Patent ID: 6203235
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
A fastener assembly for fastening together two adjacent cleated panels of a crate, said fastener assembly comprising:a substantially L-shaped fastener having two legs, a first leg extendable along at least the width of a cleat of the first panel, and a second leg extendable along at least the height of the cleat of the first panel and the width of a cleat of the second panel, said first leg having a first tab substantially perpendicular to said first leg and extendable along the interior edge of the cleat of the first panel at an end of said first leg farthest from said second leg, said second leg having a second tab substantially perpendicular to said second leg and extendable along the interior edge of the cleat of the second panel at an end of said second leg farthest from said first leg, at least one of said first and second tabs forming a loop in a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the respective leg of said at least one looped tab; anda retainer comprising a plate having two ends, one end of said plate fixedly mountable between the cleat and the panel nearest to one of said at least one looped tab, the other end of said plate extending from between the cleat and the panel to form a substantially closed loop adjacent to the interior edge of the cleat for pivotally connecting said one of said at least one looped tab.