Stackable storage crate

1 . A stackable storage crate, comprising:

a main body having a first side wall, a second side wall, a front wall, and a rear wall, an upper section, and a bottom section, the upper section having a top lip and an inner surface with a repeating sequence of lands and channels, and the bottom section having a ridge with a plurality of alternating inset wall portions and projecting wall portions, the plurality of alternating inset wall portions and projecting wall portions correspond to the lands and channels such that when the stackable storage crate is stacked atop a second crate identical to the stackable storage crate then the inset wall portions of the stackable storage crate are adjacent the lands of the second crate and the projecting wall portions of the stackable storage crate are adjacent the channels of the second crate;

wherein the repeating sequence of lands and channels of the inner surface of the upper section is defined by a plurality of support panels, the support panels spaced apart along a length of each of the first side wall and the second side wall;

wherein the support panels extend outwardly from each of the first side wall and the second side wall to form the channels on the inner surface of the upper section of the main body;

wherein an area of the first side wall and the second side wall disposed between adjacent pairs of the support panels form the lands on the inner surface of the upper section of the main body; and

wherein the top lip of the main body is defined by an uppermost surface of each of the first side wall, the second side wall, the front wall, and the rear wall of the main body, and each of the lands has a chamfered upper surface that is disposed adjacent the top lip of the upper section of the main body.

2 . The stackable storage crate of claim 1 , wherein the top lip of the main body is disposed on a first plane, and the chamfered upper surface of each of the lands is disposed on a second plane, the second plane disposed at a downward angle relative to the first plane.

3 . The stackable storage crate of claim 2 , wherein each of the lands has a substantially trapezoidal profile including a first wall, a second wall, and a third wall, the third wall connecting the first wall and the second wall, and each of the first wall, the second wall, and the third wall connected to the chamfered upper surface, and the chamfered upper surface is bounded entirely by the first wall, the second wall, the third wall, and the top lip of the main body.

4 . The stackable storage crate of claim 3 , wherein the ridge of the bottom section is disposed on a bottom wall of the main body, and extends downwardly from a bottom surface of the bottom wall.

5 . The stackable storage crate of claim 4 , wherein the ridge is continuous and circumscribes a central area of the bottom surface of the bottom wall.

6 . The stackable storage crate of claim 5 , wherein the main body has a plurality of corner sections that join the first side wall and the second side wall to the front wall and the rear wall.

7 . The stackable storage crate of claim 6 , wherein each of the corner sections has a first inner surface, a second inner surface, and a third inner surface, the third inner surface connecting the first inner surface and the second inner surface.

8 . The stackable storage crate of claim 7 , wherein the ridge has a plurality of matching corners, each of the matching corners corresponds with and is configured to be disposed adjacent one of the corner sections of the second crate when the stackable storage crate is stacked atop the second crate.

9 . The stackable storage crate of claim 8 , wherein the first inner surface of each of the corner sections is configured to be disposed adjacent one of the projecting wall portions of the second crate when the second crate is stacked atop the stackable storage crate.

10 . The stackable storage crate of claim 1 , wherein there is a consistent gap between the entirety of the inner surface of the upper section and the ridge of the bottom section when the stackable storage crate and the second crate are aligned and the stackable storage crate is stacked atop the second crate.

11 . The stackable storage crate of claim 1 , further comprising a first handle and a second handle disposed opposite each other, the first handle disposed in the front wall, and the second handle disposed in the rear wall, and each the first handle and the second handle are formed centrally in the upper section of the main body and have a hollow section with an opening beneath the hollow section to accommodate lifting by hand, and the hollow section has a plurality of support ridges spaced apart along a length of the hollow section and extending vertically between the top lid and the opening beneath the hollow section.