Crate assembly

A kit for assembling a crate comprising:

• a plurality of slats;
• a plurality of caps each adapted to be fitted onto an end of a slat to make a slat assembly, each cap having a channel adapted to slide the slat assembly along a rail;
• a plurality of corner rail assemblies each defining a corner of the crate, each corner rail assembly including a vertical rail adapted for receiving the cap of a slat assembly;
• and
• a plurality of bottom rail assemblies, each bottom rail assembly having one end connected to a bottom end of one corner rail assembly and an opposing end connected to a bottom end of another corner rail assembly, each bottom rail assembly including a horizontal rail adapted for receiving the cap of a slat assembly;
• wherein a bottom face of a crate is formed by installing slat assemblies onto the bottom rail assemblies and a side face of the crate is formed by installing slat assemblies onto a pair of corner rail assemblies.

A crate assembly comprising:

• a plurality of slats with each slat having a cap on each end making a slat assembly, the cap having a channel adapted to slide the slat along a rail;
• a plurality of corner rail assemblies each defining a corner of the crate assembly, each corner rail assembly including a vertical rail adapted for receiving the cap of a slat assembly;
• and
• a plurality of bottom rail assemblies, each bottom rail assembly having one end connected to a bottom end of one corner rail assembly and an opposing end connected to a bottom end of another corner rail assembly, each bottom rail assembly including a horizontal rail adapted for receiving the cap of a slat assembly;
• wherein the crate assembly has a bottom face and a plurality of side faces, the bottom face comprising slat assemblies installed onto the bottom rail assemblies and each side face comprising slat assemblies installed onto a pair of corner rail assemblies.

A crate assembly comprising:

• a plurality of slats with each slat having a cap on each end making a slat assembly, the cap having a channel adapted to slide the slat along a rail;
• a set of four corner rail assemblies each defining a corner of the crate assembly, each corner rail assembly including a vertical rail adapted for receiving the cap of a slat assembly and a substantially T-shaped slot;
• a set of two bottom rail assemblies, each bottom rail assembly including a horizontal rail adapted for receiving the cap of a slat assembly and a substantially T-shaped rail for insertion into the substantially T-shaped slot of the corner rail assembly whereby each bottom rail assembly has one end connected to a bottom end of one corner rail assembly and an opposing end connected to a bottom end of another corner rail assembly;
• a set of locks for securing each bottom rail assembly to a corner rail assembly, each lock comprising a hook on the corner rail assembly, a recess adapted to receive the hook on the bottom rail assembly, and a ridge on the bottom rail assembly adapted to retain the hook within the recess,
• wherein the crate assembly has a bottom face and a plurality of side faces, the bottom face comprising slat assemblies installed onto the bottom rail assemblies and each side face comprising slat assemblies installed onto a pair of corner rail assemblies.