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A method, a container combination, and a container, wherein at least two containers are handled simultaneously by a vehicle's loading device. The containers can be handled separately by a loading device. The individual containers are connectable to one another to form a container combination and the

A method, a container combination, and a container, wherein at least two containers are handled simultaneously by a vehicle's loading device. The containers can be handled separately by a loading device. The individual containers are connectable to one another to form a container combination and the container combination is lifted onto a vehicle and removed from the vehicle by making engaging devices of the loading device engage with a grasping component on a foremost container of the container combination.

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[ I claim:] [2.] A combination of containers for use with a vehicle, comprising:at least two containers, each container of the at least two containers includingat least one grasping component at a front end of the container for permitting separate handling of each container by a loading device of a

[ I claim:] [2.] A combination of containers for use with a vehicle, comprising:at least two containers, each container of the at least two containers includingat least one grasping component at a front end of the container for permitting separate handling of each container by a loading device of a vehicle equipped with at least one engaging device for engaging with the grasping component and for lifting the container onto the vehicle and for removing it from the vehicle, andat least one first connecting device at at least one of the front end and the rear end of the container and at least one second connecting device at at least an opposite one of the front end and the rear end of the container than the at least one first connecting device for forming a connection for connecting the container to adjacent containers of the at least two containers such that a combination formed by connected containers of the at least two containers can be handled as one unit by the loading device,wherein the grasping component at the front end of any container is of sufficient strength to support the unit formed by the connected containers of the at least two containers while a rear lower edge of a rearmost container of the connected containers is supported on the ground and bottoms of the connected containers are otherwise separated off from any support surface, and wherein the connection has sufficient strength to support the at least two containers as a single, rigid unit when the rear lower edge of the rearmost container of the connected containers is supported on the ground and bottoms of the connected containers are otherwise separated off from any support surface such that forces on the containers tend to urge the containers to fold upwardly around the connection, and also when the at least two containers are inclined and are adapted to rest on a rear roller of a vehicle such that forces on the containers tend to urge the containers to fold downwardly around the connection,wherein a connecting hook is fixed in a top part of the one of the at least two containers and, in a corresponding place in a top part of the other container of the at least two containers, a connecting rod is provided, the connecting rod being adapted to be fitted to the connecting hook.