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US 8,448,806 B2Granted
Low depth crate
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorJon P. Hassell
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Abstract
A crate according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a base, a pair of opposed side walls extending upward from the sides of the base and a pair of end walls extending upward from ends of the base. The end walls each include a pair of spaced apart end columns each having a side flange partially defining a bottle receiving pocket and a lower rib projecting upwardly from the base between the side flanges. A handle extends across the pair of spaced apart columns at each end wall.
Claims19
A crate comprising:
- a base;
- a pair of opposed side walls extending upward from sides of the base;
- first and second opposed end walls extending upward from ends of the base, the first end wall including a pair of spaced-apart end columns each having a side flange partially defining a bottle-receiving pocket, a lower rib projecting upwardly from the base between the side flanges;
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- a handle extending across upper portions of the pair of spaced-apart columns at the first end wall, further including a plurality of bottles in the crate including a first bottle in the bottle-receiving pocket, the first bottle spaced away from the handle to form a gap between the bottle and the handle in which fingers of a hand grasping the handle can be received.
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A crate comprising:
- a base;
- a pair of opposed side walls extending upward from sides of the base;
- a pair of opposed end walls extending upward from ends of the base, the end walls each including a pair of spaced-apart end columns each having a side flange partially defining a bottle-receiving pocket, exterior surfaces of the end columns tapering inwardly of the crate;
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- a handle extending across upper portions of the pair of columns at each end wall, wherein the handle is disposed outward of the tapered exterior surfaces of the end columns and the end columns are configured to maintain a gap between a bottle abutting the end columns and the handle, the gap sufficient to receive fingers of a user's hand grasping the handle.
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A crate comprising:
- a base;
- a pair of opposed side walls extending upward from sides of the base;
- first and second opposed end walls extending upward from ends of the base, the first end wall including a pair of spaced-apart end columns each having a side flange partially defining a bottle-receiving pocket, a lower rib projecting upwardly from the base between the side flanges;
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- a handle extending across upper portions of the pair of spaced-apart columns at the first end wall, an upper rib extending from each end of the handle to each of the side flanges, the upper ribs generally perpendicular to the handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.