Patent ID: 7198166

Claim:
A rigid modular container comprising: a floor, opposite rigid rectilinearly-shaped first and second panels, and oppositely disposed rigid rectilinearly-shaped third and fourth panels extending from and between said first and second panels, said panels mounted to said floor and having opposite side edges, said side edges of said third and fourth panels abutting said side edges of said first and second panels, fastener bracing means mounted to said side edges of said panels and aligned between adjacent said panels, said fastener bracing means baying fastener receiving apertures therethrough for rigid bracing of rigid fasteners mounted through and between said fastener bracing means on said adjacent panels, rigid elongate fasteners mounted through said fastener bracing means on said adjacent said panels, said fastener bracing means on said first and second panels being mounted on outside surfaces thereof, said fastener bracing means on said third and fourth panels being mounted on inside surfaces thereof, wherein each said fastener bracing means includes at least two aligned spaced apart apertures for snugly journalled mounting therethrough of said elongate fasteners, so that with adjacent said fastener bracing means on said adjacent panels, said at least two aligned spaced apart apertures on said each fastener bracing means forms an aligned array of said at least two aligned spaced apart apertures, wherein one of said elongate fasteners is linearly journalled therethrough so as to rigidly align said adjacent panels and wherein said elongate fasteners also securely releasably mate said adjacent panels together.