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

Claim 15:
16. 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 at least partial second back panel layer extends past each of the sides of the first back panel layer by the first thickness,

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,
wherein two of the plurality of walls are defined as side walls, one is defined as a top wall, and one is defined as a bottom wall, and wherein the two first wall layers and the second wall layers of the side walls are the posts of the first and second post and lintel assemblies respectively, and wherein the first and second wall layers of each of the top wall and the bottom wall are lintels for the corresponding assemblies,
wherein the at least partial second back panel layer comprises a plurality of battens arranged in a third post and lintel assembly defining a border of the first back panel layer, and wherein, when assembled, the battens adjacent the side walls are the posts of the third post and lintel assembly and the battens adjacent the top and bottom walls are the lintels for the corresponding assemblies, and
wherein the shipping crate further comprises frame battens rotatably fixed to the second wall layer opposite the back panel, such that when in a closed configuration, a first face of each of the frame battens rests on the sides of the second wall layer of each of the plurality of walls and form a fourth post and lintel assembly, and wherein the frame battens adjacent the side walls are the posts of the fourth post and lintel assembly and wherein the frame battens adjacent the top and bottom walls are the lintels for the corresponding assemblies.