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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1996
Elaine Kay Vavra, Crete, NE (US);
Scott Charles Higgins, Beatrice, NE (US);
Dwight E Nichols, Beatrice, NE (US);
Hoover Group, Inc,, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
A composite shipping container primarily for shipping bulk liquids consisting of an inner plastic tank held upright by an outer support structure of mesh wire side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall. This outer support structure forms a housing which is supported on a unitary tubular member pallet, which allows the composite shipping container to freely stand on a floor surface or stack upon a like composite shipping container. The unitary tubular member pallet is comprised of a single piece of metal tubing shaped into co-planar surfaces for the outer housing to rest on and shaped into feet to set the composite shipping container on a generally horizontal floor or other surface. The configuration of the unitary tubular member pallet reduces the amount of material required to complete the pallet and eases pallet construction.