Patent ID: 7011223

Claim:
A frame container for packing, shipping, and storing heavy articles, comprising: a base having a plurality of spaced-apart parallel stringers connected by a plurality of spaced-apart transverse members at opposing ends and intermediate thereof; opposing end frames each having a transverse upper end member and a parallel opposing transverse lower end member interconnected by support diagonals and opposing side posts connected at distal ends to respective distal ends of the transverse upper and lower end members; a pair of opposing side diagonal members joined to each end frame, each diagonal member pinned in a first end portion to a respective outermost one of the stringers for pivoting relative to the base and pinned in an opposing end portion to a respective one of the side posts near the connection with the upper end member for pivoting of the end frame, whereby the end frames pivot between a knocked-down position lying against the base and an erected position extending in a first direction from the base for containing heavy equipment, wherein each of said opposing diagonal members extends between its respective pinned end portions when said end frames are in a knocked-down position lying against the base.