Fastening means for corner joint structures

Claim 1

IN A CONTAINER HAVING A PLURALITY OF SIDES MOUNTED ON A BASE MEMBER, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING TWO ADJACENT SIDES OF THE CONTAINER DISPOSED AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES TO EACH OTHER, EACH OF SAID SIDES BEING COMPOSED OF A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT RECTANGULAR PANEL HAVING ONE EDGE ADAPTED TO EXTEND ALONG ONE EDGE OF SAID BASE MEMBER, AND AT LEAST ONE CLEAT MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID PANEL SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH SAID ONE EDGE, THE ENDS OF SAID CLEAT MEMBERS ON SAID ADJACENT SIDES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED, SAID CLEAT MEMBERS ON AT LEAST ONE OF SAID SIDES PROJECTING BEYOND THE ASSOCIATED PANEL, THE END OF THE OTHER SIDE ABUTTING THE PROJECTING PORTION OF THE CLEAT MEMBER ON SAID ONE SIDE, THE END OF ONE OF SAID PANELS ABUTTING ON THE INNER FACE OF THE OTHER OF SAID PANELS ADJACENT ITS ENDS, WHEREBY BOTH OF SAID SIDES ARE INTERLOCKED AGAINST INWARD MOVEMENT, A TRANSVERSE GROOVE IN EACH OF SAID CLEAT MEMBERS ADJACENT ITS END, AND A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR TIE LOOP TIGHTLY ENCOMPASSING AT SAID TRANSVERSE GROOVES THE CORNER FORMED BY ABUTTING CLEAT MEMBERS, WHEREBY SAID SIDES ARE RESTRAINED FROM OUTWARD MOVEMENT.