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A plastic reinforcing structure for use with a container of the type including a corrugated sleeve adapted to be removably attached to a plastic pallet or base member by the use of sliding latch members coacting with slots in the lower peripheral portion of the sleeve. The reinforcing structure is f

A plastic reinforcing structure for use with a container of the type including a corrugated sleeve adapted to be removably attached to a plastic pallet or base member by the use of sliding latch members coacting with slots in the lower peripheral portion of the sleeve. The reinforcing structure is formed as a single piece of plastic material and includes an inner planar portion, an outer planar portion, a central wall portion, and inner and outer tubular portions carrying lips on their leading edges. In use, the central wall of the reinforcing structure is positioned under and along the lower edge of the sleeve beneath a slot in the sleeve and the inner and outer planar portions are swung upwardly about live hinges provided between the bottom wall and the inner and outer planar portions. As the inner and outer portions are swung upwardly and inwardly, the tubular portions enter the slot from the inner and outer faces of the sleeve and the lips on the tubular portions lockingly coact to positively secure the reinforcing structure to the sleeve with the tubular portions providing a liner for the slot in the sleeve and the planar portions positioned against protecting the outer and inner faces of the sleeve surrounding the slot.

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A container comprising: (A) a base assembly including a base member and a plurality of sliding latch members mounted on said base member at circumferentially spaced locations around the periphery thereof; (B) a sleeve including a lower edge seated on said base member and including a plurality of slo

A container comprising: (A) a base assembly including a base member and a plurality of sliding latch members mounted on said base member at circumferentially spaced locations around the periphery thereof; (B) a sleeve including a lower edge seated on said base member and including a plurality of slots adjacent its lower edge for locking receipt of said latch members; and (C) a plurality of reinforcing structures for respective coaction with said slots, each reinforcing structure including coacting portions entering its respective slot from opposite sides thereof and means operative in response to entry of said coacting portions into said slot to lockingly secure said coacting portions together. A sleeve assembly for use with an end unit to form a container, said sleeve assembly comprising: (A) a sleeve including an edge adapted to seat on the end unit and including a plurality of slots adjacent aid edge for locking receipt of latch members carried by the end unit; and (B) a plurality of reinforcing structures for respective coaction with said slot, each reinforcing structure including an outer planar portion positioned against the outer face of said sleeve adjacent said slot, an inner planar portion positioned against the inner face of said sleeve adjacent said slot, liner means positioned in said slot and lining edges of said slot to define a passage extending through said slot, and locking means operative in response to insertion of said liner means into said slot to lock said inner and outer planar portions together with said outer planar portion positioned against the outer face of said sleeve and said inner planar portion positioned against said inner face of said sleeve; (C) said liner means of each reinforcing structure including an inner tubular portion projecting into said slot from said inner planar portion and an outer tubular portion projecting into said slot from said outer planar portion; (D) said tubular portions each defining a free inboard end and said locking means including coacting locking means on the inboard ends of said tubular portions operative to lock the inboard ends of said tubular portions together in response to insertion of said tubular portions into said slot. A reinforcing structure for use with a sleeve having at least one slot positioned adjacent an edge of the sleeve, said sleeve being intended for releasable securement to an end unit to form a container by the use of a latch member carried by the end unit and passing through the slot, said reinforcing structure comprising: (A) an outer planar portion adapted to be positioned against the outer face of the sleeve adjacent the slot; (B) an inner planar portion adapted to be positioned against the outer face of the sleeve adjacent the slot; (C) liner means adapted to be positioned in the slot to line edges of the slot and define a through passage extending through the slot from the inner face of the sleeve to the outer face of the sleeve for through passage of the latch member; and (D) locking means operative in response to insertion of said liner means into the slot to lock said inner and outer planar portions together with said outer planar portion positioned against the outer face of the sleeve, said inner planar portion positioned against the inner face of the sleeve, and said liner means positioned within the slot and defining a through passage extending through the slot for through passage of the latch member; (E) said liner means including an inner tubular portion adapted to project into the slot from said inner planar portion and an outer tubular portion adapted to project into the slot from the outer planar portion.