Patent ID: 7367466

Claim:
A corner fitting for a container including a container body, the corner fitting provided on each right angle corner part of the container body and connected with other parts of the container body, wherein said corner fitting comprises an inner side surface, a top surface, a bottom surface and a sealing device, the sealing device including: a first flange of a predefined length, arranged on one of the inner side surface and the top or the bottom surface of said corner fitting, said first flange having a solid cross-section throughout said first flange, said first flange also having a frontmost face and a rearmost face, wherein said frontmost face of said first flange is substantially perpendicular to at least one of said top surface and said bottom surface; and a second flange of a predefined length, arranged on the other of said inner side surface and said top or bottom surface of the corner fitting, said second flange having a solid cross-section throughout said second flange, said second flange also having a frontmost face and a rearmost face, wherein said frontmost face of said second flange is substantially perpendicular to at least one of said top surface and said bottom surface, and further wherein said frontmost face of said second flange is entirely coplanar with said frontmost face of said first flange, wherein said first and second flanges are arranged in a center of the inner side surface and the top or bottom surface, respectively, and said first and second flanges connect with each other at a corner of said corner fitting formed by said inner side surface and said top or bottom surface.