Patent · US Expired

Full-depth nestable crate

US6082542A · kind A · utility

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6References
10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 28, 1998
Grant dateJul 4, 2000
Priority date—
Expiry dateAug 28, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D2501/24707
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A full-depth nestable crate includes a plurality of columns, projections and channels disposed along exterior and interior surfaces of a retainer wall such that a top crate is nestable within a bottom crate in a first position and stacked on top of a bottom crate when rotated 180.degree. to a second position with respect to the bottom crate. A plurality of stacking rings depend from the bottom floor and interlock a top crate with a bottom crate when crates are stacked or nested. Each stacking ring is aligned with a pocket in the crate and disposed over a bottle in a bottom crate. A bottle cap on the bottle seats within a depression formed in the stacking ring.

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