Shipping container

Claim 1

A CONTAINER OF A TYPE ADAPTED FOR USE IN THE SHIPMENT AND STORAGE OF BOTH LIQUID AND NON-LIQUID ITEMS WHICH COMPRISES AN OPEN-TOP BODY AND LID FORMING A CLOSURE THEREFOR FABRICATED FROM A MATERIAL IMPERVIOUS TO LIQUIDS, SAID BODY INCLUDING WALLS, A SLOPING BOTTOM WITH A DRAIN OPENING THEREIN AND A GROUND SUPPORTED BASE ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM, A DRAIN PLUG MOUNTED WITHIN THE DRAIN OPENING IN LIQUID-TIGHT SEALED RELATION THERETO AND ADAPTED FOR REMOVAL IN THE DIRECTION OF THE OPEN TOP OF THE BODY, MEANS FORMING AN OPERATIVE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE LID AND DRAIN PLUG ADAPTED TO PROVIDE FOR REMOVAL THEREOF EITHER SEPARATELY OR TOGETHER, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A ROD DETACHABLY CONNECTED TO SAID LID AND PERMANENTLY ATTACHED TO THE PLUG EXTENDING THEREBETWEEN, SAID ROD INCLUDES PROJECTING PORTIONS ACCESSIBLE ON BOTH THE UNDERSIDE AND TOP OF THE CONTAINER, AND A REMOVABLE WASHER AND FASTENER ASSEMBLY SECURED TO SAID PROJECTING PORTIONS TO PROVIDE THE OPERATIVE CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID PLUG AND SAID LID.