Crate
US5097980A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 11, 1991 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D2501/24847
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A crate has a thin-walled body defining a cavity for receiving a plurality of containers and a base on which the containers can be supported. The crate also has a crate insert located wholly or substantially wholly in the cavity of the body. The insert provides a spacer arrangement suitably above the floor of the body for separating containers in the crate from one another in normal use. The crate insert has load-bearing pillars for forming part of a composite load bearing pillar construction with pillars of lower and higher crates of a substantially identical construction when the crate is located in a stack of crates. The insert may be secured to the crate body by locating formalities.
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