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US 8,573,427 B2Granted
Crates
AssigneeGoodpack Ltd.
InventorDavid Lam
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Abstract
A collapsible crate for transporting goods, the crate having an upstanding wall, at least a portion of which is movable, locating feature and releasable locking feature for releasably securing the movable wall portion relative to the crate, wherein the locating feature has a projection receivable within a recess or aperture to align, in use, the movable wall portion relative to the crate such that the movable wall portion is releasably securable by the locking feature.
Claims12
A collapsible crate having an erected and a collapsed condition for transporting goods in the erected condition, the crate having a base and upstanding walls,
- i) at least one of the upstanding walls comprising a frame and a removable wall portion, the frame including a cross member and the frame being hingedly attached to the base portion, the removable wall portion having a lower member;
- ii) locating means;
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- iii) releasable locking means for releasably securing in the erected condition the movable wall portion relative to the frame,
- iv) the locating means being provided by an upwardly extruding projection of the lower member of the removable wall portion co-operating with a recess in the cross member of the frame to align, in use, the removable wall portion relative to the frame such that the removable wall portion is releasably securable in the erected condition by the releasable locking means and on release of the releasably locking means to permit the removeable wall portion to be pivoted outwardly relative to the frame about the locating means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.