GB2366789A

GB2366789A - A Storage Receptacle Comprising a Frame and Liner

Info

Publication number: GB2366789A
Application number: GB0119979A
Authority: GB
Inventors: David Ian Haith
Original assignee: Tickhill Engineering Co Ltd
Current assignee: Tickhill Engineering Co Ltd
Priority date: 2000-09-06
Filing date: 2001-08-16
Publication date: 2002-03-20
Anticipated expiration: 2021-08-16
Also published as: GB0119979D0; GB2366789B

Abstract

A storage receptacle comprising a frame and liner where the frame is disposed outside the liner.

Description

<Desc/Clms Page number 1> Title: Storage Receptacle Description of Invention This invention relates to a storage receptacle.

Produce, such as vegetables, for example, potatoes, carrots and onions are typically handled in receptacles holding from 500 kilos to 5000 kilos. Receptacles that are used today are typically made of rough sawn timber but there is an increasing requirement that splinters and wood chips do not become embodied in the produce as this could present a problem when the product is processed due to foreign bodies entering the food chain.

In addition such receptacles are generally required by users to have a relatively long life span, 5 to 10 years and during this life they generally suffer much damage particularly as they are generally frequently moved by fork lift trucks.

Moreover, such receptacles are required to be capable of being stacked up to, for example, seven receptacles high for relatively periods, for example, for 12 months when under storage in a temperature controlled store. Further, when they are thus stacked the stability of the stack is very important for safety reasons.

An object of the present invention is to provide a storage receptacle whereby the above mentioned problems are overcome or are reduced. According to the present invention we provide a storage receptacle comprising a frame and a liner which define a receptacle. The frame may be a metal frame.

The frame may be disposed outside the liner.

The frame may comprise four upwardly extending members disposed at the corners of a rectangle.

The four upwardly extending members may be connected together by four orthogonally disposed generally horizontal lower members adjacent the lower ends of said vertical members and four orthogonally disposed generally horizontal upper members disposed adjacent the upper ends of said vertically disposed members.

A further member may extend in a direction which is inclined to the horizontal and the vertical between each of said vertically extending members and one of said horizontal lower members.

The storage receptacle may be provided with a stacking means whereby the container may be stacked on or below a similar receptacle.

The receptacle may be provided with an upper stacking means and with a lower stacking means which are mutually engageable.

The upper stacking means may comprise upwardly extending projections and the lower stacking means may comprise a socket adapted to receive the projections of a similar container on which said container is stacked.

The upper ends of the upwardly extending members may comprise said projections and the lower ends of said members may be provided with a said socket which may be of frusto-pyramidal configuration.

Alternatively, one of the upper stacking means and the lower stacking means may comprise a channel-shaped element and the other of the upper stacking means and the lower stacking means may comprise an elongate element receivable in the channel-shaped element.

The lower stacking means may comprise a pair of channel-shaped elements extending one along each of two opposed sides of the receptacle and the upper stacking means may comprise an opposed pair of said horizontal upper members.

A pair of generally tubular elements may be attached to a lower end part of the frame to provide receiving means for tines of a fork.

The liner may comprise a plurality of wall elements.

The liner may comprise wall elements which may comprise a plurality of planar sheets. .

One or more of said sheets may be provided for each side of the receptacle.

Said sheets may be of generally rectangular shape assembled in side by side relationship one above the other with their longer axis extending along the length of the wall so as to provide a plurality of horizontally extending elements for each wall.

The elements of at least one side of the box may be provided with at least one air gap.

The or each air gap may be provided by separating the elements to provide a longitudinally extending air gap therebetween.

Alternatively or in addition, at least one aperture may be provided in at least one of said sheets of material to provide said air gap.

The wall elements may be connected to the frame.

The sheets of material may be secured to the upright members. Alternatively, the end of the wall elements may inter-engage so as to secure the wall elements in position.

The ends of the wall elements may be mitred.

The base of the receptacle may also comprise at least one flat sheet of material.

Preferably the base comprises a plurality of sheets of generally rectangular shape assembled in side by side relationship with their longer axis extending along the length of the floor to provide a plurality of longitudinally extending elements for the base.

At least one air gap may be provided in the base to allow flow of air through the product in the box.

The or each air gap in the base may be provided by separating the elements to provide a longitudinally extending air gap therebetween.

