Patent ID: 7637373

Claim:
A container configured to support a second substantially identical container in a stacked relationship, comprising: a base including at least one stacking member; a side-wall extending from and projecting upwardly from the base, the side-wall comprising an outer face and at least one container stacking shelf extending laterally and outwardly from the outer face of the side-wall, and at least one stacking runner, the at least one container stacking shelf configured to engage and support a corresponding at least one stacking runner of the second identical container; and an end-wall, adjacent the side-wall, the end-wall extending from and projecting upwardly from the base, the end-wall comprising an end-wall outer wall portion and an end-wall inner wall portion and at least one container support means, wherein, the end-wall outer wall portion includes an inner surface and an outer surface, and the end-wall inner wall portion includes an inner surface and an outer surface, the at least one container support means comprising at least one stacking rib extending substantially perpendicular outward from the outer surface of the end-wall inner wall portion at an upper portion of the end-wall inner wall portion, to form a support shoulder thereon, and wherein the at least one stacking rib joins the end-wall outer wall portion at a position lower than the upper portion of the end-wall inner wall portion, wherein the at least one container support means is configured to engage and support a corresponding stacking member of the second substantially identical container, and further wherein the stacking member extends substantially perpendicularly from the outer surface of the end-wall inner wall portion at the base, to the inner surface of the end-wall outer wall portion at the base.