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A reusable container system is disclosed including a folding sleeve selectively engaged to a rigid base. The rigid base includes a concave top surface with a top opening and a bottom opening. Legs are mounted to the base and extend downward toward the bottom opening. Tubes adapted to receive the pro

A reusable container system is disclosed including a folding sleeve selectively engaged to a rigid base. The rigid base includes a concave top surface with a top opening and a bottom opening. Legs are mounted to the base and extend downward toward the bottom opening. Tubes adapted to receive the prongs of a forklift are mounted to the legs. The sleeve is composed of a first side member hingedly attached to a second side member. Each side member includes a plurality of rigid plates connected by external hinges. The side members are attached to each other by internal hinges. The sleeve can be moved from an open position in which a cavity is formed inside the sleeve, to a closed position, in which the plates lie adjacent. In the closed position, the sleeve and entire container system takes up substantially less space and can be more easily stored and transported.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A container for the storage and shipping of bulk solids comprising:a base having a polygonal profile including a selected number of panels connected to form an inverted pyramid with a top and a bottom, wherein the top of the base is in a top plane and the panels are connected to for

[ I claim:] [1.] A container for the storage and shipping of bulk solids comprising:a base having a polygonal profile including a selected number of panels connected to form an inverted pyramid with a top and a bottom, wherein the top of the base is in a top plane and the panels are connected to form a lower opening at the bottom of the base;a shelf fixedly mounted to the base at the top;a rigid ledge, having the selected number of sides, a band shape and a selected height, fixedly connected to and surrounding the top of the base;legs attached to the base and extending a fixed distance from the base in a direction away from the top of the base;tubes fixedly mounted to the legs distal to the base and extending parallel to the top plane;means for selectively blocking the lower opening at the bottom of the base;a sleeve selectively engaged to the base, the sleeve including a series of the selected number of rigid structural plates, each structural plate including at least a bottom edge, the bottom edges of the structural plates being disposed on the shelf along the ledge, each structural plate being attached to two adjacent structural plates by hinges, wherein the hinges are ordered around the sleeve: at least one external hinge, at least one internal hinge, at least one external hinges, at least one internal hinge; andmeans for engaging the structural plates to the base.