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Wire crate
Assignee: Bekaert NV SA
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Filing: 1973-02-28
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Granted: 1975-02-18
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Expires: 1993-02-28
Abstract
Abstract This invention relates to a wire crate made of wires welded to one another in which to place plant strips, whereby the frame of the upper and base surface consists of four wires running perpendicular to one another.
Inventors
- 👤 Jacobus Cornelis Smit
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 13:07
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01G; A01G9/00; A01G9/02; A01G9/029; A01G9/0295; B; B65; B65D; B65D21/00; B65D21/02; B65D21/0209; B65D21/0211; B65D7/00; B65D7/02; B65D7/06; B65D7/065
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
189 words
A wire crate for plant strips and the like comprising: a. substantially parallel upper and base surfaces, b. each of said surfaces being formed by spaced parallel end and side wire members, c. said upper surface being evenly divided into a plurality of rectangles by means of regularly spaced cross-wires parallel to one of said members and positioned so that the distance between said cross-wires is substantially equal to the width of the upper surface of the plant strips to be placed in said rectangles, d. said upper surface including a distance keeper parallel to said one of said members and said cross wires and positioned between said one of said members and the cross wire nearest thereto so that the distance between said one of said members and said distance keeper is substantially one half of the width of said rectangles, e. whereby when one of said crates is rotated 180* with respect to another of said crates and stacked on said other of said crates, none of the rectangles in said one of said crates will be directly above the rectangles in said other of said crates.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
189 words
A wire crate for plant strips and the like comprising: a. substantially parallel upper and base surfaces, b. each of said surfaces being formed by spaced parallel end and side wire members, c. said upper surface being evenly divided into a plurality of rectangles by means of regularly spaced cross-wires parallel to one of said members and positioned so that the distance between said cross-wires is substantially equal to the width of the upper surface of the plant strips to be placed in said rectangles, d. said upper surface including a distance keeper parallel to said one of said members and said cross wires and positioned between said one of said members and the cross wire nearest thereto so that the distance between said one of said members and said distance keeper is substantially one half of the width of said rectangles, e. whereby when one of said crates is rotated 180* with respect to another of said crates and stacked on said other of said crates, none of the rectangles in said one of said crates will be directly above the rectangles in said other of said crates.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
A wire crate as in claim 1 and wherein: said base surface includes a plurality of reinforcing wires parallel to said cross wires and positioned approximately below the centers of the superjacent rectangles.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
A wire crate as in claim 1 and wherein: said crate includes corner braces.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1978-02-17 | 1978-08-19 | 1979-02-18 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1982-02-17 | 1982-08-19 | 1983-02-18 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1986-02-17 | 1986-08-19 | 1987-02-18 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |