Plastic container with hook element

Abstract

Disclosed is a plastic container for storing and transporting objects, which comprises a bottom and four side walls. A first of the side walls comprises, on an outer side of the plastic container, a hook element made of plastic, which comprises a downwardly open U-shaped cross-sectional profile in a sectional plane perpendicular to the first side wall and to the bottom of the plastic container. Furthermore, the hook element comprises a plurality of stabilizing ribs.

1 . A plastic container for storing and transporting objects, wherein the plastic container comprises a bottom and four side walls, wherein a first of the side walls comprises a hook element made of plastic on an outer side of the plastic container, wherein the hook element comprises a downwardly open U-shaped cross-sectional profile in a sectional plane perpendicular to the first side wall and to the bottom of the plastic container, wherein the hook element comprises a plurality of stabilizing ribs. 
     
     
         2 . The plastic container of  claim 1 , wherein a plurality of first stabilizing ribs of the plurality of stabilizing ribs of the hook element are arranged parallel to each other and each extend perpendicular to the first side wall and to the bottom of the plastic container, wherein the first stabilizing ribs further each comprise a lower edge which comprises a downwardly open U-shape in an extension plane of the respective stabilizing rib. 
     
     
         3 . The plastic container of  claim 2 , wherein the first stabilizing ribs extend down to the bottom of the plastic container, in particular down below an upper side of the bottom of the plastic container. 
     
     
         4 . The plastic container of  claim 3 , wherein the first stabilizing ribs extend down below an upper side of the bottom of the plastic container. 
     
     
         5 . The plastic container of  claim 1 , wherein the hook element comprises a downwardly directed support surface at an end remote from the first side wall. 
     
     
         6 . The plastic container of  claim 5 , wherein the support surface is formed as a first edge lip with a rounded first transition portion to an inner surface of the hook element. 
     
     
         7 . The plastic container of  claim 6 , wherein the inner surface of the hook element is orientated in one of the following ways: substantially perpendicular to the bottom, inclined obliquely in direction towards the first side wall. 
     
     
         8 . The plastic container of  claim 1 , wherein the hook element further comprises a plurality of second stabilizing ribs of the plurality of stabilizing ribs of the hook element on an outer side of the hook element facing away from the first side wall, which are arranged next to one another along a direction extending parallel to the first side wall and the bottom of the plastic container and each extend perpendicular to the first side wall and to the bottom of the plastic container. 
     
     
         9 . The plastic container of  claim 8 , wherein the hook element further comprises, arranged on the outer side of the hook element, one or more stabilizing struts of the hook element. 
     
     
         10 . The plastic container of  claim 9 , wherein the one or more stabilizing struts of the hook element are orientated relative to the second stabilizing ribs in one or more of the following ways: extending perpendicular to the second stabilizing ribs. connecting the second stabilizing ribs to each other. 
     
     
         11 . The plastic container of  claim 1 , wherein the hook element on the outer side of the plastic container is connected to the first side wall using one of the following: an integrally molding with the first side wall, a first non-destructively detachable connection. 
     
     
         12 . The plastic container of  claim 1 , wherein a second side wall of the plastic container opposite the first side wall comprises a receiving element made of plastic on the outer side of the plastic container, wherein the receiving element arranged on the second side wall of the plastic container has an upwardly open U-shaped cross-sectional profile in a sectional plane perpendicular to the second side wall and to the bottom of the plastic container, wherein the receiving element comprises a plurality of stabilizing ribs of the receiving element. 
     
     
         13 . The plastic container of  claim 12 , wherein the U-shaped cross-sectional profile of the receiving element is designed complementary to the U-shaped cross-sectional profile of the hook element in such a way that the receiving element is form-fittingly couplable to a further hook element of a further plastic container of identical construction. 
     
     
         14 . The plastic container of  claim 12 , wherein the receiving element comprises a bearing surface comprising the U-shaped cross-sectional profile. 
     
     
         15 . The plastic container of  claim 12 , wherein a plurality of third stabilizing ribs of the plurality of stabilizing ribs of the receiving element are arranged parallel to each other and each extend perpendicular to the second side wall and to the bottom of the plastic container. 
     
     
         16 . The plastic container of  claim 15 , wherein the third stabilizing ribs extend down to the bottom of the plastic container. 
     
     
         17 . The plastic container of  claim 15 , wherein the third stabilizing ribs extend down below an upper side of the bottom of the plastic container. 
     
     
         18 . The plastic container of  claim 12 , wherein the receiving element further comprises a plurality of fourth stabilizing ribs of the plurality of stabilizing ribs of the receiving element on an outer side of the receiving element, which are arranged next to one another along a direction extending parallel to the second side wall and the bottom of the plastic container and each extend perpendicular to the second side wall and to the bottom of the plastic container. 
     
     
         19 . The plastic container of  claim 12 , wherein the U-shaped cross-sectional profile of the receiving element comprises two legs, wherein the U-shaped cross-sectional profile of the receiving element further comprises at least one rounded transition between a leg of the two legs remote from the second side wall and a base of the U-shaped cross-sectional profile of the receiving element. 
     
     
         20 . The plastic container of  claim 12 , wherein the receiving element on the outer side of the plastic container is connected to the second side wall using one of the following: an integrally molding with the second side wall, a second non-destructively detachable connection.