Patent ID: 7441671

Claim:
A shipping container suitable for shipping both packaged goods and bulk goods, the container comprising: a roof, a floor and walls enclosing an interior compartment; first and second main doors respectively pivotally mounted on first and second sides of an opening in the walls, the first and second main doors each pivotally moveable between a closed configuration and an open configuration, wherein the opening is blocked by the first and second main doors when the first and second main doors are in their closed positions; an auxiliary door deployable in a storage configuration and, when the first main door is in its closed position, in a bulkhead configuration wherein, when the auxiliary door is in the bulkhead configuration, the auxiliary door extends from the second side of the opening to meet the closed first main door thereby providing a bulkhead spanning the opening and the second main door can be opened to expose the auxiliary door and, when the auxiliary door is in its storage configuration the auxiliary door is detachably supported on a rear face of one of the first and second main doors and the one of the first and second main doors supporting the auxiliary door can be opened and closed while carrying the auxiliary door.