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A container for holding produce having a floor, four sidewalls and a cover. Two of the four sidewalls are multi-layered with a core including a plurality of interlocking panels. The interlocked panels are lockingly connected in coplanar pairs through a set of complementary locking contours. Pairs of

A container for holding produce having a floor, four sidewalls and a cover. Two of the four sidewalls are multi-layered with a core including a plurality of interlocking panels. The interlocked panels are lockingly connected in coplanar pairs through a set of complementary locking contours. Pairs of interlocked panels overlap in a back-to-back relationship to form a "dual-lock" arrangement. The coplanar, dual-lock arrangement allows the sidewalls and floor to be tightly interlocked thereby enabling the container to resist higher loads without buckling. The cover panels protect the enclosed produce while letting in air for ventilation through a plurality of ventilation holes.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A container comprising:a floor;a first pair of opposing sidewalls extending upward from said floor; anda second pair of opposing sidewalls extending upward from said floor, each sidewall of the second pair of opposing sidewalls including an inner panel, an outer panel, an

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A container comprising:a floor;a first pair of opposing sidewalls extending upward from said floor; anda second pair of opposing sidewalls extending upward from said floor, each sidewall of the second pair of opposing sidewalls including an inner panel, an outer panel, and first and second interlocked wall panels, said outer panel forming an outer surface of its respective sidewall, said inner panel coupled to said outer panel and forming an inner surface of its respective sidewall, said first and second interlocked wall panels lockingly engaged with each other in a coplanar arrangement between the inner and outer panel of its respective sidewall;wherein each sidewall of said second pair of opposing sidewalls further includes a third and fourth interlocked wall panels lockingly engaged with each other in a coplanar arrangement, said third and fourth interlocked wall panels disposed between the inner and outer panel of their respective sidewall and in back-to-back flush contact with the first and second interlocked wall panels.