Schoeller Allibert Gmbh

Alert Innovation Inc.

John Andrew Dyer

William John Fosnight

John Huizingh

Erik Brinkers

Dennis Swartz

A container includes a base; side walls extending upwards from an upper face of the base; and at least one support plate which is spaced apart from a lower face of the base and is connected to the lower face of the base by ribs extending transversely to the base and transversely to the at least one support plate. At least two laterally protruding projections are formed at least on an edge portion of the support plate extending along one of the side walls. At least two support recesses for receiving at least two projections of a support plate of an identical container stacked thereon are formed in the upper edge portion of the at least one side wall.

Container having a support plate which has projections

An expandable container includes a substantially horizontal base, four side walls, and a rim defining a container opening having a larger cross section than the base. At least one of the four side walls is configured as a movable side wall, having an upwardly extending side portion and a substantially horizontal base portion. An upper edge portion of the side portion is connected to the rim by a hinge such that the movable side wall is movable between a nesting position, in which the side wall is inclined to facilitate nesting of the container inside another container, and an expanded position, in which the side wall is moved outwardly to increase the storage space of the container, when compared to the nesting position. A system includes a main tote in which a plurality of expandable containers as described above may be nested.

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John Andrew Dyer