US 12,071,274 B2
Modular produce crate
Richard Aneck-Hahn, Johannesburg (ZA); and Krzysztof Blaski, Tweed heads (AU)
Appl. No. 17/754,698
Filed by Richard Aneck-Hahn, Johannesburg (ZA); and Krzysztof Blaski, Tweed heads (AU)
PCT Filed Oct. 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/AU2020/051106
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/072492, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019903879 (AU), filed on Oct. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0052384 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 19/18 (2006.01); B65D 85/34 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 19/18 (2013.01) [B65D 85/34 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00034 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00069 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00134 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00174 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00273 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00288 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00308 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00323 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00333 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00412 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00497 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00522 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00567 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00572 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00587 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00621 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00796 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00975 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular produce crate comprising four side panels, a base panel and a base having a quadrant of upper surface corner base connectors each defining a receptacle in an upper surface of the base, each side panel defining an interior base panel channel, a pair of side panel corner connectors extending below the channel and opposite side panel interfacing edges above the channel, wherein adjacent pairs side panel corner connectors plug downwardly into each respective receptacles of the corner base connector and clip into each respective corner base connector, wherein an edge of the base panel is engaged within the base panel channels to hold the base panel and adjacent interfacing edges thereof are fastened together, and wherein downwardly is defined as a direction toward a plane defined by a top surface of the base.