Patent ID: 6286792
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A frame for supporting a substantially non-rigid container, said frame comprising:(a) a base-component consisting essentially of at least two frame members maintained apart and substantially parallel to each other by at least two cross members;(b) a pair of side-components adapted to be attached to opposite sides of said base-component (a) and to extend upwardly therefrom in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of said base-component (a), each of said side-components (b) consisting essentially of at lease two frame-members maintained apart and substantially parallel to each other by at least one cross-member;(c) a top-component adapted to operatively engage said side-components (b) and to be substantially parallel to said base-component (a), whereby said base-component (a), said side-components (b) and said top-component (c) define between them a substantially parallelpiped cavity to receive said container, said top-component (c) consisting essentially of at least two frame-members maintained apart and substantially parallel to each other by at least two cross-members, together with at least one support-member to engage and support said container, said top-component (c) being adapted to be lifted free of said side-components (b); andwherein each of said at least two frame-members of said top-component (c) is of substantially U-shaped transverse cross-section whereby, when said top-component (c) and said side-component (b) are brought into operative engagement, each of said at least two frame-members of said side-component (b) is received within the ""U"" of a frame-member of said top-component (c).