Collapsible container including troughs
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorsWilliam P. Apps, Jon P. Hassell, Travis James Englert
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Abstract
A collapsible container includes a base having a base wall with a plurality of support surfaces separated by a longitudinal drainage channel and a plurality of lateral drainage channels intersecting the longitudinal drainage channel. The drainage channels are lower than the support surfaces. The base wall does not include any openings therethrough, so the drainage channels retain fluid leaking from products or packages in the container. The base may further include a plurality of troughs proximate edges of the base. The plurality of troughs are lower than the drainage channels. Walls are pivotably mounted to the base and are pivotable between an upright position and a collapsed position.
Claims19
A collapsible container comprising:
- a base having a plurality of support surfaces separated by drainage channels lower than the support surfaces;
- a plurality of troughs proximate edges of the base including L-shaped troughs in corners of the base and side troughs along side edges of the base between the L-shaped troughs and spaced away from the L-shaped troughs, wherein the plurality of troughs are lower than the drainage channels, wherein the plurality of troughs form drag rails on a bottom surface of the base including L-shaped drag rails formed by the L-shaped troughs and side drag rails along side edges of the base between the L-shaped drag rails and spaced away from the L-shaped drag rails, wherein the drag rails provide the lowermost surfaces of the container;
- a pair of side walls extending upward from side edges of the base;
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- a pair of end walls extending upward from end edges of the base.
A collapsible container comprising:
- a base having opposed side edges and opposed end edges;
- a pair of side walls extending upward from side edges of the base;
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- a pair of end walls extending upward from end edges of the base, the base including a base wall having a plurality of support surfaces separated by a longitudinal drainage channel lower than the support surfaces, wherein the longitudinal drainage channel is generally parallel to the side walls and extends from one end edge of the base to the other end edge of the base, the base further including a plurality of lateral drainage channels parallel to the end walls extending from one side edge of the base to the other side edge of the base, the plurality of lateral drainage channels intersecting the longitudinal drainage channel to define the plurality of support surfaces in two arrays, wherein the base wall does not include any openings therethrough.
A container comprising:
- a base having a plurality of support surfaces separated by drainage channels lower than the support surfaces;
- a plurality of troughs proximate edges of the base including L-shaped troughs in corners of the base and side troughs along side edges of the base between the L-shaped troughs and spaced away from the L-shaped troughs, wherein the plurality of troughs are lower than the drainage channels, wherein the plurality of troughs form drag rails on a bottom surface of the base including L-shaped drag rails formed by the L-shaped troughs and side drag rails along side edges of the base between the L-shaped drag rails and spaced away from the L-shaped drag rails, wherein the drag rails provide the lowermost surfaces of the container;
- a pair of side walls extending upward from side edges of the base;
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- a pair of end walls extending upward from end edges of the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.