Patent ID: 8668089
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A stackable crate comprising crate walls, a top opening and a base region, wherein: the top opening has an edge region; the edge region extends along the entire top opening, is channel-shaped in certain areas and comprises at least one first through bore formed as an outflow opening through the edge region and opening outside the crate wall; the base region comprises at least one second through bore; and the edge and base regions are structurally configured in such a way that the base region of a first stackable crate, when placed on the edge region of an identical second stackable crate, is positively held laterally in a first stacked position which is designed to permit the flow of liquid through the at least one second through bore of the first stackable crate into the edge region of the second stackable crate and then through the at least one first through bore of the second stackable crate and along the outer side of the crate wall; and the first and second stackable crates are structurally configured to be inserted into and stacked inside one another in a second stacked position of 180° relative rotation as between the stackable crates about a vertical axis, wherein the edge region comprises lateral outer edges and surfaces with outer contours which are designed in a wavy-shaped pattern to form a complementary and form-fitting lock against shearing-off when placed laterally against the lateral outer edges and surfaces of one or more adjacent stackable crates, and further wherein the edge region has a vertical section that is H-shaped or in the shape of a T lying horizontally.