Bulk handling container construction

Claim 1

A BULK HANDLING CONTAINER CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING: (A) FOUR WOODEN VERTICAL PANELS JOINED IN ABUTTING RELATION ALONG THEIR VERTICAL END EDGES TO FORM FOUR CORNERS, ONE VERTICAL END EDGE OF EACH OF SAID PANELS BEING BEVELED AT APPROXIMATELY 45*, THE OTHER VERTICAL END EDGE BEING SQUARLY CUT, THE INNER SIDE OF EACH OF SAID PANELS INCLUDING A VERTICAL SOLT ADJACENT EACH VERTICAL END EDGE; (B) INTERNAL CORNER POSTS MOUNTED VERTICALLY IN EACH CORNER, EACH OF SAID CORNER POSTS BEING GENERALLY RIGHT TRIANGULAR IN CROSS SECTION AND INCLUDING A HYPOTENUSE AND A PAIR OF SIDES EXTENDING TOWARD AN APEX IN 90* RELATION, EACH OF SAID SIDES INCLUDING AN OUTWARDLY PROJECTING VERTICAL STRIP HAVING AN OUTER FACE, A FIRST SIDE FACE PARALLEL TO AND FACING TOWARD THE ADJACENT CORNER AND A SECOND SIDE FACE PARALLEL TO AND FACING AWAY FROM SAID ADJACENT CORNER, SAID VERTICAL STRIPS BEING DISPOSED WITHIN REGISTERING ONE OF SAID VERTICAL SLOTS IN THE ADJACENT VERTICAL SIDE PANELS; (C) A PLURALITY OF METAL EXTERNAL CORNER CLAMPS MOUNTED VERTICALLY ON EACH CORNER, SAID CLAMPS BEING FRUSTO-CONICAL IN CROSS SECTION, EACH OF SAID CLAMPS INCLUDING A BASE PORTION COVERING THE ADJACENT VERTICAL END EDGES OF SAID VERTICAL PANELS, EACH OF SAID CLAMPS ALSO INCLUDING A PAIR OF LEGS DISPOSED APPROXIMATELY AT RIGHT ANGLES, THE PERIPHERY OF SAID CLAMP BEING PROVIDED WITH A RAISED BEAD TERMINATING IN A SHARP LIP; (D) A BOLT EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY THROUGH EACH OF SAID BASE PORTIONS OF SAID CLAMPS, THROUGH SAID ABUTTING VERTICAL END EDGES OF SAID PANELS AND THROUGH SAID VERTICAL CORNER POSTS, THE TIGHTENING OF SAID BOLT BEING EFFECTIVE TO CLAMP THE ENDS OF EACH OF SAID VERTICAL PANELS BETWEEN SAID INTERNAL CORNER POST AND SAID EXTERNAL CORNER CLAMP AND TO DRIVE SAID LIP OF SAID CLAMP INTO BITING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UNDERLYING ONE OF SAID VERTICAL PANELS; AND, (E) A BOTTOM PANEL MOUNTED ON SAID VERTICAL PANELS.