Patent ID: 7267060

Claim:
A stackable bin system for use with a forklift having first and second forks, comprising: first and second cargo bins, each comprising: first and second vertical walls having first and second ends joined by first and second end walls, respectively, to form a bin having an inner width and opposing top and bottom edges; an integrated floor having upper and lower surfaces joining said first and second vertical walls and said first and second end walls to form a bin holding area having an upper edge, a length, and a width; a rigid framework frame forming said edges of said bin, said framework defining the periphery of said first and second vertical walls and said first and second end walls, said framework further comprising vertical support members having first and second ends, said first end of said vertical support members affixed to said bottom edge, said second end of said vertical support members engaging said top edge, and first and second stringers horizontally aligned and situated between said opposing bottom edges, so as to reinforce said floor; first and second aligned braces situated between said first and second stringers to reinforce said first and second stringers and said floor; first and second skids engaged to said lower surface of said floor, said skids formed to space said lower surface of said floor from a support surface so as to allow first and second forks from a forklift to pass therebetween, each of said skids having first and second ends and a length therebetween; said skids of said first cargo bin having a recess ( 26 ) formed at each of said first and second ends, respectively, each recess defining an inner edge ( 27 , 27 ′) formed to rest within the bin holding area of said second cargo bin when stacked thereupon, and each said recess formed to interface with said upper edge of said second cargo bin when stacked thereupon, so as to resist sliding or tilting.