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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2012
Tru Vue, Inc., Faribault, MN (US);
Nate Soukup, Owatonna, MN (US);
Joel T. Anderson, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Jason Stevenson, Lakeville, MN (US);
TruVue, Inc., Faribault, MN (US);
Abstract
A shipping container system comprises a bottom panel, a plurality of side panels, and a top panel, each with interlocking features. The side panels interlock with the bottom panel to assemble a self-supporting shipping container. A plurality of horizontally oriented slots are formed in an opposing pair of the side panels, and arranged at different heights between the bottom panel and a top edge of the side panels. A cross member is positioned at a selected height by insertion into an opposing pair of the slots, in order to restrain one or more shipping units against vertical motion inside the shipping container. The top panel interlocks with the side panels to cover the shipping container, and is spaced above the plurality of shipping units at a clearance maintained by the cross member.