Patent ID: 8899430

Claim:
A freight container which, for loading freight therein, comprises a bottom, a roof, two end walls extending between the bottom and the roof, as well as two longitudinal side walls connected to said bottom and said roof, at least one end wall being provided with a hinged door comprising at least two door parts, which are each connected by means of hinge constructions on one side to a frame beam extending between the bottom and the roof, which door parts can be locked from outside by an operator, using locking means, characterised in that the freight container is moreover provided with strengthening means, not being the locking means, for taking up the forces being exerted on the container in use in the closed position of the door, which strengthening means comprise at least one opening and at least one pin, one of which two strengthening means is provided in the door part, near the upper edge and/or the bottom edge, whilst the other strengthening means is provided in a frame beam that extends between the longitudinal side walls, wherein said opening and said pin are oriented in such a manner relative to each other that the pin will automatically slip into the opening upon closure of the door part, being accommodated in said opening with a tight fit, without play, in the closed position of the door part, whilst the pin will automatically move out of the opening upon opening of the door part.