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US 2019/0168909 A1Published application
Collapsible crate
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorMauricio D. Cavalcante
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Abstract
A crate includes a base, a pair of opposed side walls extending upward from the base and a pair of opposed end walls extending upward from the base. The base includes a plurality of container support areas each defined by a rectangular perimeter defined by a plurality of vents.
Claims22
A crate comprising:
- a base including a generally horizontal panel;
- a pair of opposed side walls extending upward from the base, generally perpendicular to the panel;
- a pair of opposed end walls extending upward from the base, generally perpendicular to the panel, a handle opening formed through each of the opposed end walls;
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- the panel of the base including a plurality of rectangular container support areas of the same size each having four sides, one of the plurality of rectangular container support areas positioned between two others of the plurality of rectangular support areas, wherein the container support areas are arranged in a 3×3 array substantially completely occupying the generally horizontal panel of the base from one of the side walls to the other of the side walls and from one of the end walls to the other of the end walls, each side intersected by a plurality of elongated vents each elongated along an axis perpendicular to the each side, the elongated vents formed through the panel of the base, one row of the elongated vents arranged adjacent each side wall, one column of the elongated vents arranged adjacent each end wall.
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A crate comprising:
- a base;
- a pair of opposed side walls extending upward from the base;
- a pair of opposed end walls extending upward from the base, each of the end walls including a handle opening therethrough;
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- the base including a plurality of container support areas of the same size each defined by a rectangular perimeter having four sides, a plurality of vents arranged along each of the sides of each of the perimeters, wherein the plurality of vents are each elongated along an axis perpendicular to its respective side of the respective perimeter, wherein the container support areas are arranged in a 3×3 array substantially completely occupying the base from one of the side walls to the other of the side walls and from one of the end walls to the other of the end walls.
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A crate comprising:
- a base;
- a pair of opposed side walls extending upward from the base;
- a pair of opposed end walls extending upward from the base;
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- wherein the side walls each include a lower panel portion extending from one end wall to the other end wall, an outer panel portion above the lower panel portion, and an upper panel portion above the outer panel portion, wherein an inner surface of each of the side walls is defined by the lower panel portion and the upper panel portion, and wherein the inner surface circumscribes the outer panel portion, wherein the outer panel portion is spaced outwardly of the upper panel portion and the lower panel portion, wherein lower vents are formed in the lower panel portion, outer vents are formed in the outer panel portion, and upper vents are formed in the upper panel portion, wherein the lower vents are elongated in a vertical direction, the outer vents are elongated in a horizontal direction and the upper vents are elongated in a direction generally parallel to the outer vents.
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A crate comprising:
- a base having opposed side edges and opposed end edges;
- a pair of opposed side walls extending upward from the side edges of the base;
- a pair of opposed end walls extending upward from the end edges of the base, a handle opening formed through each of the pair of opposed end walls;
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- the base including a plurality of first vents adjacent each of the side edges, the first vents elongated along axes perpendicular to the side edges, the base including a plurality of second vents adjacent each of the end edges, the second vents elongated along axes perpendicular to the end edges, the base including a plurality of third vents arranged in a plurality of rows parallel to the side edges, wherein the third vents are elongated along axes perpendicular to the side edges, the base including a plurality of fourth vents arranged in columns parallel to the end edges, wherein the fourth vents are elongated along axes perpendicular to the end edges.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.