(57) An open top crate (A) for palletizing in a bonded brick-stacking has a rectangular
bottom (E), two long side walls (B) and two short side walls (C), an upper rim (F)
extending around the open top and a lower rim (I) extending around the bottom of the
crate, the rims being configured to become received one within the other when the
crates are in an overlapping stacked position. A series of notches (H) is formed in
one of the said rims, with a series of lateral projections (J) formed in the other
rim.
The distances between the said notches (H) and the distances between the said projections
(J), respectively, being such that the crates are adapted to be piled either in an
aligned, overlapping relationship, whereby all projections of an overlying crate become
received by respective notches of an underlying crate, or in an non-overlapping,
brick-stacking relationship, whereby at least one of the projections of two adjacent
sides of every overlying crate becomes received by respective notches of two underlying
crates, thus interlocking the crates to each other in crossing, perpendicular directions.
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