Claims
- 1. A container having walls defining an interior container volume of rectangular shape, the walls including four upright side walls meeting at upright corners of the container and a substantially rectangular base, each of a plurality of walls being formed of superimposed interchangeable panels extended horizontally between the upright corners, the lower horizontal edge of each of the superimposed panels having portions vertically overlapping the horizontal edge of a subadjacent panel and the lower panel horizontal edge having portions overlapping the adjacent marginal edge of the rectangular base and thereby provide guided vertical stacking and interchangeability of superimposed panels, an end portion of a first panel at one side of a corner being positioned and extended to overlap the end surface of a second panel at the other side of that corner, a spring clip fastening device for interconnecting panels adjacent each upright corner, said device including apertured plates mounted on the outer sides of the vertically overlapping portions of the panels adjacent the ends of the panels an a spring clip having end portions positioned to engage the apertures of said plates, the plate mounted on said second panel having an end abutment portion projecting beyond the end of the second panel in a position overlying the end of the first panel, and the ends of the panels adjacent each of the upright corners of the container being relatively positioned to overlap each other at said upright corner being interconnected by one of said spring clip fastening devices, with the ends of the panels overlapping each other at each corner in a first series extended around the upright corners of the container in one direction and further with the abutment portions of the plates of the fastening devices at each corner projecting in a second series extended around the upright corners of the container in a direction opposite to said first series.
- 2. A container having walls defining an interior container volume of rectangular shape, the walls including four upright side walls meeting at upright corners of the container, a pallet having rectangular edge portions on which the walls are supported, said walls being formed of panels extended horizontally between the upright corners and at least one of the walls having a plurality of superimposed interchangeable panels having adjacent horizontal edges, one horizontal edge of each of the superimposed panels having portions adapted to vertically overlap the horizontal edge of a subadjacent panel and the edge portions of said pallet and thereby provide guided vertical stacking of said superimposed panels on each other and on said pallet, an end portion of a first panel at one side of a corner being positioned and extended to overlap the end surface of a second panel at the other side of that corner, fastening means for interconnecting panels adjacent an upright corner, said fastening means including a plurality of fastening devices mounted on the outer sides of said vertically overlapping portions of the panels and spaced from each other along said upright corner, each of said spaced fastening devices comprising a pair of plates mounted on said vertically overlapping portions of the panels at opposite sides of said corner, disconnectable means for interconnecting each pair of plates, and each plate mounted on said second panel having an end abutment portion projecting beyond the end of the second panel in a position overlying the end of the first panel.
- 3. A container having side walls adapted for use with a pallet having a rectangular marginal pallet edge, the side walls defining an interior container volume of rectangular shape, the walls including four upright side walls meeting at upright corners of the container, each of a plurality of walls being formed of a plurality of superimposed groups of panels having adjacent horizontal edges extended horizontally between the upright corners, the lower horizontal edge of each of the panels having portions vertically overlapping the subadjacent panel and thereby provide guided vertical stacking of groups of superimposed panels, the lower horizontal edge of the lowermost panel being engageable the marginal edge of the pallet in overlapping relationship therewith, thereby providing for serial vertical overlapping of the groups of panels with each other and of the lowermost group of panels with the pallet, an end portion of a first panel of a group at one side of a container corner being positioned and extended to overlap the end surface of a second panel at the other side of that corner, fastening means for interconnecting panels adjacent an upright corner, said fastening means including a plurality of fastening devices mounted on the other sides of said vertically overlapping portions of the panels and spaced from each other along said upright corner, each of said spaced fastening devices comprising a pair of plates mounted on said vertically overlapping portions of the panels at opposite sides of said corner, disconnectable means for interconnecting each pair of plates, and each plate mounted on said second panel having and end abutment portion projecting beyond the end of the second panel in a position overlying the end of the first panel.
