CONTAINER ADAPTED TO INCORPORATE ADJUSTABLE SHELVING OR THE LIKE

摘要

A container having a base wall and a plurality of upstanding side walls, each side wall being substantially parallel to an opposed side wall of the plurality thereof. The inner face of each side wall is provided with a row of spaced holes, and a row of spaced slots is provided in the inner face of the base wall adjacent to each of the side walls, each hole being in alignment in a direction substantially at right angles to the plane of the side wall in which it is provided with one of the holes in the opposed side wall, and each slot being in alignment in a direction substantially at right angles to the plane of the side wall adjacent to which it is provided with one of the slots of the row of slots adjacent to the opposed side wall. Thus, there is a first series of holes and slots comprising the holes provided in an opposed pair of the side walls and the slots provided in the base wall adjacent to these side walls, and one or more further series of holes and slots, each of which comprises the holes provided in a further pair of opposed side walls together with the slots formed in the base wall adjacent to theses latter side walls, thereby permitting the container to be used with a shelf or divider structure adjustably mounted with portions thereof, or portions of an intermediate support on which the shelf or divider structure is in turn mounted, supportedly engaged with aligned holes and aligned slots of the first series thereof, or alternatively with a shelf or divider structure adjustably mounted with portions thereof, or portions of an intermediate support on which this shelf or divider structure is in turn mounted, supportedly engaged with the aligned holes and aligned slots of the other, or one of the other series thereof. In this manner, a shelf or divider structure can be adjustably mounted within the container in a first direction relative to the container, and a further shelf or divider structure can alternatively be adjustably mounted within the container in a different direction relative to the container, thereby considerably increasing the versatility and hence the usefulness of the container.