Patent ID: 7963397
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A selectively assembled and disassembled shipping container comprising: a pallet, a top panel and a plurality of walls; wherein one or more of the pallet, the top panel and the plurality of walls includes a core made from at least an expanded polymer and one or more thermoplastic sheets substantially surrounding the core, wherein the thermoplastic sheets are made of at least a high impact polymer; wherein two or more of the walls are permanently interconnected and include grooves at the lower portion of the walls that are mateable with corresponding protrusions extending from said pallet so that the walls and said pallet are selectively engaged together to resist separation from each other; and wherein the top panel and the plurality of walls are separable from the pallet so that the pallet is loadable and/or movable independently from the top and the plurality of walls.