Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Modular reusable shipping crate
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Application No.: US17001603Application Date: 2020-08-24
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Publication No.: US11312534B2Publication Date: 2022-04-26
- Inventor: Samuel Jacob Berman , John Christopher Taylor
- Applicant: Logistics Advanced Research Center LLC
- Applicant Address: US TN Nashville
- Assignee: Logistics Advanced Research Center LLC
- Current Assignee: Logistics Advanced Research Center LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Nashville
- Agency: Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP
- Agent A. J. Bahou; Christopher T. McNeill
- Main IPC: B65D19/18
- IPC: B65D19/18

Abstract:
A system, method, and device for shipping, transporting, storing, and managing logistics of a variety of cargo. A crate is disclosed that allows for easy and inexpensive return shipment (reverse logistics) after use through a collapsible, interlocking system of a pallet base, foldable side wall assemblies, and a lid that can be removably connected to one another. The crate can utilize guide protrusions and corresponding guide recesses to fit the components together. The height of the crate can be increased by additional tiers of side walls. Latch assemblies can be utilized to fasten adjacent components together. The crate may include a tracking or monitoring device that can monitor one or more of humidity, temperature, tilt, impact, vibration, and variety of desired conditions. The system may include Bluetooth beacons on each of the components and a Bluetooth sensor in the monitoring device in the pallet base to monitor disassembled components.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210053722A1 MODULAR REUSABLE SHIPPING CRATE Public/Granted day:2021-02-25
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