Alternatively or in addition, at least one aperture may be provided in at least one of said sheets to provide said air gap.

Said elements may be hollow having spaced above front and rear surfaces and may include at least one reinforcing rib extending between said front and rear surfaces.

The liner may have at least one external surface made of a synthetics plastics material.

The liner may be made wholly or substantially wholly of a synthetic plastics material.

The synthetic plastics material may comprise a suitable recycled plastic material or polyethylene.

Alternatively the liner may comprise a flexible bag supported by said frame.

The bag may be of generally right parallelepiped and open topped configuration.

Preferably the bag is of inverted frusto-pyramidal configuration so that, in use, the base of the bag is of smaller rectangular configuration than the open top of the bag.

The longer sides of the open top of the bag may be provided with an elongate element and the frame may be provided with socket means to receive the elongate element and support it.

The shorter sides of the bag may be suspended from the frame by suspension members.

The bag may be made of any suitable material, for example, it may be made from a plurality of panels of hessian or hessian-like material sewn together. Alternatively the bag may be made of any other suitable material and

may be moulded in one piece or may be made by joining, in any desired manner, panels of any suitable material.

Examples of the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:- Figure 1 is a side view of a receptacle according to a first embodiment of the invention, Figure 2 is an end view of the receptacle of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrow A, Figure 3 is a plan view of the receptacle of Figure 1, Figure 4 is a side view of a receptacle according to a second embodiment of the invention, Figure 5 is an end view of the receptacle of Figure 4, looking in the direction of the arrow B, Figure 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Figure 4, Figure 7 is a plan view of the receptacle of Figure 1 with the liner removed, Figure 8 is a perspective view of part of an element for use in the walls and base of the receptacles shown in Figures 1 to 7, Figure 9 is a perspective view of part of a third embodiment of the invention, and Figure 10 is an end view of the embodiment shown in Figure 8. Referring to Figures 1 to 3 a storage receptacle according to a first embodiment of the invention for vegetables such as potatoes, carrots or onions and capable of holding about 500 to 5000 kilos is illustrated and comprises a mild steel frame 10. Although in this example the frame 10 is made of mild steel it may, if desired, be made of other steel such as stainless steel or other metal or other suitable material.

The frame 10 comprises four upwardly extending apertures members 11 each of which is disposed at the corners of a rectangle as can be best shown in

Figure 3. The upright members 11 are interconnected by a pair of lower longitudinally extending horizontal members 12 and a pair of upper longitudinally extending horizontal members 13 as best shown in Figure 1. In addition, the upright members 11 are interconnected by lower horizontally extending end members 14 and upper horizontally extending end members 15 as best shown in Figure 2. The members 11-15 thus define a frame of right parallepiped configuration.

The upper ends of the members 11 are connected at each side of the frame to the lower horizontal longitudinally extending member 13 by members 16, 17 which are welded between an upper portion of the members 11 and a middle portion of the member 13. In addition one of the members 11 at each end of the frame is connected to the lower horizontally extending end member 14 by an inclined member 18. The inclined members 18 at opposite ends are inclined in opposite directions so that uprights 11 on opposite sides of the frame are connected by the members 11 to the lower horizontally extending end frame member 14. If desired, alternatively, the members 18 may extend parallel to each other.

It will be appreciated that, if desired, the frame may be of other shape than the particular shape shown in the drawings in which the longitudinally extending members are 1800 mm long and the end members are 1200 mm long and the upwardly extending members are 1371 mm high. If desired the container may be of other than rectangular configuration, for example, it may be square or have a different number of sides than four, although in commercial use a rectangular or square frame is generally used.

A pair of tubular members 19 are welded to the undersides of the lower longitudinally extending frame members 12 so as to provide, in use, sockets for the tines of a fork lift truck. Although in the above example the frame members and the tubular members 19 have all been described as being welded together if desired they may be connected together in any other desired way.

The upper horizontally extending members 13, 15 of the frame are of angle configuration as can be best seen at 20 in respect of the end frame members 15 and as can be seen at 21 in respect of the longitudinally extending upper frame members 13. They ate disposed externally of the upward element members 11. The free ends of the angle members 13, 15 are welded to the respective upwardly extending elements 11 so that they are disposed with the apex of the angle disposed between the positions of joinder of the limbs to the upright members. The lower frame members 12, 14 are also of angle shape but are disposed with one limb vertical and extending upwardly and one limb horizontal and extending inwardly and are fastened, for example, by welding, to the inwardly facing surfaces of the upwardly extending members 11.

