Reconfigurable beverage crate
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorsSuzanne Clark Ward, Shelby Frances Apps, Brian Robert Guerry, William P. Apps, Margaret Wilson Garratt
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Abstract
A beverage crate includes a base and a plurality of walls extending upward from the base. The base together with the plurality of walls define a container interior for receiving beverage containers. By reconfiguring the crate, the storage volume of the container interior is selectively adjustable to accommodate different size beverage containers. Thus, the same crate could be used for different size beverage containers.
Claims18
In combination, a beverage crate and a plurality of first beverage containers, the combination comprising:
- the beverage crate including a base and a plurality of walls extending from the base, the base together with the plurality of walls defining a container interior receiving the plurality of first beverage containers, wherein a storage volume of the container interior is selectively adjustable to accommodate the plurality of first beverage containers and to be able to accommodate a plurality of second beverage containers, the beverage crate further including at least one spacer movable between a stowed position in which the storage volume of the container interior is larger and a deployed position in which the storage volume of the container interior is smaller;
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- the plurality of first beverage containers received in the storage volume and contacting the at least one spacer in the deployed position.
In combination, a beverage crate and a plurality of beverage containers, the combination comprising:
- the beverage crate including:
- a base having opposed end edges and opposed side edges;
- a pair of opposed end walls extending upward from the end edges of the base;
- a pair of opposed side walls extending upward from the side edges of the base, the base together with the pair of opposed side walls and the pair of opposed end walls defining a container interior for receiving beverage containers;
- an end spacer secured to one of the pair of opposed end walls, the end spacer movable between a stowed position in which the container interior is larger and a deployed position in which the container interior is smaller;
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- a side spacer secured to one of the pair of opposed side walls, the side spacer movable between a stowed position in which the container interior is larger and a deployed position in which the container interior is smaller;
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- the plurality of beverage containers received in the container interior and contacting the end spacer and the side spacer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.