Method of stacking storage crates

A method of forming a stacked assembly of storage crates, the method comprising:

• providing a stackable storage crate and another stackable storage crate, each of the stackable storage crate and the another stackable storage crate having a main body having a first side wall, a second side wall, a front wall, and a rear wall, an upper section, and a bottom section, the upper section having a top lip and an inner surface with a repeating sequence of lands and channels, and the bottom section having a ridge with a matching shape;
• aligning the stackable storage crate with the another stackable storage crate;
• and
• disposing the stackable storage crate on the another stackable storage crate such that the stackable storage crate abuts the another stackable storage crate, wherein the matching shape of the ridge of the stackable storage crate corresponds with and is disposed adjacent the repeating sequence of lands and channels of the inner surface of another stackable storage crate,
• whereby a placement of the ridge of the stackable storage crate relative to the inner surface of the upper section of the another stackable storage crate militates against lateral movement of the stackable storage crate relative to the another stackable storage crate in both a side-to-side direction and a forward-to-backward direction.

A method of forming a stacked assembly of storage crates, the method comprising:

• providing a first storage crate and a second storage crate, each of the first storage crate and the second storage crate having a main body having a first side wall, a second side wall, a front wall, and a rear wall, an upper section, and a bottom section, the upper section having a top lip and an inner surface with a repeating sequence of lands and channels, and the bottom section having a ridge with a matching shape;
• and
• stacking the first storage crate on the second storage crate wherein the stacking of the first storage crate on the second storage crate causes first storage crate to contact the second storage crate, wherein the matching shape of the ridge of the first storage crate corresponds with and is disposed adjacent the repeating sequence of lands and channels of the inner surface of the second storage crate,
• the stacking of the first storage crate on the second storage crate causes the ridge of the first storage crate to engage the inner surface of the upper section of the second storage crate and limit lateral movement of the first storage crate relative to the second storage crate.