Geoff Milton b. 1925

  • Designer
Milton designed the injection-moulded plastic milk crate for the Dairy Farmers Co-operative in the 1950s (date uncertain). Martin is an engineer and worked with the plastics manufacturer Nally to produce the crate which went into production in the mid-1960s. A similar crate was designed by J. Houston Rehrig of Pasadena, California and patented in the USA in 1966.

Citations

  • Joel Meares. “A tall order for humble milk crate amuses its inventor.” (Geoff Martin interview). Sydney Morning Herald, 4 August 2014, pp.2-3, illustrated.

    http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/a-tall-order-for-the-humble-milk-crate-amuses-its-inventor-20140803-zzxn7.html

  • United States Patent 3,390,808 MILK CRATE Houston Rehrig, Pasadena, and Richard F. Gildart. 1966. ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A molded plastic milk crate having side panels the upper portion of which are formed as an integrally molded open grid providing substantial rigidity in a direction normal to the side panels while permitting differential shrinkage within the plane of the side panels to minimize buckling of the panels upon removal of the crate from the forming mold. ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A molded plastic milk crate having side panels the upper portion of which are formed as an integrally molded open grid providing substantial rigidity in a direction normal to the side panels while permitting differential shrinkage within the plane of the side panels to minimize buckling of the panels upon removal of the crate from the forming mold.

  • Helen Pitt, “A 2020 Vision to make Australia crate again.” Sun-Herald, 15 December 2019, p.31. [included profile and current photo of Milton].

    https://www.smh.com.au/opinion/making-australia-crate-again-in-2019-20191213-p53jrw.html