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US 2018/0244422 A1Published application
Crate
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorsSuzanne Whitfield Clark, William P. Apps, Jon P. Hassell
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Abstract
A crate includes a base and a pair of end walls that extend upward from the base. A pair of side walls extend upward from the base between the pair of ends walls. A band extends along the pair of end walls and the pair of side walls. The band includes at least one first partial geometric shape formed in the band adjacent a top edge of the band aligned with at least one second partial geometric shape located adjacent a bottom edge of the band.
Claims20
A crate comprising:
- a base;
- a pair of end walls extending upward from the base;
- a pair of side walls extending upward from the base between the pair of ends walls;
- and
- a band extending along the pair of end walls and the pair of side walls, the band includes at least one first partial geometric shape formed in the band adjacent a top edge of the band aligned with at least one second partial geometric shape located adjacent a bottom edge of the band.
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A crate comprising:
- a base;
- a pair of side walls extending upward from the base;
- a pair of end walls extending upward from the base between the ends walls;
- a first end column extending upward from a first end edge of the base to a band;
- a first handle formed in the band portion above the first end column;
- and
- a handling equipment contact surface in one of the pair of end walls spaced from the band by a plurality of ribs and located above the first handle.
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A crate comprising:
- a base;
- a first end wall extending upward from a first end edge of the base including a pair of first end columns extending from the base to a band;
- and
- a first handling equipment contact surface on the first end wall spaced from the band by a plurality of ribs, wherein the first handling equipment contact surface extends across an upper edge of the pair of first end columns.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.