Storage and carriage bin

Claim 1

A storage and carriage bin forming a substantially rectangular container for farm produce, comprising: a slotted bottom deck; a plurality of parallel runners secured to the underside of said bottom deck; a pair of side wall panels positioned in parallel relationship to said runners; a pair of front wall panels transversely positioned to said parallel runners, wherein said side and front wall panels are arranged in a contiguous end-to-end relationship to each other, each panel thereof having an upper free edge; a pair of base plates secured between said bottom deck and one of said runners, and wherein each base plate is positioned adjacent each respective front wall panel and secured thereto; a plurality of corner brace members secured at each intersection of each side and front wall panel forming corners in said container; an upper longitudinal cleat member secured to each of said wall panels along said upper free edge thereof, said cleat having at least one beveled, longitudinal, leaving edge thereon, and a protective longitudinal edge disposed over the peripheral edge of each wall panel, whereby said panels are protected from damage; a lower longitudinal cleat member secured to each of side wall panels adjacent the bottom deck and having at least one beveled, longitudinal, leading edge thereon; a plurality of longitudinal twist wires mounted to the periphery of said wall panels, whereby said panels are secured in an end-to-end manner; a pallet means comprising said runners and said bottom deck; and wherein said side wall panels extend downwardly, forming an overlapping extended portion, said extended portion being secured to said runners, providing a positive interconnecting structure, whereby the lifting force applied to said bin is absorbed evenly throughout the interconnected structure; and wherein said front panels terminate above said runners, providing an opening between said runners, forming said pallet means.