Patent ID: 7299938

Claim:
A freight container comprises a base element, a top wall, and a plurality of side walls extending in a longitudinal direction between the base element and the top wall, and the top wall and side walls comprise wall linings made of sheet metal and are bordered by edges wherein at least one edge includes a reinforcing structure, the at least one edge is in the form of a corner wherein at least two walls selected from the group of side walls and top wall are connected at the corner of the container by the reinforcing structure, the reinforcing structure comprises at least one part wherein the at least one part is shaped and has at least one joining zone to define a hollow channel structure, the container comprises at least one loading aperture, and the at least one loading aperture is bordered by further edges of adjacent side walls and top wall, wherein at least one edge of the further edges comprises a further reinforcing structure, the further reinforcing structure having at least one further part, wherein the at least one further part is shaped and has at least one further joining zone to define a further hollow channel structure, wherein at least one of the reinforcing structures forms a bulge with respect to the wall linings, wherein the reinforcing structure and further reinforcing structure each comprise at least a first part and a second part connected to each other by joining zones which together define the hollow channel structures, and at least one joining zone is a flat joining zone and comprises end portions of the parts forming the reinforcement structure which abut one another, and an end portions of a wall lining with the formation of an overlapping region and the parts forming the reinforcement structure and the end portion of the wall lining are held by means of connecting elements.