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US 7,762,417 B2Granted
Modular reusable vehicle shipping crate
AssigneeGatewood Products, LLC
InventorW. Craig Arnold
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Abstract
A shipping crate for shipping objects such as all-terrain vehicles and personal water-crafts. The shipping crate includes a top frame structure and a bottom frame structure. The crate may include an extension removably connectable to the bottom frame structure. The crate may include at least one pivotally mounted leg.
Claims12
A stack of at least two crates, comprising:
- a top frame portion comprising a plurality of top support members each fixedly attached to one or more top corner portions;
- a middle frame portion comprising a plurality of middle support members each fixedly attached to one or more middle corner portions;
- a bottom frame portion comprising a plurality of bottom support members each fixedly attached to one or more bottom corner portions, and having openings positioned above an end member;
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- an extension removably connectable to the openings of the bottom frame portion, said extension comprising a plurality of support members each fixedly attached to one or more corner portions,
- wherein, when the one or more corner portions of the extension face upwards, said extension is above the ground and is placed over a back end of another crate, thereby allowing at least two crates to be stacked in a horizontal direction.
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