Patent ID: 7036662

Claim:
A transport and storage container for liquids comprising: a pallet-shaped bottom frame; a latticework enclosure connected to the bottom frame; wherein the latticework enclosure has horizontal and vertical rods of metal and a lower peripheral profiled edge section and an upper peripheral profiled edge section, wherein the vertical rods have upper ends welded to the upper peripheral profiled edge section and lower ends welded to the lower peripheral profiled edge section; an exchangeable inner container of plastic material having four sidewalls, a bottom, and a top, wherein a closable filling socket is formed as a part of the top and a tapping socket is formed as a part of a lower portion of one of the sidewalls and is provided with a tap fixture; wherein the inner container is received in the latticework enclosure; wherein the vertical rods are hollow profiled sections and the upper ends are flattened and shaped to a wave profile having at least two welding projections; wherein the upper profiled edge section is a hollow profiled section and is formed to have a double bar, wherein the double bar extends peripherally and transversely to the vertical rods; wherein the double bar is shaped to have an inner wave profile and an outer wave profile; wherein the inner and outer wave profiles engage one another; wherein the outer wave profile has formed grooves and wherein the inner wave profile forms at least two peripheral welding projection rims; wherein the upper ends of the vertical rods and the double bar are connected by projection welding to form cruciform joints; and wherein the upper profiled edge section has a flat upper peripheral rim for supporting corner legs and center legs of a pallet-shaped bottom frame of a container stacked on top.