The frame is provided with stacking means which, at the upper end, comprises the upper part 22 of each upwardly extending member 11 which is disposed above the upper horizontally extending frame members 13, 15. At its lower end each upwardly extending member 11 is provided with a frusto- pyramidal socket element 23 which is adapted to receive the part 22 of the upright members 11 of an identical receptacle upon which the receptacle under discussion is stacked. In this way a plurality of receptacles can be easily and securely stacked one on top of the other. For example a stack of seven receptacles. Such a stack is thus very stable with no possibility of any receptacle of the stack moving out of position. Of course, if desired, the lower stacking formations or feet 23 may be of other configuration to that illustrated as indeed may be the upper stacking elements. The essential requirement is that the upper and lower stacking elements interengage in a stable manner.

A plastic liner is fitted inside the metal frame.

This may be in the form of relatively narrow hollow elements 30, 31 of a suitable synthetic plastics material such as a suitable recycled plastic material or polyethylene. In the example illustrated, each element is, as shown in Figure 8, of generally rectangular or plank configuration and whilst being hollow having

spaced apart front and rear surface, 34, 35, has a plurality of reinforcing ribs extending therebetween as shown at 36. If desire the number of reinforcing ribs may be varied from that illustrated and if the front and rear surfaces are of adequate strength they may be eliminated. Eight such elements 30 are provided one on top of the other to provide a receptacle wall for each end of the receptacle and the elements 31 providing a container wall for each longitudinally extending side of the receptacle. The elements 30, 31 are fastened to the upwardly extending members 11 by any suitable means.

Similar elements are provided for the base but it is preferred that in this case a gap is left between each base element. In Figure 3 the base elements are shown at 32 from which it will be seen that there are seven longitudinally extending elements in the base and the gaps between the elements are shown at 33. The elements 32 are secured at their ends to the transversely extending base end horizontal members 14 by any suitable means. The elements 32 also rest upon, and can be fastened to the tubular members 19 which serve to support the elements 32.

If desired, the walls may also be provided with air gaps between some or all of the elements 30 or the elements 30, 31 may be perforated as desired to provide air gaps. If desired, the floor element 32 may be perforated as desired to provide air gaps in addition to or instead of the longitudinally extending gap 33.

Referring to Figures 4 to 7, a storage receptacle according to a second embodiment of the invention as shown. Where a feature of the embodiment is similar to that of the first embodiment of Figures 1 to 3 the same reference numeral with a preceding "I" is used.

As seen in Figures 4 to 7, the receptacle comprises a frame 110 comprising four upwardly extending upright members 111. The upright members 111 are interconnected by a pair of lower longitudinally extending horizontal members 112 and a pair of upper longitudinally extending horizontal

members 113. In addition, the upright members 111 are interconnected by lower horizontally extending end members 114 and upper horizontally extending end members 115 as best shown in Figure 5. The members 111 to 115 thus define a frame of generally right parallel piped configuration.

In contrast to the embodiment of Figures 1 to 3, in the second embodiment of the invention the lower ends of the members 111 are connected at each side of the frame to the upper horizontal longitudinally extending member 113 by members 116, 117 which are welded between a middle portion of the upper horizontal longitudinally extending member 113 and a lower end portion of the upright members 111. In addition, as seen in Figure 5, at each end of the receptacle an upper portion of each upright 111 is connected to a lower portion of the opposite upright 111 by inclined members 118.

In the present example, the upper longitudinally extending horizontal members 113 and upper horizontally extending end members 115 are disposed adjacent the upper ends of the upright members 111 as in the embodiments of Figures 1 to 3. In the present example, the lower horizontal longitudinally extending members 112 and the lower horizontally extending end members 114 are spaced from the lower ends of the upright members 111. Welded to the underside of and extending between the lower horizontal longitudinally extending members 112 are a pair of tubular members 119 so as to provide, in use, sockets for the kinds of forklift truck.

