US 12,168,544 B2
Hybrid collapsible crate
Daniel Vincent Sekowski, Loganville, GA (US)
Assigned to Rehrig Pacific Company, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Rehrig Pacific Company, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/946,631.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/261,269, filed on Sep. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0078746 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 6/18 (2006.01); B65D 6/34 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 11/1833 (2013.01) [B65D 11/26 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
18. A container comprising:
a base having end edges and side edges, the base including a plurality of regions including a center region, corner regions, side regions between the corner regions and between the center region and the side edges, and end regions between the corner regions and between the center region and the end edges, wherein the center region is reinforced differently from the side regions, end regions, and corner regions, wherein the corner regions are reinforced differently from the side regions and the end regions, wherein the center region has a plurality of lower panel portions and a plurality of ribs extending upward from the plurality of lower panel portions to free ends, the plurality of ribs including a plurality of first ribs and a plurality of second ribs, the plurality of first ribs extending perpendicularly to and intersecting the plurality of second ribs; and
a plurality of walls pivotably connected to the side edges and the end edges of the base and movable between an upright position and a collapsed position on the base.