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US 7,484,623 B2Granted
Corrugated shipping container system
OwnerDavid P. Goodrichinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a cargo shipping crate having a base, four sides and a top cap, a first panel and a second panel. The first panel and the second panel form four sides of the crate. Each panel has a first, a second and a third subpanel. The first subpanel of the first panel is positioned to overlap the third subpanel of the second panel, and the second subpanel of the first and the second panel have substantially identical dimensions. The first subpanel of the first and the second panel have substantially identical dimensions, and the third subpanel of the first and the second panel have substantially identical dimensions. The top cap has four flaps, each of the four flaps are rotatable to a position superjacent a subpanel.
Claims20
A crate having:
- a planar end cap, said end cap having two side flaps and two end flaps, four side walls, said side walls comprising
- a first panel and a second panel, said first panel and said second panel forming said four side walls,
- said first panel having a first, a second, and a third subpanel,
- said second panel having a first, a second and a third subpanel,
- said first subpanel of said first panel overlapping the exterior side of said third subpanel of said second panel,
- said first subpanel of said second panel overlapping the exterior side of said third subpanel of said first panel,
- said second subpanel of said first panel and said second subpanel of said second panel having substantially identical dimensions,
- said first subpanel of said first panel and said first panel of said second panel have substantially identical dimensions, and
- said third subpanel of said first and said second panel having substantially identical dimensions,
- said first subpanel of said first panel being between a first of said two end flaps of said end cap and said, third subpanel of said second panel
- said first subpanel of said second panel being between a second of said two end flaps of said end cap and said third subpanel of said first panel
- each of said first subpanel extending less than half the width of each of said third subpanels, and
- said third panel of said first panel having a width that extends from its contiguous second panel to the interior surface of said second subpanel of said second panel,
- said first subpanel of said first panel being releasably secured between said third subpanel of said second panel and one of said end flaps of said end cap, and
- wherein said second subpanel of said first panel and said second subpanel of said second panel are two opposing walls of said four side walls, and said third subpanel of said first panel and said third subpanel of said second panel are the other two opposing walls of said four side walls.
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A crate having
- a planar base,
- four side walls, said side walls comprising:
- a first panel and a second panel, said first panel and said second panel forming said four side walls,
- said first panel having a first, a second, and a third subpanel,
- said second panel having a first, a second, and a third subpanel
- said first subpanel of said first panel overlapping said third subpanel of said second panel,
- said first subpanel of said second panel overlapping said third subpanel of said first panel,
- said second subpanel of said first panel and said second subpanel of said second panel having substantially identical dimensions,
- said first subpanel of said first panel and said first subpanel of said second panel having substantially identical dimensions, and
- said third subpanel of said first panel and said third subpanel of said second panel having substantially identical dimensions,
- said first subpanel of said first panel overlying the exterior side of said third subpanel of said second panel,
- said first subpanel of said second panel overlying the exterior side of said third subpanel of said first panel,
- each of said first subpanel extending less than half the width of each of said third subpanel,
- said third subpanel of said first panel having a width that extends from its contiguous second panel to the interior surface of said second subpanel of said second panel,
- said third subpanel of said second panel having a width that extends from its contiguous second subpanel to the interior surface of said second subpanel of said first panel,
- said planar base being interior of said first panel and said second panel, and said third subpanel of said first panel being releasably secured between said first subpanel of said second panel and a peripheral edge of said planar base, and said third subpanel of said second panel being releasably secured between said first subpanel of said first panel and a peripheral edge of said planar base,
- wherein said second subpanel of said first panel and said second subpanel of said second panel are two opposing walls of said four side walls, and said third subpanel of said first panel and said third subpanel of said second panel are the other two opposing walls of said four side walls.
14 more elements
A crate, said crate being formed of at least double wall corrugated paper and having
- at least one end cap, said end cap having two side flaps and two end flaps,
- four side walls, said side walls comprising
- a first panel and a second panel of at least double wall corrugated paper,
- said first panel having a first, a second, and a third subpanel, said second subpanel being wider than said third subpanel
- said second panel having a first, a second, and a third subpanel, said second being wider than said third subpanel
- said first subpanel of said first panel overlapping said third subpanel of said second panel,
- said first subpanel of said second panel overlapping said third subpanel of said first panel,
- said second subpanel of said first panel and said second subpanel of said second panel having substantially identical dimensions,
- said first subpanel of said first panel and said first panel of said second panel have substantially identical dimensions, and
- said third subpanel of said first panel and said third subpanel of said second panel having substantially identical dimensions,
- said first subpanel of said first panel overlying the exterior side of said third subpanel of said second panel,
- said first subpanel of said second panel overlying the exterior side of said third subpanel of said first panel,
- said first subpanel of said first panel being releasably secured between a first of said two end flaps of said end cap, and said third subpanel of said second panel
- said first subpanel of said second panel being releasably secured between a second of said two end flaps of said end cap and said third subpanel of said first panel
- each of said first subpanels extending less than half the width of each of said third subpanels, and
- said third subpanel of said first panel having a width that extends from its contiguous second panel to the interior surface of said second subpanel of said second panel,
- said third subpanel of said second panel having a width that extends from its contiguous second panel to the interior surface of said second subpanel of said first panel,
- a first of said at least one end cap being a top cap, said top cap being positioned on the top edges of said first panel and said second panel,
- a second of said at least one end cap being a planar bottom cap positioned under the lower edges of said first panel and said second panel,
- a top planar base of at least double wall corrugated paper secured to the interior side of said top cap, said top planar base being interior of said first panel and said second panel, and having peripheral dimensions that are substantially equal to the interior dimensions of said crate
- each of said third subpanel being releasably secured between a peripheral edge of said top planar base and a first subpanel,
- a bottom planar base at least double wall corrugated paper secured to the interior side of said bottom cap, said bottom planar base being interior of said first panel and said second panel, and having peripheral dimensions that are substantially equal to the interior dimensions of said crate,
- said first subpanel of said first panel being releasably secured between said third subpanel of said second panel and a first of said two side flaps of said side flaps of said bottom cap
- said first subpanel of said second panel being rotatably contiguous with said second subpanel of said second panel and said first subpanel of said first panel being rotatably contiguous with said second subpanel of said second panel,
- strapping means, said strapping means being at least two sets of straps, wherein one set of straps is at right angles to the other set of straps,
- said first subpanel of said first panel being releasably secured between said third subpanel of said second panel and a flap member of said bottom cap by said strapping means,
- a skid member, said skid member having a plurality of feet fixed to the obverse of said skid, and said planar bottom base panel being secured to the reverse side of said skid,
- and said crate being secured to said skid by said strapping means.
25 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.