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US 5,429,259 AGranted
Interlocking crating system
OwnerRaymond S. Robininventor
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Abstract
An interlocking crating system comprising a pair of side walls, a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall and a bottom wall. A structure is for retaining the side walls, the front wall, the rear wall, the top wall and the bottom wall together in a locked position to form a box-like configuration to transport various articles therein.
Claims5
An interlocking crating system comprising:
- a) a pair of side walls;
- b) a front wall;
- c) a rear wall;
- d) a top wall;
- e) a bottom wall;
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- f) skeletal framework means for retaining said side walls, said front wall, said rear wall, said top wall and said bottom wall together in a locked position to form a box-like configuration to transport various articles therein, said skeletal framework means comprising a plurality of L-shaper holders having a pair of legs at right angles to each other, said legs having slots between inner and outer faces of said legs for receiving the edges of adjacent walls at right angles to each other, a longitudinal dovetail groove formed in the outer face of each of said legs, a plurality of corner members each having three intersecting L-shaped arms mounted over said L-shaped holders where said holders come together at each corner of said box-like configuration, said arms having longitudinal dovetail tongues for fitting into and interlocking with said dovetail grooves, and means for securing said corner members to said L-shaped holders comprising setscrews threaded into said L-shaped holders through said corner members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.