Patent ID: 8408416

Claim:
A crate comprising: a base, a top, a first side, a second side, a front having a door, and a back, wherein the base, the top, the first side, the second side, the front, and the back form an enclosure; the base having a base first side, base second side, base front, and base back; the top having a top first edge, top second edge, top front edge, and top back edge; the first and second sides having respective bottom edges associated with the base first side and the base second side, respectively; the first and second sides having respective top edges associated with the top first and second edges, respectively; the back having a back top edge and a back bottom edge associated with the top back edge and the base back, respectively; the front having a front top edge and a front bottom edge associated with the top front edge and the base front, respectively; the front further including a left side, right side, and a horizontal wire below the front top edge, wherein the horizontal wire extends from the right side to the left side and a gap is formed between the front top edge, the right side, the horizontal wire, and the left side and wherein an opening is formed between the horizontal wire, the right side, the front bottom edge, and the left side; the top having first and second uninterrupted guides extending in a direction from the top front edge to the top back edge and generally perpendicular to the plane of the front, the first uninterrupted guide closer to the first side than the second uninterrupted wire; the door including first and second hinges extending from the door and associated with the first and second uninterrupted guides, respectively; the door positioned in the opening in a closed position with the first and second hinges extending from outside the enclosure, through the gap, and to the uninterrupted guides, and is moveable to an opened position by pivoting the door upward and outward and sliding the first and second hinges toward the top back edge along the first and second uninterrupted guides.