Abstract:
An improved multitrip metallic shipping container which permits of repetitive use of the metallic container components while at the same time permitting unimpeded access into the interior of the container and into the normally inaccessible chime portions thereof for cleaning, dedenting and related container reconditioning purposes.
Abstract:
A RETICULATED STRUCTURE MADE FROM SHEET MATERIAL, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF, AND PRECUT SHEET MATERIAL USEFULIN FORMING THE SAME, THE STRUCTURE BEING CHARACTERIZED BY A PLURALITY OF SIDE PORTIONS AND BRIDGE PORTIONS FORMING ROWS OF SPACED, INTERRUPTED POLYGONALSHAPPED APERTURES, THE BRIDGE PORTIONS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AND IN THE PLANE OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM SURFACES DEFINED BY THE RETICULATED SIDE PORTIONS AND CONNECTING ADJACENT SIDES FORMING THE APERTURES AND/OR FLAPS APPENDED TO SOME OF THE SIDES OF THE APERTURES PROVIDING INCREASED SURFACE AREAS IN THE PLANES DEFINED BY THE OUTER SURFACES OF THE RETICULATED STRUCTURE.