Hybrid collapsible crate
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorDaniel Vincent Sekowski
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Abstract
A container includes a base having end edges and side edges. The base includes a plurality of regions including a center region, corner portions, side regions between the corner portions and between the center portion and the side edges, and end regions between the corner portions and between the center portion and the end edges. The center region is reinforced differently from the side regions, end regions, and corner regions. The corner regions are reinforced differently from the side regions and the end regions. The center region has no ribs protruding downwardly. A plurality of walls extending upward from the side edges and the end edges of the base.
Claims22
A container comprising:
- a base, the base including a center region having a plurality of horizontal wall portions and a plurality of ribs extending upward from the plurality of horizontal wall portions, wherein the plurality of ribs extend from the plurality of horizontal wall portions to free ends, wherein the plurality of ribs includes a plurality of first ribs and a plurality of second ribs, the plurality of first ribs extending perpendicularly to and intersecting the plurality of second ribs;
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- a plurality of walls extending upward from the base.
A container comprising:
- a base having end edges and side edges, the base including a plurality of regions including a center region, corner regions, side regions between the corner regions and between the center region and the side edges, and end regions between the corner regions and between the center region and the end edges, wherein the center region is reinforced differently from the side regions, end regions, and corner regions, wherein the corner regions are reinforced differently from the side regions and the end regions, wherein there are no ribs projecting downward in the center region, wherein the center region has a plurality of lower panel portions and a plurality of ribs extending upward from the plurality of lower panel portions to free ends, wherein the plurality of ribs includes a plurality of first ribs intersecting a plurality of second ribs wherein the plurality of second ribs extends parallel to end edges of the base;
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- a plurality of walls extending upward from the side edges and the end edges of the base.
A container comprising:
- a base having end edges and side edges, the base including a plurality of regions including a center region, corner regions, side regions between the corner regions and between the center region and the side edges, and end regions between the corner regions and between the center region and the end edges, wherein the center region is reinforced differently from the side regions, end regions, and corner regions, wherein the corner regions are reinforced differently from the side regions and the end regions, wherein the center region has a plurality of lower panel portions and a plurality of ribs extending upward from the plurality of lower panel portions to free ends, the plurality of ribs including a plurality of first ribs and a plurality of second ribs, the plurality of first ribs extending perpendicularly to and intersecting the plurality of second ribs;
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- a plurality of walls pivotably connected to the side edges and the end edges of the base and movable between an upright position and a collapsed position on the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.