the body and each grip portion extending across the open upper end of the body and being located lower than an upper end of the side wall when each handle is rotated inside the body, each engaging portion disengaging from the upper end of the body and each grip portion being rotated outside the body when the handle is rotated outside the body; and wherein each arm includes a stepped portion dividing each arm into an upper half portion and a lower half portion both extending lengthwise with respect to each arm, and the lower half portion of each arm of one container is placed inside the upper half portion of each arm of another container when said one container is fitted with said another container to be laid upon said another container.