Demountable and stackable multipurpose container

Claim 1

A multipurpose container comprising a pair of end members having a face, a top edge, a first side, a second side and a bottom edge, a first slot having a narrow opening width and a wide recessed width, said first slot disposed on said face of said end member parallel to and proximate said bottom edge of said end member, a second slot having a narrow opening width and a wide recessed width, said second slot disposed on said face of said end member parallel to and proximate said first side edge of said end member, a third slot having a narrow opening width and a wide recessed width, said third slot disposed on said face of said end member parallel to and proximate said second side edge of said end member, a plurality of spacer slots disposed on said face of said end member, said spacer slots being disposed parallel to said first and second side edges and equally spaced along said face, a variety of top and side members, said members having top, bottom, first and second end edges and comprising means along said end edges for slidably engaging said second and third slots of said end members and being retained therein, a bottom member having first and second end edges and comprising means along said end edges of said bottom member for slidably engaging said first slot of said end member and being retained therein, means defining a raised portion disposed on said top edge of said end member, means defining a recess in said bottom edge of said end member adapted to receive a like raised portion of another end member of a like multipurpose container, and means defining a recess in said end edges of said bottom member, said recess adapted to receive and cooperate with said raised portion of a like multipurpose container end member to vertically align said stacked multipurpose containers.