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A reusable plastic base serves as a pallet which may be lifted by the forks of a fork-lift truck. A sleeve is removably attached to the base and forms the sidewalls of the container. In the preferred embodiment, the sleeve is made of corrugated material having slots formed along its lower edge. The

A reusable plastic base serves as a pallet which may be lifted by the forks of a fork-lift truck. A sleeve is removably attached to the base and forms the sidewalls of the container. In the preferred embodiment, the sleeve is made of corrugated material having slots formed along its lower edge. The slots are adapted to coact with latch members slidably mounted in the base to releasably secure the pallet to the sleeve. The base is preferably designed with a peripheral groove lying substantially at floor level to receive the edge of the sleeve. Compressive loads applied to the container are transferred to the sleeve directly to the floor, thereby minimizing deformation of peripheral portions of the base.

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A container comprising: a base member having an upper face and a lower face; said lower face including first surfaces arranged at a first level to define a support surface for the base member and second surfaces arranged at a second level, above said first level, to define indentations for receiving

A container comprising: a base member having an upper face and a lower face; said lower face including first surfaces arranged at a first level to define a support surface for the base member and second surfaces arranged at a second level, above said first level, to define indentations for receiving the forks of a fork-lift truck; said upper face defining an upwardly facing seat means on peripheral portions of said base member substantially at said first level; and a sleeve member having a lower edge including lower portions adapted to seat on said seat means. A container comprising: a generally rectangular reusable plastic pallet having a lower face configured so that at least the corners of the pallet have bottom surfaces which are adapted to rest on a supporting surface for the containers and defining a plurality of indentations running laterally across said lower face and inboard of the corners providing relieved areas for receiving the skids of a fork-life truck or the like; an open ended rectangular sleeve made of corrugated material providing side walls for the container; said pallet further defining seat means formed on the upper face of the pallet at substantially the level of said bottom surfaces and adapted to receive lower edge portions of the sleeve; and coacting releasable attachment means on said sleeve and on said pallet for releasably attaching said sleeve to said pallet. A generally rectangular pallet for use with an open ended sleeve member to form a container, said pallet comprising: (A) a main body generally planar rectangular platform portion; (B) a plurality of legs extending downwardly from said main body platform portion at circumferentially spaced locations around the periphery of said platform portion; (C) means defining seat means on the peripheral of the upper face of said platform portion for receipt of the lower edge of the open ended sleeve to form the container; (D) a plurality of latch members; and (E) means mounting each of said latch members on said platform portion between a pair of circumferentially spaced legs for generally horizontal reciprocal movement between a released position clear of said seat means and a latching position extending across said seats means whereby, with said latch members in their released positions, the lower edge of the sleeve may be positioned on said seat means whereafter said latch members may be moved to their latched positions to pass through slots in the lower edge of the sleeve to releasably secure the sleeve to said pallet.