Special receptacle or package – Structural features for vertical stacking – i.e. – similar... – Having vertical projecting element or recess for interlock
Patent
1995-04-18
1998-01-06
Castellano, Stephen J.
Special receptacle or package
Structural features for vertical stacking, i.e., similar...
Having vertical projecting element or recess for interlock
206427, 220756, 220771, 220DIG15, B65D 21032
Patent
active
057044821
ABSTRACT:
A low depth, nestable display crate for bottles is integrally molded from plastic and comprises two basic components--a floor and a wall structure extending up from the floor and extending around the periphery of the floor. The floor has bottle support areas. The wall structure comprises a lower wall portion adjacent the floor and a plurality of integrally formed pylons arranged along the sidewalls of the wall structure. The endwalls of the wall structure comprise extended handles which may be grasped in either a palm-up or palm-down orientation and allow for minimum crate dimensions. The handles are configured so as to provide sufficient clearance for a user's hands to grasp the handles. The extended configuration also provides for easy lifting as the handle bars are located well above the center of gravity of the crate for easy lifting. In a preferred embodiment, the pylons are angled toward the interior of the crate and tapered to be smaller in cross section at the top and larger near the lower wall portion so as to allow corresponding pylons of a similar empty crate to nest within one another. The crate of the present invention combines the advantages of a nesting crate with sufficient strength afforded by its double-walled construction; maximum, unobstructed visibility of the bottles; and ergonomically designed handles which alleviate fatigue and the occurrence of hand-wrist injuries.
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Apps William P.
Koefelda Gerald R.
Castellano Stephen J.
Rehrig Pacific Company, Inc.
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