Patent ID: 8079491

Claim:
A crate system for transporting items wherein said crate system comprises: a first set of structural tubes that are substantially U shaped; a first set of beams; each of said first set of beams having an open slot along the length of said first set of beams extending partially across the upper surface of each of said first set of beams to form overextending lips; a first fastening mechanism for securing said first set of structural U tubes in a spaced relationship to one another in a substantially upright position to said first set of beams by engagement through said open slots against said overextending lips; a second set of structural tubes shaped in a substantially U shape; a second set of beams; each of said second set of beams having an open slot along the length of said second set of beams extending partially across the upper surface of each of said second set of beams to form overextending lips; a second fastening mechanism for securing said second set of structural U-shaped tubes in a substantially upright position in spaced relationship to one another to said second set of beams by engagement through said open slots against said overextending lips; and a securing mechanism for securing said assembled first set of structural U-shaped tubes to said assembled second set of structural U-shaped tubes.