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merchandise, may be constructed of any desired size and strength to suit the character of the goods to be shipped, and it is capable of collapsing to enable it to he compactly folded for returning it to the shipper. 5 F.Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:- A collapsible crate comprising sides having longitudinal side bars at their upper and lower edges, ends provided at 10 their upper and lower edges with transverse connecting bars receiving the sides between them and fitted against the lower edges of the lower side bars and the upper edges of the upper side bars,'malleable fastening devices piercing the transverse connecting bars and passing between the
sides and the tifier and lower side bars and bent outward 15 around the inner edges of the latter and ext ended par- tially across the outer faces of the side bars, said side bars being provided at their inner faces with grooves to receive the fastening devices and interlocking the same with the sides, said fastening devices constituting pivots on which 20 the sides'and ends are adapted to turn to collapse the l)ody, and a removable top and a removable bottom fitted between the transverse connecting bars. In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two 25 witnesses. BENNETT FRANKLIN LEWIS. Witnesses : T. C. MORGAN, E." P. ALLIsON.