Suzanne A Ward

US Patent:

20220250783, Aug 11, 2022

Filed:

Apr 29, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/733128

Inventors:

- Los Angeles CA, US
Suzanne Clark Ward - Santa Monica CA, US
Shelby Frances Apps - Brookhaven GA, US

International Classification:

B65D 1/24
B65D 71/70
B65D 21/04

Abstract:

A nestable beverage crate includes a base, side walls and end walls. Each side wall includes a plurality of side columns connecting a side upper band to the base. Each end wall includes a plurality of end columns connected an end upper band to the base. The side upper band and the end upper bands each have a plurality of peaks and valleys and are asymmetric, such that adjacent crates will have peaks aligned with valleys and vice-versa. For purposes of preventing shingling, the effective height of the side upper bands and the end upper bands of these two adjacent side walls is the full distance between the upper edge of the peak and the lower edge of the valley, but the nesting height of the crate is only the height of the upper bands.