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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
May. 12, 2014
Rehrig Pacific Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
William P. Apps, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Suzanne Whitfield Clark, Atlanta, GA (US);
Rehrig Pacific Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A beverage crate include a base, a pair of opposed side walls extending upward from the sides of the base and a pair of end walls extending upward from ends of the base. The end walls each include a pair of spaced apart end columns. A handle extends across the pair of spaced apart columns at each end wall. The height of the handle is aligned with a portion of the bottle having a reduced diameter. For example, some bottles have a tapered or contoured middle portion to facilitate grasping the bottle. This allows the handle to be positioned closer to the bottles, which reduces the overall length of the crate. The reduced length of the crate then permits a reduced width of the crate per the required ratio for cross-stacking. The reduced width then permits a full bottle capture on the bottom surface of the crate.