Patent ID: 7011214

Claim:
A high security pallet box container for shipment and warehousing of goods, documentary materials and agricultural products comprising in operative combination: a) a unitary bin having two pairs of opposed, spaced generally planar side walls and a bottom, said bin being constructed of material of strength sufficient to carry the weight of at least two fully loaded bins stacked on top of it; b) said bottom including feet providing four-way forklift access thereunder; c) a generally planar, openable lid including a margin having a lip for engaging said walls; d) an external structural skeleton of flat steel strap members and vertical side wall members secured to said bin, comprising top strap members extending across said lid and bottom strap members extending across said bottom; e) said external skeleton including vertical side wall members connected to said top and bottom strap members, said vertical side wall members include channel portions having load carrying hanger-engaging members for carrying the loaded weight of said bin, said load carrying members being disposed in association with said channel portions below said lid lip; f) said top portion of said structural skeleton includes retaining members for engaging cooperatingly-aligned receiving elements on at least one vertical side member of said structural skeleton for locking said lid to said side wall structural skeleton member; g) said structural skeleton members that extend vertically down said sides and under said bottom provide a continuous sling structure for carrying the suspended weight of said bin; and h) said bin and external structural skeleton are adapted for stackability and security, and said load-carrying members provide for substantially quick-release support and retention to the undercarriage I-beams of a truck trailer for under-slung transport.