As best seen in Figure 6, the upright members 111 are generally L shaped in cross section, with the horizontal members 112, 113, 114, 115 attached to an inwardly directed face of the upright members 111. The horizontal members 112, 113, 114, 115 are similarly L shaped in cross section. As is apparent from Figure 7, the upper horizontal members 113, 115 are attached to the upright members 111 with one arm 113a, 115a of the L disposed adjacent to the upright members l11, and a second arm 113b, 115b of the L directed inwardly of the upright members 111. The upper horizontal members

113, 115 are mitred at their ends where they abut to produce a continuous inwardly directed lip 40 disposed around the upper edge of the receptacle.

The lower horizontal members 112, 114 similarly comprise L-shaped elements. The members 112 , 114 are attached to the upright members 111 such that an upwardly extending limb 112a, 114a, is disposed adjacent to the upright members 111 at each end of the lower horizontal elements 112, 114. A generally horizontal limb 112b, 114b is directed inwardly of the receptacle from the upright members 111. The end parts of the lower horizontal members 112, 114 are mitred where they mutually abut. The inwardly directed limbs 112b, 114b thus form a lower flange 41 extending inwardly around a lower part of the container and extending further inwardly of the receptacle than the upper flange 40.

Disposed on the inwardly directed limbs 114b of the horizontal end members 114 are a plurality of spacer elements 42, in the present example comprising 20 mm diameter black bar. The spacing elements 42 are separated by sufficient distance to receive a base element 132, to provide a base for the receptacle and such that an air gap is provided between each successive base element 132.

As will be apparent from Figures 4 and 5, the lower horizontal members 112, 114 are disposed attached to the upright members 111 at a distance spaced from the lower end of the upright members 111. The spacing is sufficient to hold the tubular elements 119 clear of a surface on which the receptacle is placed. Attached to the lower end of and extending between each end pair of upright members 111 is a lower stacking means comprising a channel shaped element 43. The channel shaped element 43 comprises a web 43a which is attached to the upright members 111, and a pair of downwardly extending generally parallel limbs 43b such that the channel shaped member 43 has a downwardly facing mouth. The dimensions of the channel shaped member 43 are such that the channel shaped element 43 will receive the horizontal upper

11 end members 115 therein, thus permitting a plurality of receptacles to be placed one on top of the other. The channel-shaped elements 43 extend across almost the full width of the receptacle and thus locate stacked receptacles relative to one another.

As in the previous embodiment, the receptacle is provided with a plastic liner. The plastic liner comprises a plurality of relatively narrow hollow elements 130, 131, 132. As in the embodiment of Figures 1 to 3, eight such elements 130 are disposed in a generally horizontal fashion lying one on top of the other to provide a wall for each end of the receptacle, and eight such elements 131 are similarly disposed to provide a container wall for each longitudinally extending side of the receptacle. Seven elements 132 are disposed generally horizontally spaced from one another by spacing elements 42 as discussed above. The elements 130, 131, 132 thus provide flush internal surfaces of the receptacle, to minimise any internal projection which could damage the receptacle contents.

In this embodiment however, the ends of the elements 130, 131 are mitred, as best seen in Figure 6. Thus, when the elements 130, 131 are disposed adjacent to the upright elements 111, this ensures that each element 130 is held in place by virtue of its abutment with adjacent elements 131 and vice versa. The elements 130, 131 are thus held in place without the requirement for any additional fixing means, and without for example, internal corner posts or other elements projecting into the receptacle. There is also no requirement for screws or other fixings inside the receptacle since the frame 110 is an entirely welded construction and the elements 130, 131 lock in place by virtue of their inter-engagement without fixing means.

Alternatively, other means may be provided to allow the elements 130, 131 to interengage as desired.

The elements 130, 131, 132 in the present example each comprise a hollow element as seen in Figure 8.

The individual elements 130,131,132 are replaceable when they are damaged. The base elements 132 can also be removed without requiring that the wall elements 130, 131 be removed. The base elements 132 are sufficiently flexible that an individual base element 132 can be removed and a new element inserted without removing the elements 130, 131.

Figures 9 and 10 illustrate a storage receptacle according to a third embodiment of the invention. Where a feature of this embodiment is similar to that of the second embodiment described with reference to Figures 4 to 7, the same reference numeral is used.

