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A freight storage container includes six rectangularly-shaped panels including a base panel, a front end panel hingedly fastened to a front edge of the base panel and pivotable into overlying contact therewith, and a rear panel hingedly fastened to a rear edge of the base panel and pivotable downwar

A freight storage container includes six rectangularly-shaped panels including a base panel, a front end panel hingedly fastened to a front edge of the base panel and pivotable into overlying contact therewith, and a rear panel hingedly fastened to a rear edge of the base panel and pivotable downwards to overlie the front end panel. The container is assembled on-site by folding upwardly the rear and front panels, installing two side panels in the base, and fastening a roof panel to upper peripheral edge walls of the side and end panels, by novel fastener joints each consisting of a tubular hinge lug member protruding downwards from a lower inside surface of the roof panel, a coaxially aligned tubular side panel hinge lug member protruding inwardly from a side panel, and a stainless steel friction pin forced into an interference fit within coaxially aligned bores of the two lugs.

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1. A storage container comprising;a. a base panel which has a rectangular plan-view outline shape, each corner of said base panel having located thereat a corner connector casting comprising a generally rectangularly-shaped box having in an outer face parallel to a first side of said base a bore ada

1. A storage container comprising;a. a base panel which has a rectangular plan-view outline shape, each corner of said base panel having located thereat a corner connector casting comprising a generally rectangularly-shaped box having in an outer face parallel to a first side of said base a bore adapted to insertably receive an elongated fastener member, thereby enabling a pair of said containers to be fastened together in an end-to-end arrangement,b. a plurality of side panels fastenable to said base panel in an upright orientation with respect thereto,c. a roof panel,d. connector means for fastening said roof panel to said side panels, thereby securing said side panels in said upright orientation and forming between inner surfaces of said base panel, side panels and roof panel an enclosed storage space. 2. The container of claim 1 wherein said connector means comprise in combination;a. a first tubular hinge lug member protruding from a first one of said panels,b. a second, tubular hinge lug member protruding from a second one of said panels adjacent to said first panel and coaxially alignable with said first tubular member, andc. a friction pin inserted into coaxially aligned bores within said first and second tubular hinge members in interference fits therewithin. 3. The container of claim 2 wherein said first panel is further defined as being said roof panel. 4. The container of claim 3 wherein said second panel is further defined as being a side panel. 5. The container of claim 4 wherein said first hinge lug connector member is further defined as protruding downwardly from said roof panel. 6. The container of claim 5 wherein said second hinge lug connector member is further defined as protruding from an upper portion of said side panel. 7. The storage container of claim 1 wherein at least one of said side panels is hingedly fastened to said base panel. 8. The container of claim 1 wherein said base panel is further defined as including a skeletal frame made of a pairs of parallel hollow rectangular channel members having closed upper surfaces and arranged in a rectangular grid, outer peripheral edges of each pair of said channel members being located at a side of the base and having thereat a pair of spaced apart tubular fork openings adapted to insertably receive a pair of laterally spaced apart forks of a fork lift truck. 9. The container of claim 8 wherein at least a first pair of said fork openings is located on a first side of said base, and at least a second pair of said fork openings is located on a second side of said base non-parallel to said first said side. 10. The container of claim 9 further including a third pair of fork openings longitudinally aligned within and located on a third side of said base opposite said first side. 11. The container of claim 10 further including a fourth pair of fork openings longitudinally aligned with and located on a fourth side of said base opposite said second side. 12. The container of claim 1 further including an offset connector casting comprising a rectangularly-shaped box having in an outer face parallel to a second side of said base perpendicular to said first side a bore adapted to insertably receive an elongated fastener member, thereby enabling a pair of said containers to be fastened together in a side-by-side arrangement. 