Post on 17-Aug-2015
The Advantageous Army Footlockers
Army is a fighting force that primarily fights on land but it may also include
other branches of the army such as air force, navy and field army and all the
soldiers need a storage box
as efficient and effective as
they are, to store their
belongings. The name
footlockers came to be
known because they were
a type of locker which was
located at the foot of a soldier’s bed or bunk. Army Footlockers are of
great importance for the
soldiers because of its variety which provides suitability with all the needs of
army men. Different types of footlockers are as follows:
Trunk: A wooden box, generally much larger than other kinds of luggage.
Trunks come in smaller sizes as in the case of footlockers and larger ones
called steamers. These days’ trunks are more commonly used for storage than transportation. Items large enough to require a trunk are now usually shipped
in transport cases.
Crate Footlockers: It is a large wooden container for transporting goods. It
can also be defined as a container made of plastic or metal divided into small
sections for transporting goods.
Steel Trunks: These Metal
Trunks guarantee the durability
and sustainability of the steel
with the wide range of variety
such as Camouflage Trunk,
Marine Corp Trunk, Regular
Steel Trunk, Patriotic (flag)
Trunk, etc.
Decorative Trunks: These trunks are designed in such a way that it can
imbibe the artistic sense of the user. Different types of decorative trunks are
Cedar Trunk, Finished Cedar Trunk, Doll Trunk and Fin. Espresso Cedar
Trunk.
Officer Footlockers: These are amongst those footlockers which are of the
best shape with metal stripping along all of the corners, edges and leather
handles on both sides.
Plywood Footlockers: These are the most common type of footlocker used
by the U.S. Army. They generally follow similar size and designs, undergoing
only minor cosmetic changes in color and materials (from 1⁄2-inch-thick
(13 mm) plywood to 1 1⁄4-inch-thick (32 mm) plywood, depending on war
material needs and desire to reduce weight and cost of manufacture and cost
of shipping).
Hence it can be concluded that these footlockers are planned and designed
by paying attention on all the comfort and security measures such as, the
corners are reinforced with straps of metal riveted to the locker, and had thick
wooden handles on both sides for lifting by hand. After World War II,
collapsible metal handles would replace the protruding wooden grips, so that
each footlocker occupied less space and could be packed tighter for
transportation.