Shipping crate joint and method of forming a shipping crate
AssigneeGroupe Dusogat
InventorFélix Meyer-Horn
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Abstract
A joint for use in making a shipping crate includes a base and a pair of orthogonal channels which extend upwardly from the base and are open from above. Each channel has an inner closed end and an outer open end, and has a width, along a length of the channel between the inner and outer ends, which is greater than the width at the inner and outer ends. The channel is preferably defined by an outer wall, an inner wall, and a pair of reinforcement members located at the inner and outer ends to define the region of smaller width at each end. The reinforcement members are preferably hollow vertical members which are rectangle or square in cross-section and which extend from the inner wall towards the outer wall. Preferably, at their inner ends, the channels share a reinforcement member.
Claims7
A joint for use in manufacturing a shipping crate comprising:
- a base, at least a portion of which lies in a base plane;
- a first wall portion extending perpendicular to said base and defining a first channel:
- which is open from above and longitudinally extends in a first axial direction which lies in a plane parallel to said base plane;
- which has an inner, closed end and an outer, open end;
- which has a width, perpendicular to said axial direction, along a length of said channel between said inner and outer ends which is greater than the width at said inner and outer ends;
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- which has a first width associated with the inner end, a second width associated with the outer end and, a third width along a length of said channel between said inner and outer ends;
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- wherein said second channel extends in a second axial direction which lies in a plane parallel to said base plane, is perpendicular to said first axial direction, and intersects said first axially direction;
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- wherein said channels are oriented such that said open ends are located away from the point where the first and second axial directions intersect.
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