Disassembleable, reusable container

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The disassembleable, reusable container system of the present invention is generally designed "10" in FIGS.
1 - 4, and can be fabricated to have numerous configurations.
Preferably, however, a substantially rectangular or square unitary structure is employed since these configurations permit the assembled container system 10 to be stored in a relatively small area thereby permitting substantially more tonage to be shipped in each load.
A further preferred feature of this invention provides that the container 10 be maintained above the surface on which it is supported so that the forks of a fork lift truck can readily engage the underside of the container, without requiring a pallet, for easy movement of the container from place to place.
Container 10 is readily assembled and disassembled, as will hereinafter be described, by engagement or disengagement of the respective detachable parts which form the subject structure.
On disassembly, the individual component parts are storeable in a substantially smaller area, for transfer on their return trip to their point of destination, than the comparable area required for a conventional drum or barrel.
Bracing support members 1 - 4 include means for detachably combining respective floor, sidewall and lid members, which will hereinafter be described to form the subject container system 10.
More specifically, bracing support members 1 - 4 disassembleably join with floor member 20 to support the sidewall members 34 - 37 and to interlockingly engage lid member 28.
Preferably, bracing support members 1 - 4 each include slots 15 and 16 which are, in their more preferred form, rectangular in shape.
At the upper end of each bracing support member is a protruding end section 18, while at it's lower end, a support leg section 17 maintains the container system 10 above the level of the surface upon which it is supported.
A more preferable configuration of bracing members 1 - 4 has a substantially W-shaped cross-section, while the protruding end section 18 has a substantially V-shaped cross-section