US2524378A - Resilient support for box loads - Google Patents

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US2524378A
US2524378A US5457A US545748A US2524378A US 2524378 A US2524378 A US 2524378A US 5457 A US5457 A US 5457A US 545748 A US545748 A US 545748A US 2524378 A US2524378 A US 2524378A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65D81/02—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage
    • B65D81/05—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65D85/30—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure
    • B65D85/34—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for fruit, e.g. apples, oranges or tomatoes

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  • One object of the present invention is to provide, in a Shipping crate, as above, a load support comprising a supplemental bottom section resting directlyon the bottom of the crate in resilient supporting relation to the pack of grapes therein; the configuration of such section being such as to minimize shattering or crushing of the grape bunches during transit, and, additionally, permits of desirable ventilation of the pack in storage or in transit.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a load supporting supplemental bottomsection, in a grape crate, which carries the pack in a manner such that it arrives at the market with a fresh, full-pack appearance; all substantial sagging being eliminated.
  • An additional object of the invention is to provide a load support, for crates, which makes possible more effective pre-shipment, or en route, gassing of the contents of crates in a loaded box car.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide by cross cleats; the section being pre-bent to impart a symmetrical pitch downwardly in opposite directions from a transverse center line, and as so formed the section is of a length substantially that of the length of the bottom of the crate on the inside of the latter.
  • supplemental bottom section is centrally peaked on a transverse line and thence slopes symmetrically downward to opposite ends of the crate.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a practical and reliable load support for grape crates and one which will be exceedingly efiective for the purpose for which it is designed.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of the resilient support, detached, for box or crate loads.
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view of a grape box or crate having the resilient support therein.
  • Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a crate embodying the support.
  • the resilient support for box loads is especially designed for use i connection with the shipment of grapes although the invention may be adapted for use with other types of ,fruit or vegetable shipment.
  • the resilient support as shown detached in Fig. 3. comprises a plurality of fiat elongated panels .I disposed in side by side relation and connected together at the ends by cross cleats 2 stapled to said panels, as at 3. l
  • The-panels l are of wood and quite thin whereby said panels are resilient, yet not subject to easy fracture, nor subject to disintegration by moisture.
  • the support comprising the panels I, connected by the cross cleats 2, forms a rectangular supplemental bottom section, indicated generally at 4, for a grape crate.
  • a rectangular supplemental bottom section indicated generally at 4, for a grape crate.
  • This creasing and bending is done when the wood of the panels is green or is pre-moistened, so that splintering does not occur; the sections maintaining their peaked shape after the bending operation.
  • the panels I are initially of greater length than the bottom of the crate inside the same but when creased and peaked, as described, said section 4 is of substantially the same length as said bottom, for the advantageous purpose hereinafter described.
  • the supplemental bottom section 4 is adapted to be used in a grape crate, indicated generally at When so disposed in the crate 6, the supplemental bottom section 4 cannot extend lengthwise which assures that the panels I' will remain in their downwardly sloping relation from the transverse center line 5, and cannot flatten against the bottom,9 of the crate.
  • the bunches of grapes comprising the load are placed in the crate in supported relation on said section 4.
  • the load is effectively centrally supported so that sagging does not occur, with the result that upon reaching the market the load presents a fresh, full-pack appearance.
  • a load support for a crate comprising a supplemental bottom section; said section being rectangular and comprised of a plurality of initially relatively thin, elongated flat, resilient wooden panels disposed in side by side relation, and cross cleats connecting the ends of the panels, the section being peaked intermediate its ends with portions sloping downward in opposite directions at an obtuse angle from the peak, the peak being at the transverse center line of the section.

