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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2005
Applicants:
Jon P. Hassell, Atlanta, GA (US);
William P. Apps, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Gerald R. Koefelda, Rowlett, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jon P. Hassell, Atlanta, GA (US);
William P. Apps, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Gerald R. Koefelda, Rowlett, TX (US);
Assignee:
Rehrig Pacific Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 21/032 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A stacking crate for bottles has a plurality of tapered pylons extending upward from a periphery of a floor. A rib extends downwardly in the interior of a cavity in each pylon. Each pylon further includes a slot in an upper surface of the pylon substantially aligned with the rib. When similar crates are nested, the ribs in the pylons of one crate will rest in the slots in the upper surface of the pylons of the lower crate, thus permitting the crates to be nested.