Patent ID: 7757876

Claim:
A container for transporting cheese, comprising: a base; four solid wall panels mounted on the base, each side wall panel comprising an inner surface, an outer surface and two end faces; a lid adapted to fit over the wall panels; wherein a first two of the wall panels comprise a set of hooks protruding from the end faces and a second two of the wall panels comprise hook receivers inset from the ends of the second two of the wall panels so that a portion of the inner surfaces of the second two of the wall panels overlap the end faces of the first two of the wall panels when the container is assembled; wherein each hook receiver defines an opening through a corresponding wall panel inner surface and comprises a receiver rib spanning the width of the opening, the receiver rib having an outer face to engage an inner face of the respective hook and wherein each hook receiver is adapted so that the respective hook passes through the corresponding wall panel to hook to the outside of that wall panel; wherein at least one receiver rib comprises a detent on that receiver rib's outer face and the respective hook comprises a protrusion on the hook's inner face adapted so that the protrusion and detent engage through a vertical sliding movement; and wherein each opening and receiver rib is sized to allow a portion of the respective hook to pass over the receiver rib.