Patent ID: 11858685
Assignee: DELAWARE NATIONAL ART COMPANY, LLC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A shipping crate comprising:
a plurality of walls, each wall comprising at least two layers of rigid material,
wherein a first wall layer of the at least two layers of each wall has sides and a first thickness; and
wherein a second wall layer of the at least two layers of each wall has sides extending past each of the sides of the corresponding first wall by the first thickness, and

a back panel comprising a first back panel layer of the rigid material and at least a partial second back panel layer of the rigid material,
wherein the first back panel layer has sides and a thickness substantially similar to the first thickness; and
wherein the second back panel layer extends past each of the sides of the first back panel layer by the first thickness, and

a plurality of cleats, each comprising two panels of rigid material butted together at a joint,
wherein, when assembled, the first wall layers of each of the plurality of walls combine to form a first post and lintel assembly and the second wall layers of each of the plurality of walls combine to form a second post and lintel assembly distinct from the first post and lintel assembly, and
wherein, when assembled, each joint of two walls is overlayed with a corresponding cleat of the plurality of cleats, and
wherein all of the plurality of walls have a substantially similar second wall layer width, and wherein each of the two panels of rigid materials forming the corresponding cleats have a substantially similar cleat panel length larger than the second wall layer width by twice the first thickness, such that when applied to the joints of two walls, a first end of each cleat panel extends past a first corresponding side of the underlying second wall layer by the first thickness and a second end of each cleat panel extends past a second corresponding side of the underlying second wall layer by the first thickness.