Crate fastener

Claim 1

A CRATE FASTENER FOR THE CLEATED PANELS OF A PANEL TYPE CRATE COMPRISING AN L-SHAPED MEMBER HAVING TWO LEGS DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO EACH OTHER AND FORMED OF A SINGLE LENGTH OF WIRE STOCK, EACH LEG CONSISTING OF A SINGLE SPAN OF WIRE, ONE OF SAID LEGS COMPRISING AN ANCHOR LEG AND THE OTHER COMPRISING A SPAN LEG FOR SPANNING THE JOINT BETWEEN THE CLEATS OF TWO ADJACENT CRATE PANELS, THE OUTER ENDS OF BOTH LEGS BEING BENT SO THAT EACH ONE WILL HOOK OVER THE REMOTE EDGE OF ITS RESPECTIVE CLEAT, THE BENT END OF SAID ANCHOR LEG BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID LEG, AND THE BENT END OF SAID SPAN LEG BEING IN THE FORM OF AN OPEN LOOP FORMED IN A PLANE WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE AXIS OF SAID SPAN LEG, AND INCLUDING A STRAIGHT FOOT PORTION WHICH IS ADAPTED TO RIDE ALONG THE SURFACE OF ITS RESPECTIVE CLEAT IN THE COURSE OF APPLICATION.