- 4. A container having side walls adapted for use with a pallet having a rectangular marginal edge, the side walls defining an interior container volume of rectangular shape, the walls including four upright side walls meeting at upright corners of the container, said walls being formed of panels extended horizontally between the upright corners and one of the walls having a plurality of superimposed interchangeable panels with adjacent horizontal edges and the other of said walls being formed of a single panel, one horizontal edge of each of the superimposed panels in said one wall having portions adapted to vertically overlap the horizontal edge of an adjacent panel and thereby provide guided vertical stacking of said superimposed panels and the lowermost panel edge at each side of the container having a portion adapted to overlap an adjacent edge of the pallet, one end portion of a first panel at one side of a corner being positioned and extended to overlap the end of a second panel at the other side of said corner, fastening means for interconnecting panels adjacent an upright corner, said fastening means including a plurality of fastening devices mounted on the outer sides of the panels and spaced fastening devices comprising a pair of plates mounted on the panels at opposite sides of said corner, disconnectable means for interconnecting each pair of plates, and each plate mounted on said second panel having an end abutment portion projecting beyond the end of the second panel in a position overlying the end of the first panel.
- 5. A container having side walls adapted for use with a base having a rectangular marginal edge, the side walls defining an interior container volume of rectangular shape, the walls including four upright side walls meeting at upright corners of the container, each of a plurality of walls being formed of panels lying in upright planes and extended horizontally between the upright corners and at least one of the walls having a plurality of superimposed panels with adjacent horizontal edges and at least one of the other three walls being formed of a single panel having a vertical dimension representing a multiple of the vertical dimension of a panel at said one wall of the container, one horizontal edge of each of the superimposed panels having portions vertically overlapping the horizontal edge of a subadjacent panel and thereby provide guided vertical stacking of superimposed panels and the lowermost panel edge on each side of the container having a portion adapted to overlap an adjacent edge of the base, an end portion of a first panel at one side of a corner being positioned and extended to overlap the end surface of a second panel at the other side of that corner, fastening means for interconnecting panels adjacent an upright corner, said fastening means including a plurality of spaced fastening devices each comprising a pair of plates mounted on the panels at opposite sides of said corner, disconnectable means for interconnecting each pair of plates, and each plate mounted on said second panel having an end abutment portion projecting beyond the end of the second panel in a position overlying the end of the first panel.
- 6. A container having side walls adapted for use with a base having a rectangular marginal edge, the side walls defining an interior container volume of rectangular shape, the walls including four upright side walls meeting at upright corners of the container, each of a plurality of walls being formed of panels lying in upright planes and extended horizontally between the upright corners and at least two of the walls having a plurality of superimposed panels with adjacent horizontal edges and at least one of the walls having a panel having a vertical dimension representing a multiple of the vertical dimension of another panel, the lower horizontal edge of each panel having portions adapted to vertically overlap the upper horizontal edge of a subadjacent panel with the panel resting on the base having portions adapted to overlap the adjacent marginal edge of the base, an end portion of a first panel at one side of a corner being positioned and extended to overlap the end surface of a second panel at the other side of that corner, fastening means for interconnecting panels adjacent an upright corner, said fastening means including a plurality of spaced fastening devices each comprising a pair of plates mounted on the panels at opposite sides of said corner, disconnectable means for interconnecting each pair of plates, and each plate mounted on said second panel having an end abutment portion projecting beyond the end of the second panel in a position overlying the end of the first panel, whereby panels having said first noted vertical dimension and other panels having a vertical dimension which is a multiple of said first vertical dimension may be used in combinations with each other in the construction of containers of a predetermined vertical dimension which is multiple of the vertical dimension of said first vertical dimension.
CROSS REFERENCE
The present application is a continuation-in-part of my prior application Ser. No. 117,215, filed Nov. 4, 1987, and issued on Jan. 10, 1989 as U.S. Pat. No. 4,796,392, which is a continuation-in-part of my prior application Ser. No. 841,477, filed Mar. 19, 1986, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of my prior application Ser. No. 710,492, filed Mar. 11, 1985, and issued Apr. 29, 1986 as U.S. Pat. No. 4,584,806.
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