US1136027A - Shipping-crate. - Google Patents

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F. MARQUARDT.

SHIPPING CRATE. APPucATloN FILED DEC. 17. 19:3.

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FREDERICK MARQUABDT, OF MILWAUKEE VIISCONSIN.

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Application filed December 17, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK MAR- ouano'r, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of lVisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in ShippingCrates, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

This invention relates to shipping crates, particularly those used for delivering bottled goods, and has for its object to provide a crate which will withstand the rough treatment to which such crates are usually subjected and which will be adapted to have broken parts readily replaced without the necessity for taking the entire crate apart.

IVith the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the shipping crate as herein claimed and all equivalents.

Referring to the accompanying drawing in which like characters of reference indicate the same parts in different views: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a crate constructed in accordance with this invention, parts being broken away for clearness of illustration; Fig. 2 is an end view thereof; and, Fig. 3 is a bottom view thereof.

In these drawings 10 indicates the ends of the crate and 11 the sides thereof, which are of ordinary construction and are secured together in the usual manner to form a rectangular body, the ends having hand holes 12 near their upper edges which are closed on the inside by swinging metal flaps 13 to protect the contents from light. Bottom boards 14 extend crosswise of the crate and are nailed directly to the sides 11 and narrow end strips 15 of the same thickness as the bottom boards are securely fastened to the end pieces 10 to form a permanent part of the bottom of the crate. Beneath the bottom boards near each side of the crate is a lengthwise extending strip of wood forming a cleat or runner 16 which is only secured at its ends to the strips 15 and is without a direct connection with the bottom boards 14: and is spaced from the side of the crate a suflicient distance to permit the ready removal of the nails which hold the bottom boards so that said bottom boards may be removed when they become damaged and other bottom boards may be substituted therefor without the necessity for removing any other part of the crate, the bottom boards Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr, 26, 1915.

Serial No. 897,223.

being merely slipped lengthwise out of place after the nails are removed and other bottom boards being moved into place in a like manner. In order that the crate may have greater durability it is desirable that it should be bound with metal straps holding the permanent parts together. Thus, at each corner a metal strap 17 is secured at one end to the upper edge of the end piece 10 and then passes along the edge of the side piece 11, held by the nails which hold the side piece 11 to the end piece 10, and then passes along the strips 15 at the bottom of the crate, being bent around the cleats 16 and held by the nails which secure said cleat and strip 15 to the end piece 10. At each corner of the crate there is also a metal strap 18 which is secured to the end piece 10 by having teeth 19 struck therefrom and driven into the end piece 10, said metal strap passing around the end of cleat 16, crossing the binding strap 17 and similarly secured to the bottom of cleat 16.

A crate constructed in accordance with this invention is not only more durable than crates of ordinary construction by reason of the provision of the cleats 16 which protect the bottom and strengthen the structure throughout, but the bottom boards which are the first parts to show wear or become broken can be quickly and easily replaced without the necessity for removing other parts of the crate and thus the crate structure is not weakened by replacing a dam aged bottom board and the making of repairs is greatly simplified.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A shipping crate with renewable bottom, comprising a body formed of sides and ends, end strips secured to the lower edge of the body in the plane of the ends of the body and of a width approximating the thickness of the ends of the body, cleats extending longitudinally of the body and connected at their ends to the end strips and spaced inwardly from the sides of the crate, and bottom boards extending transversely of the body and positioned between the cleats and the edges of the sides of the body and filling the space between the end strips and provided with connecting means at their ends for engaging the sides of the body, such connecting means being accessible for the removal of the bottom boards for replacing the same when damaged.

2. A crate, comprising a body formed of sides and ends, wcleatswsecnredto the .body lengthwise thereof and spaced beneath the edges of the body and also spaced inwardly from the sides of the body to form parallel iskids, and ,removable transverse =botto1n boards fitting" between the cleats and the and connected at their ends to the end strips --and spaced from the sides 01"- the crate' to permit access to the connecting means of the .then passing along the end of theendstrip and around the cleat, and a second binding strap at each corner of the crate connected with the end of the crate and passing around the end of the cleat and crossing the first -1nentioned binding strap and secured to the "cleat.

In testimony whereof'I afiixniy signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK MARQUARDT. lVitnesses:

C. H. KEEN-RY, EMILY 1 SCHOWADTER.

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