Patent ID: 7387215

Claim:
A frame container for packing, shipping, and storing heavy articles, comprising: a first base and an opposing second base, each base having a plurality of spaced-apart parallel stringers connected by a plurality of spaced-apart transverse members at opposing ends and intermediate thereof; opposing end frames each having a first and second transverse end member interconnected by at least one support diagonal and a pair of opposing side posts connected at distal ends to respective distal ends of the first and second transverse end members; a pair of opposing side diagonal members joined to each end frame, said diagonal members each pinned in a first end portion to the first base for pivoting relative to the first base and pinned in an opposing end portion to a respective one of the side posts near the connection with the upper end member for pivoting of the end frame, whereby the end frames pivot between a knocked-down position lying against the first base and an erected position extending in a first direction from the first base for containing heavy equipment, guided by the pivoting of the pinned opposing side diagonals.