Patent ID: 8511495

Claim:
A rampable crate for a wheeled vehicle, comprising: a pallet having a length and width and configured for supporting a wheeled vehicle thereon during storage and shipping of the wheeled vehicle; a top frame; a plurality of posts, each detachably extending in a first configuration between the pallet and the top frame so that the assembled structure of the pallet, the top frame and the plurality of posts defines a cavity therebetween for holding the wheeled vehicle; the pallet comprising: a first transverse member attached at a first end of the pallet; a second transverse member attached to the pallet spaced from the first transverse member towards a second end of the pallet; a third transverse member attached to the first end of the pallet and vertically spaced from the first transverse member to define a gap therebetween, the gap for receiving selectively an end portion of at least two of the posts disposed in a second configuration for extending longitudinally outwardly from the pallet as a downward ramp therefrom; and a pair of spaced-apart rails with a first end of each rail attached to the second transverse member and an opposing second end thereof attached to the third transverse member, whereby each rail is oriented at an oblique angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the pallet with the first end of the rail vertically spaced below the second end of the rail relative to the pallet, for supporting respective ones of the wheels of the wheeled vehicle thereon; whereby the rails define a ramp angled upwardly from the second transverse member to the first end of the pallet and at least two of the posts being selectively disposed in a second configuration with respective ends of the at least two posts in the gap between the first and third transverse members and the at least two posts extending longitudinally outward from the pallet as a downward ramp on which the wheeled vehicle moves when being driven from the pallet.