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US 4,773,554 AGranted
Crate
AssigneeTeknol Holdings, Inc.
InventorMichael J. Warwick
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Abstract
A bottle crate has an upper part which is upwardly open and a lower part receivable in an upper part of an identical subjacent crate and having a single, lower-most, relatively-smooth floor. Separating posts extend upwardly from the floor to provide upwardly opening primary sockets in which lower portions of bottles are receivable. Each primary socket has a seat on which a lower part of a bottle received in the primary socket is supportable. The crate also has downwardly opening secondary sockets within which neck portions of bottles in a subjacent crate are receivable in use.
Claims13
A bottle crate, comprising:
- an upper part which is upwardly open;
- a lower part connected to the upper part and comprising a single, lowermost, relatively-smooth floor, the lower part being receivable in the upper part of an identical, subjacent crate;
- separating means extending upwardly from the floor at least partially for defining upwardly open primary sockets in which at least lower portions of bottles are respectively receivable;
- supporting means above the floor at a height therefrom less than the extent of the separating means for providing each primary socket with a seat on which a lower part of a bottle received in the primary socket is supportable;
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- downwardly opening secondary sockets in the floor within which neck portions of bottles in the subjacent crate are respectively receivable in use, the secondary sockets having respective socket mouths with respective peripheral surface means for resting on the neck portions of the bottles in the subjacent crate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.