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This invention provides a stackable collapsible container 10 comprising a housing 11 which is constituted by side walls 12; end walls 14; cover panels 16; and a floor panel 18. The container 10 further includes four load bearing shafts 24 for connecting the side and end walls 12 and 14 to each other

This invention provides a stackable collapsible container 10 comprising a housing 11 which is constituted by side walls 12; end walls 14; cover panels 16; and a floor panel 18. The container 10 further includes four load bearing shafts 24 for connecting the side and end walls 12 and 14 to each other and for supporting the weight of the load bearing shafts of another superjacent like container, when the containers are stacked. The load bearing shafts 24 support the weight of superjacent containers and not the containers themselves, and the housing portion of the container 10 may therefore be manufactured from a relatively thin light plastics material.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A stackable container suitable for transporting produce, comprising:a housing constituted by a first pair of opposed side walls, a second pair of opposed end walls, a cover member, and a floor panel, the housing being molded from a plastics material in the form of a uni

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A stackable container suitable for transporting produce, comprising:a housing constituted by a first pair of opposed side walls, a second pair of opposed end walls, a cover member, and a floor panel, the housing being molded from a plastics material in the form of a unitary stackable blank, with the side and end walls being hinged to the floor panel and the cover member being hinged to one of the walls;a plurality of separate elongate load bearing shafts connected to the housing and adapted to bear the weight of a superjacent container when two like containers are stacked;the walls each having two opposite side meeting edges, with one of the side meeting edges of one wall being connected to one of the side meeting edges of an adjacent wall by one of said load bearing shafts;the side meeting edges of the walls being provided with connecting means, with each connecting means comprising a plurality of staggered connecting formations for intermeshing with the staggered connecting formations of one of the other walls and wherein each connecting formation defines an opening which is aligned with the openings of other connecting formations, for respectively receiving the load bearing shafts; andeach load bearing shaft comprising a head at one end defining a socket for receiving an opposite end of a load bearing shaft of a subjacent like container.