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A strike down container consisting essentially of a base member, a top member, two pairs of side members, a first end member, and a second end member which may comprise a door means. The side members are joined in their pairs by means of a coupling member suitably of an H-shape cross-section which e

A strike down container consisting essentially of a base member, a top member, two pairs of side members, a first end member, and a second end member which may comprise a door means. The side members are joined in their pairs by means of a coupling member suitably of an H-shape cross-section which extends along adjacent long sides of the side members. The end and side members extending from the base member to the top member and the end side members and the top member are so dimensioned that they all stack on top of the base member within the boundary of the short and long sides of the rectangular base. Releasable fasteners are provided between the base member, side members, and end members and top member. The division of the side members into pairs with the reinforcement of the coupling members ensures that a large strike down container can be provided and also enables thin sheet material to be used for the side members so that the struck down container takes up very little space and is lightweight. In a preferred embodiment, seven struck down containers stacked on top of each other take up the space of one erected strike down container.

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A strike down container having a width shorter than its length and consisting essentially of a base member, a top member, two opposing vertical end members, and two pairs of vertical side members, each pair of vertical side members comprising two sheets of material in a side-by-side, co-planar arran

A strike down container having a width shorter than its length and consisting essentially of a base member, a top member, two opposing vertical end members, and two pairs of vertical side members, each pair of vertical side members comprising two sheets of material in a side-by-side, co-planar arrangement, said pair of vertical side members having an inner and outer surface forming, respectively, a portion of the interior wall and a portion of the exterior wall of the container, said container capable of being struck down whereby each vertical side member, vertical end member and top member may be stacked flat on top of the base member within and not extending outside the dimensions of the short and long sides of the base member, characterized by the provision of a coupling means for joining each of said pairs of vertical side members on each side of the container in said co-planar arrangement and in a weatherproof manner about the co-operating edges thereof, the long sides of each of said top and base members being provided with support members fastened thereto, said support members each providing vertically co-extending parallel first and second flanges set respectively adjacent the edges of the respective top or base member, said support members thereby providing a vertical slot between said flanges along each of the long sides of said top and base members so as to receive therein a sealing strip and to receive and support therein the respective vertical side members, there being a plurality of latch means for providing releasable engagement between the support members and the co-operating vertical side members, said latch means, when engaged, exerting a joining force between said respective top or base member and the respective vertical side member, at least one corresponding short side of each of the top and base members being provided with support members fastened thereto, said support members each comprising an angle support strip having a horizontal flange which is fastened to the interior wall surface of the respective top or bottom member and a vertical flange positioned so as to have an outer face which is co-planar with the edge face of the respective top or bottom member on which the angle strip is mounted, the adjacent edges of the adjacent vertical side members being provided with similar angle strips fastened on their interior wall surface so as to have the outer face of a vertical flange co-planar with the edge face of the respective vertical side member on which said angle strip is mounted, and the co-operating end member being bounded on all four sides by angle support strips each having a first flange fastened to the exterior wall surface of said end member and a second flange perpendicular thereto having an interior surface which is adjacent to the respective edge faces of said end member and adjacent to the respective exterior wall surface of the top member, bottom member or vertical side members, there being sealing strips placed adjacent the edges of the last said end member so as to be between its interior wall surface and the edge face of the co-operating top member, bottom member and vertical side members and also the outer face of the flanges of the angle support strips mounted thereon, said end panel being provided along all its four sides with clamping means which are accessible for adjustment outside the container and which have adjustable abutment members which may be moved from non-interfering positions to permit removal of the end panel from the container to positions in which they engage with the angle support strips of said respective top member, bottom member and vertical side members by engagement with the inwardly facing surfaces of said flanges having vertical outwardly facing surfaces which are co-planar with the edge face of the respective top member, bottom member or vertical side member on which said angle support strips are respectively mounted, said adjustable abutment members, when engaged, providing a joining force between the end member and said flanges with which they engage.