In this embodiment the receptacle comprises a frame 110 which is substantially the same as the frame 110 described with reference to Figures 4 to 7. However the frame differs in the following respects. The upper longitudinally extending horizontal members 113 are provided with a centrally disposed downwardly depending bracket 201 which co-operates with the member 113 to provide a socket 202 whilst at one end each member 113 is provided with a part circular bracket which co-operates with the member 113 to provide a socket as shown at 203 whilst at the other end of the receptacle a cylindrical passage 204 is provided in the uprights 111 and the top end member 115 which also provides a socket.

The sockets 202, 203 and 204 provide end and centre supports for an elongate tubular element 205 which is received in a casing or hem part 200 at the top of two opposite side walls 206 of a generally open-topped flexible bag 207. Opposite end walls 208 of the bag 207 are suspended by loops 209 received in apertures 2l0 provided in the top members 115 and in apertures 211 provided in the end walls 208.

The bag 207 is, as mentioned hereinbefore, generally right parallelepiped configuration but with tapered sides and ends so that the base 212 of the bag is of somewhat smaller rectangular configuration than is the open top 213 of the bag. The bag is made by sewing together five panels woven in hessian but, if

desired, the bag made be made of any other desired woven or non-woven material including, for example, sheet plastics material. However in all cases of this embodiment the bag is made of flexible material of a nature whereby it is free or essentially free from shedding of unwanted material to prevent foreign particles from getting into the contents of the container.

In all embodiments, the tubular elements 19, 119 permit the engagement of the receptacle with the forks of a material handling machine provided with tiltable forks. The container can thus be tilted to empty produce from it, without it becoming disengaged from the forks.

The receptacle of all embodiments described hereinbefore has stability both because of the steel frame and the stacking formation means. During stacking the tubular elements 19, 119 securely locate the receptacle on the tines of a fork lift truck. Whilst the receptacles are stacked, the interengagement described hereinbefore between the upper and lower stacking formations 22, 23, 115, 43 also provides greater stability. In addition the use of a steel frame for such stability together with a relatively weaker liner but made of material which is free from shedding of unwanted material prevents foreign particles from getting into the vegetables from the container thereby rendering it more hygienic and safer than receptacles used hitherto when the product is being stored for human or other consumption. The provision of the tubular members 19 and of the members 16-l8 help to prevent distortion of the liner.

It will be apparent that a receptacle may comprise features of any of the embodiments as described herein as desired or as appropriate.

In the present specification "comprise" means "includes or consists of and "comprising" means "including or consisting of'.

The features disclosed in the foregoing description, or the following claims, or the accompanying drawings, expressed in their specific forms or in terms of a means for performing the disclosed function, or a method or process for attaining the disclosed result, as appropriate, may, separately, or in any

combination of such features, be utilised for realising the invention in diverse forms thereof. .

Claims

CLAIMS 1. A storage receptacle comprising a frame and a liner which define a receptacle.
2. A storage receptacle according to Claim 1 wherein the frame is a metal frame.
3. A storage receptacle according to Claim 1 or Claim 2 wherein the frame is disposed outside the liner.
4. A storage receptacle according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the frame comprises four upwardly extending members disposed at the corners of a rectangle.
5. A storage receptacle according to Claim 4 wherein the four upwardly extending members are connected together by four orthogonally disposed generally horizontal lower members adjacent the lower ends of said vertical members and four orthogonally disposed generally horizontal upper members disposed adjacent the upper ends of said vertically disposed members.
6. A storage receptacle according to Claim 5 wherein a further member extends in a direction which is inclined to the horizontal and the vertical between each of said vertically extending members and one of said horizontal members.

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7. A storage receptacle according to any of the preceding claims wherein the storage receptacle is provided with a stacking means whereby the container may be stacked on or below a similar receptacle.
8. A storage receptacle according to Claim 7 wherein the receptacle is provided with an upper stacking means and with a lower stacking means which are mutually engageable.
9. A storage receptacle according to Claim 8 wherein the upper stacking means comprises upwardly extending projections and the lower stacking means comprises a socket adapted to receive the projections of a similar container on which said container is stacked.
10. A storage receptacle according to Claim 9 when dependent on Claim 4 wherein the upper ends of the upwardly extending members comprise said projections and the lower ends of said members are provided with a said socket.
11. A storage receptacle according to Claim 10 wherein said socket is of frusto-conical configuration.
12. A storage receptacle according to Claim 8 wherein one of the upper stacking means and the lower stacking means comprises a channel-shaped element and the other of the upper stacking means and the lower stacking means comprises an elongate element receivable in the channel-shaped element.
13. A storage receptacle according to Claim 12 where dependant on Claim S wherein the lower stacking means comprises a pair of channel-shaped elements

