Patent ID: 7597194

Claim:
A shipping container, comprising: a box having a bottom wall, opposite sidewalls, and opposite end walls; a pallet integrated into a bottom portion of the box, above the bottom wall and between the sidewalls and end walls, said pallet comprising a pallet deck in spaced relation to the bottom wall, and pallet runners secured to the deck and extending between the deck and the bottom wall in spaced relation to opposite side edges of the container; side flanges are on opposite side edges of said pallet deck, said side flanges extending between said pallet deck and said bottom wall and secured to an inner surface of a respective adjacent said sidewall, said side flanges reinforcing said sidewalls where they extend between said pallet deck and said bottom wall; end flanges are on opposite end edges of said pallet deck, said end flanges extending upwardly from said pallet deck and secured to an inner surface of a respective adjacent said end wall; and tine-receiving openings in said end walls, said tine-receiving openings being located outwardly of said pallet runners, between said pallet runners and adjacent sidewalls of said container and between said pallet deck and said bottom wall.