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US 10,322,838 B2Granted
Low depth dairy crate
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorSuzanne Whitfield Clark
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Abstract
A crate for storing containers includes a plurality of walls and a base connected to the plurality of walls. The base includes a plurality of recessed areas each having a first container contact surface spaced from a second container contact surface.
Claims21
A crate for storing containers comprising:
- a plurality of walls;
- and
- a base connected to the plurality of walls, the base including a plurality of recessed areas each having a first container contact surface spaced from a second container contact surface, wherein the first container contact surface is a container cover contact surface and the second container contact surface is a body portion contact surface and the container cover contact surface is defined by a plurality of ribs extending transversely to one another and extending downward from the base and a plurality of collar portions extend downward from the base, each of the body portion contact surfaces extend radially from one of the plurality of collar portions, wherein each of the plurality of collar portions extend from the first container contact surface to the body portion contact surface and each of the body portion contact surfaces define a generally conical shape and flare radially outward from a corresponding one of the plurality of collar portions to a platform portion that forms a lowermost surface of the crate.
A crate for storing containers comprising:
- a plurality of walls;
- and
- a base connected to the plurality of walls, the base including a plurality of recessed areas each having a container cover contact surface and a body portion contact surface, the container cover contact surface is defined by a plurality of ribs extending transversely to one another and extending downward from the base, a plurality of collar portions extend downward from the base, each of the body portion contact surfaces extend radially from one of the plurality of collar portions and the plurality of collar portions extend from the first container contact surface to the body portion contact surface, wherein each of the body portion contact surfaces flare radially outward from a corresponding one of the plurality of collar portions to a platform portion forming a lowermost surface of the crate and the platform portion and the body portion contact surface include a first pair of opposing edges and a second pair of opposing edges and the first pair of opposing edges and the second pair of opposing edges define a rectangular shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.