Reusable container system

Details Reusable container system Reusable container system

1997-12-02

1999-09-07

Castellano, Stephen

Receptacles

Freight containers

220 6, 220 409, 220 416, 220 429, 22049511, B65D 8828

Patent

active

059473126

ABSTRACT:
A reusable container system is disclosed including a folding sleeve selectively engaged to a rigid base. The rigid base includes a concave top surface with a top opening and a bottom opening. Legs are mounted to the base and extend downward toward the bottom opening. Tubes adapted to receive the prongs of a forklift are mounted to the legs. The sleeve is composed of a first side member hingedly attached to a second side member. Each side member includes a plurality of rigid plates connected by external hinges. The side members are attached to each other by internal hinges. The sleeve can be moved from an open position in which a cavity is formed inside the sleeve, to a closed position, in which the plates lie adjacent. In the closed position, the sleeve and entire container system takes up substantially less space and can be more easily stored and transported.

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