| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention relates to an egg crate container for use in handling, transporting or merchandising eggs, and more particularly, to an egg crate container which includes opening parts formed thereon in a size large enough for a worker's hands or wrists to get into and out of side walls to releasably retain egg crates made of paperboard or synthetic resin sheet therein in a simple manner, and reinforcing members to reinforce the side walls which are weakened because of the generation of the opening parts. The egg crate container includes a bottom plate having through-holes and first and third side walls and second and fourth side walls integrally formed with the bottom plate such that a cubic egg crate receiving space is defined by the bottom plate and the first and third side walls and the second and fourth side walls to pile a plurality of egg crates therein, wherein the first and third side walls each have an opening part formed thereon for allowing the worker's hands or wrists to reach the plurality of egg crates and a plurality of projections integrally formed therewith in such a manner that they are outwardly projected therefrom while being indented when being seen from the inside of the egg crate container, and wherein the first and third side walls and the second and fourth side walls have a horizontal flange integrally formed therewith along the top edges thereof and a vertical flange integrally formed with the horizontal flange along the outer edge of the horizontal flange.</p> |
