panel thereof in opened position and means for connecting same to another container or the support thereof application_number US 78423885 A description in the drawings identical or similar elements are shown with the same reference numerals the container 1 according to the invention as shown in fig1 to 4 comprises a frame formed by stringers 2 cross beams 3 and uprights 4 said conveyable container is of standard size and thus has standard corner fittings four only of which are shown in the drawings they are shown with reference numerals 5 to 8 said fittings are the four corner fittings lying at the angles of the back end panel 9 of the container the standard corner fittings are components known per se and meet the size requirements of the international standards for conveying and handling iso and they will consequently not be described in detail here see for instance on this subject l a harlander 34 container system design developments over two decades 34 marine technology vol 19 no 4 october 1982 pp 364 376 or also for example u s pat nos 3 691 595 4 049 149 and 4 212 251 it is however to be noted that the top corner fittings 5 and 6 are each secured rigidly in a known way to an upright 4 and to the top cross beam 3 but said fittings are removably fastened to the back ends of the top stringers 2 in the example as shown in the figures and particularly in fig1 and 6 the corner fittings 5 and 6 are provided with a tube like projection 30 of cone shape on the side thereof facing the end of stringer 2.