Portable gas cylinder crate

Abstract

A portable cylinder crate for providing a receptacle which facilitates the storage, transportation and use of a conventional gas cylinder includes a cuboid crate body which defines a hollow, five sided member with a framed mesh bottom and four framed mesh sides. Two of the sides include a recessed portion in its top edge to provide unobstructed access to a dispensing valve of a conventional gas cylinder stored in the crate body. The other two side include cut out handles suitable to be grasped by a user without altering the flat side profile of the cylinder crate.

1 . A portable cylinder crate for storing, transporting and using of a conventional gas cylinder, comprising:
 a crate body defining a hollow enclosure formed from a bottom panel, two opposing side panels, and two opposing front/back panels, wherein said crate body includes an open top and is adapted to receive and hold a single conventional gas cylinder; and   at least one of said side panels including a handle cutout and at least one of said front/back panels including a recessed portion which reduces the height of at least a portion of the front/back panel, thereby adapting the crate body to provide unobstructed access to a dispensing of a conventional gas cylinder disposed therein, wherein said bottom panel, side panels, and front/back panels each include a rigid solid perimeter frame and a rigid mesh interior.   
     
     
         2 . The portable cylinder crate of  claim 1 , wherein said crate body defines a cuboid enclosure and the bottom panel is rectangular. 
     
     
         3 . The portable cylinder crate of  claim 2 , wherein said side panels are rectangular and the front/back panels have a rectangular profile. 
     
     
         4 . (canceled)