Patent ID: 7967142
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A crate comprising: a base; a plurality of walls extending upwardly from the base, the plurality of walls including a first wall, the first wall including an upper panel portion offset outwardly from a lower panel portion; an upper band connecting the plurality of walls along an uppermost edge of the crate, a plurality of vertical slats extending from a lower portion of the crate to the upper band, such that the crate will stack on the slats of a similar crate in one relative orientation and will nest in the similar crate in a second orientation one-hundred-eighty degrees from the one orientation; and the upper band including an uppermost edge having a recess aligned with the upper panel portion, such that the upper panel portion of the crate would be received in the recess of the upper band of the similar crate when the crate is nested in the similar crate.