13. A storage container comprising;a. a base panel which has a rectangular plan-view outline shape,b. a plurality of side panels fastenable to said base panel in an upright orientation with respect thereto,c. a roof panel, said roof panel having at each corner thereof an upwardly protruding stacking block having a flat upper surface adapted to support a lower surface of said base of another such container, said stacking block having a recess formed in a side thereof, said roof panel having located proximate said recess an upwardly protruding hoist ring, said ring having an uppermost edge surface no higher than said upper surface of said stacking bl ock, andd. connector means for fastening said roof panel to said side panels, thereby securing said side panels in said upright orientation and forming between inner surfaces of said base panel, side panels and roof panel an enclosed storage space. 14. A storage container comprising;a. a base panel,b. a plurality of side panels fastenable to said base panel in an upright orientation with respect thereto,c. a roof panel, said roof panel having protruding downwardly from a lower surface thereof a plurality of at least two roof ribs, said roof ribs forming a ring-shaped structure and being laterally spaced apart a distance enabling said ribs to be insertably received between inner surfaces of upper ends of said side panels, andd. connector means for fastening said roof panel to said side panels, thereby securing said side panels in said upright orientation and forming between inner surfaces of said base panel, side panels and roof panel an enclosed storage space. 15. The container of claim 14 wherein said roof ribs forming said ring-shaped roof rib structure are further defined as having a uniform cross sectional shape. 16. The container of claim 15 wherein said cross sectional shape is further defined as being rectangular. 17. The container of claim 15 wherein said cross-sectional shape of said roof ribs is further defined as being that of a right triangle, said triangle having a downwardly and radially inwardly angled hypotenuse. 18. A storage container comprising;a. a base panel,b. a plurality of side panels fastenable to said base panel in an upright orientation with respect thereto,c. a roof panel, said roof panel having protruding downwardly from a lower surface thereof a plurality of at least two roof ribs which are laterally spaced apart a distance enabling said ribs to be insertably received between inner surfaces of upper ends of said side panels, and said roof panel having protruding downwards therefrom a peripheral flange spaced radially apart from said roof ribs to form therewith a channel adapted to insertably receive an upper end surface of said side panels, andd. connector means for fastening said roof panel to said side panels, thereby securing said side panels in said upright orientation and forming between inner surfaces of said base panel, side panels and roof panel an enclosed storage space. 19. The container of claim 18 wherein said connector means comprises in combination;a. at least one, first-type tubular hinge lug member which protrudes downwardly from at least one of said roof ribs,b. at least one, second-type tubular hinge lug member which protrudes inwardly from one of said inner surfaces of upper ends of said side panels, andc. a friction pin inserted into coaxially aligned bores within said first and second type tubular hinge lug members in interference fits therewithin. 20. The container of claim 19 wherein said side panels of said container are further defined as having at upper peripheral edges thereof horizontally disposed panel ribs having said inner surfaces from which said second type tubular hinge connector lugs protrude. 21. The container of claim 20 wherein said panel ribs are further defined as having a rectangular cross-sectional shape. 22. The container of claim 21 wherein at least one of said roof and panel ribs is further defined as being hollow. 23. The container of claim 20 wherein said panel ribs are further defined as having a right-triangular cross-sectional shape, said triangle having a downwardly and radially inwardly angled hypotenuse. 24. The container of claim 23 wherein at least one of said roof and panel ribs is further defined as being hollow. 25. In a storage container having a roof panel and upright members connected at upper ends thereof at corners of said roof panel, the improvement comprising a raised L-shaped stacking block fastened to said roof panel, said stacking block having a generally flat upper surface and interior vertical side walls forming with intersectin g sides of said roof panel a rectangularly-shaped space connecting with an upper end of said upright, said upright having an end cap and a hoisting ring protruding upwardly from said end cap, said hoisting ring having an upper surface no higher than said upper surface of said stacking block. 26. The improvement of claim 25 wherein said end cap is angled diagonally downwardly from said inner intersection of said interior vertical side walls of said L-shaped stacking block, thereby facilitating draining water from said roof panel.