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3, 1950 c. M. ELLIS 2,524,378
RESILIENT SUPPORT FOR BOX LOADS Filed Jan. 50, 1948 INVENTOR MTE'ZZis ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 3, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RESILIENT SUPPORT FOR BOX LOADS Clarence M. Ellis, Lodi, Calif., assignor of onethird to J E. Devine and one-third to .lamesM. Prentice, both of Lodi, Calif.
Application January 30, 1948, Serial No. 5,457 r 1 Claim. (01. 217--52) This invention is directed generally to fruit shipping boxes or crates, especially for table grapes.
,One object of the present invention is to provide, in a Shipping crate, as above, a load support comprising a supplemental bottom section resting directlyon the bottom of the crate in resilient supporting relation to the pack of grapes therein; the configuration of such section being such as to minimize shattering or crushing of the grape bunches during transit, and, additionally, permits of desirable ventilation of the pack in storage or in transit.
Another object of the invention is to provide a load supporting supplemental bottomsection, in a grape crate, which carries the pack in a manner such that it arrives at the market with a fresh, full-pack appearance; all substantial sagging being eliminated.
An additional object of the invention is to provide a load support, for crates, which makes possible more effective pre-shipment, or en route, gassing of the contents of crates in a loaded box car.
A further object of the invention is to provide by cross cleats; the section being pre-bent to impart a symmetrical pitch downwardly in opposite directions from a transverse center line, and as so formed the section is of a length substantially that of the length of the bottom of the crate on the inside of the latter. supplemental bottom section is centrally peaked on a transverse line and thence slopes symmetrically downward to opposite ends of the crate.
A further object of the invention is to provide a practical and reliable load support for grape crates and one which will be exceedingly efiective for the purpose for which it is designed.
These objects are accomplished by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claim.
In the drawings:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the resilient support, detached, for box or crate loads.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of a grape box or crate having the resilient support therein.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a crate embodying the support.
Referring now more particularly to the charac- In other words, the
2 ters of reference on the drawings, the resilient support for box loads is especially designed for use i connection with the shipment of grapes although the invention may be adapted for use with other types of ,fruit or vegetable shipment.
The resilient support, as shown detached in Fig. 3. comprises a plurality of fiat elongated panels .I disposed in side by side relation and connected together at the ends by cross cleats 2 stapled to said panels, as at 3. l
The-panels l are of wood and quite thin whereby said panels are resilient, yet not subject to easy fracture, nor subject to disintegration by moisture.
The support comprising the panels I, connected by the cross cleats 2, forms a rectangular supplemental bottom section, indicated generally at 4, for a grape crate. During the course of manufacture thereof it is creased, as at 5, from the underside along a transverse center line and then bent or bowed upwardly at the center so that the rectangular section 4 extends at a downward slope symmetrically and in opposite directions from said 1ine. This creasing and bending is done when the wood of the panels is green or is pre-moistened, so that splintering does not occur; the sections maintaining their peaked shape after the bending operation.
The panels I are initially of greater length than the bottom of the crate inside the same but when creased and peaked, as described, said section 4 is of substantially the same length as said bottom, for the advantageous purpose hereinafter described.
The supplemental bottom section 4 is adapted to be used in a grape crate, indicated generally at When so disposed in the crate 6, the supplemental bottom section 4 cannot extend lengthwise which assures that the panels I' will remain in their downwardly sloping relation from the transverse center line 5, and cannot flatten against the bottom,9 of the crate.
After the supplemental bottom section 4 is placed in a crate 6, as described, the bunches of grapes comprising the load are placed in the crate in supported relation on said section 4.
As said section slopes downwardly in symmetrical relation from the transverse center line 5 the weight of the load is distributed horizontally through the crate rather than bearing directly on the bottom of the crate as now occurs with conventional practices. This minimizes shattering or crushing of the bunches of grapes comprising the load and reduces to a negligible amount the detachment of the grape berries from the bunches before arrival at their destination.
Additionally, the load is effectively centrally supported so that sagging does not occur, with the result that upon reaching the market the load presents a fresh, full-pack appearance.
It should also be noted that by supporting the load in a crate by means of a supplemental bottom section 4, as herein shown, that the load can be eifectively aerated or ventilated during storage present and preferred construction of the device, 30
still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claim.
Having thus described the invention, the following is claimed as new and useful and upon which Letters Patent is desired:
A load support for a crate, comprising a supplemental bottom section; said section being rectangular and comprised of a plurality of initially relatively thin, elongated flat, resilient wooden panels disposed in side by side relation, and cross cleats connecting the ends of the panels, the section being peaked intermediate its ends with portions sloping downward in opposite directions at an obtuse angle from the peak, the peak being at the transverse center line of the section.
CLARENCE M. ELLIS.
REFERENCE-1S CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:
UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,419,304 Pease June 13, 1922 1,927,698 Booth Sept. 19, 1933 2,194,008 C'olburn Mar. 19, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 20,270 Australia NOV. 21, 1934 of 1934 28,514 Great Britain Aug. 27, 1914
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US1927698A (en) * 1931-03-06 1933-09-19 Augustus C Booth Fruit packing device
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US2194008A (en) * 1936-03-04 1940-03-19 Jiffy Mfg Company Package or crate

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US1419304A (en) * 1920-06-14 1922-06-13 William A Contant Receptacle
US1927698A (en) * 1931-03-06 1933-09-19 Augustus C Booth Fruit packing device
AU2027034A (en) * 1934-11-21 1935-09-06 Bubxs High Improvements in and connected with cases for packing fruit
US2194008A (en) * 1936-03-04 1940-03-19 Jiffy Mfg Company Package or crate

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