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extending one along each of two opposed sides of the receptacle and the upper stacking means comprise an opposed pair of said horizontally upper members.
14. A storage receptacle according to any one of the preceding claims wherein a pair of generally tubular elements are attached to a lower end part of the frame to provide receiving means for tines of a fork.
15. A storage receptacle according to any preceding claim wherein the liner comprises a plurality of wall elements.
16. A storage receptacle according to Claim 15 wherein the liner comprises wall elements which comprise a plurality of planar sheets.
17. A storage receptacle according to Claim 16 wherein one or more of said sheets is or are provided for each side of the receptacle.
18. A storage receptacle according to Claim 17 wherein said sheets are of generally rectangular shape assembled in side by side relationship one above the other with their longer axis extending along the length of the wall so as to provide a plurality of horizontally extending elements for each wall.
19. A storage receptacle according to Claim 18 wherein the elements of at least one side of the box are provided with at least one air gap.
20. A storage receptacle according to Claim 19 wherein the or each air gap is provided by separating the elements to provide a longitudinally extending air gap therebetween.

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21. A storage receptacle according to Claim 19 or Claim 20 wherein at least one aperture is provided in at least one of said sheets of material to provide a said air gap.
22. A storage receptacle according to any one of Claims 15 to 21 wherein the wall elements are connected to the frame.
23. A storage receptacle according to Claim 22 wherein the wall elements are secured to the upright members.
24. A storage receptacle according to any one of Claims 15 to 21 wherein the ends of said wall elements intergage so as to secure the wall elements in position.
25. A storage receptacle according to Claim 24 wherein the ends of the wall elements are mitred.
26. A storage receptacle according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the base of the receptacle comprises at least one flat sheet of material.
27. A storage receptacle according to Claim 26 wherein the base comprises a plurality of sheets of generally rectangular shape assembled in side by side relationship with their longer axis extending along the length of the floor to provide a plurality of longitudinally extending elements for the base.
28. A storage receptacle according to Claim 27 wherein at least one air gap as provided in the base to allow flow of air through the product in the box.

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29. A storage receptacle according to Claim 28 wherein the or each air gap in the base is provided by separating the sheets of sectional material to provide a longitudinally extending air gap therebetween.
30. A storage receptacle according to Claim 28 or Claim 29 wherein at least one aperture is provided in at least one of said sheets to provide a said air gap.
31. A storage receptacle according to Claim 16 or any one of Claims 17 to 30 when dependent upon Claim 16 or according to any one of Claims 28 to 30 when dependent upon Claim 27 wherein said elements are hollow having spaced above front and rear surfaces and include at least one reinforcing rib extending between said front and rear surfaces.
32. A storage receptacle according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the liner has at least one external surface made of a synthetic plastics material.
33. A storage receptacle according to Claim 32 wherein the liner is made wholly or substantially wholly of a synthetic plastics material.
34. A storage receptacle according to Claim 32 or 33 wherein the synthetic plastics material comprises a suitable recycle plastic material or polyethylene.
35. A storage receptacle according to any one of Claims 1 to 14 wherein the liner comprises a flexible bag supported by said frame.
36. A storage receptacle according to Claim 35 wherein the bag is of generally right parallelepiped and open topped configuration.

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37. A storage receptacle according to Claim 36 wherein the bag is of inverted frusto-pyramidal configuration so that, in use, the base of the bag is of smaller rectangular configuration than the open top of the bag.
38. A storage receptacle according to Claim 36 or Claim 37 wherein the longer sides of the open top of the bag are provided with an elongate element and the frame is provided with socket means to receive the elongate element and support it.
39. A storage receptacle according to any one of Claims 36 to 38 wherein the shorter sides of the bag are suspended from the frame by suspension members.
40. A storage receptacle according to any one of Claims 35 to 39 wherein the bag is made from a plurality of panels of hessian or hessian-like material sewn together.
41. A storage receptacle substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
42. A storage receptacle according to any one of the preceding claims when in use and storing vegetables.
43. Any novel feature or novel combination of features as herein defined and/or shown in the accompanying drawings.