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US 12,258,170 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.
Claims27
A crate for storing containers comprising:
- a base having an upper support surface;
- a plurality of collar portions extending downward from the base;
- a plurality of ribs extending outward from each of the collar portions;
- a body portion contact surface extending radially from each of the plurality of collar portions, wherein each body portion contact surface is concave, a recess defined within each of the body portion contact surfaces;
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- a plurality of walls extending upward from the base, each of the plurality of walls including a plurality of columns connecting an upper wall portion to the base, the columns spaced inwardly of the upper wall portions such that the base and columns of an identical crate can be nested in the upper wall portion of the crate.
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A crate for storing containers comprising:
- a base having an upper support surface;
- a plurality of collar portions extending downward from the base;
- a plurality of ribs extending outward from each of the collar portions;
- a body portion contact surface extending radially from each of the plurality of collar portions, wherein each body portion contact surface is concave, a recess defined within each of the body portion contact surfaces;
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- a plurality of walls extending upward from the base, wherein the plurality of walls each include an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion attached to the base via the lower portion, each of the plurality of walls including a plurality of alternating upper ledges and upwardly-opening recesses inward of the upper portion, wherein the lower portions of an identical crate can be nested in the upper portions of the crate.
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A crate for storing containers comprising:
- a base having an upper support surface;
- a plurality of collar portions extending downward from the base;
- a plurality of ribs extending outward from each of the collar portions;
- a body portion contact surface extending radially from each of the plurality of collar portions, wherein each body portion contact surface is concave, a recess defined within each of the body portion contact surfaces;
- a plurality of columns extending upward from a periphery of the upper support surface of the base;
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- an upper wall portion extending upward from upper ends of the plurality of columns, the plurality of columns connecting the upper wall portion to the base, the plurality of columns spaced inward relative to the upper wall portion, a plurality of alternating upper ledges formed at an upper edge of the upper wall portion and inward of the upper wall portion, a plurality of upwardly-opening recesses defined by an inner surface of the upper wall portion and above the columns, wherein the plurality of columns of an identical crate can be nested between the upper wall portions of the crate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.