Reconfigurable tray engaging assembly
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorsJoseph C. Walsh, Scott Thomas Strand, Mark Woodward
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Abstract
A tray engaging assembly including a first vertical support, a second vertical support, a first guide rail coupled to the first vertical support, a second guide rail coupled to the second vertical support and spaced apart from the first guide rail and such that a pocket is defined between the first guide rail and the second guide rail for at least partially receiving at least one tray, and a plurality of tray engaging members pivotably coupled to a respective guide rail for engaging at least one tray.
Claims27
A tray engaging assembly, the tray engaging assembly comprising:
- a first vertical support;
- a second vertical support;
- a first upper guide rail coupled to the first vertical support and a first lower guide rail coupled to the first upper guide rail;
- a second guide rail coupled to the second vertical support and spaced apart from the first upper guide rail and such that a pocket is defined between the first upper guide rail and the second guide rail for at least partially receiving at least one tray;
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- a plurality of tray engaging members pivotably coupled to a respective guide rail for engaging at least one tray.
A method, the method comprising:
- obtaining a first vertical support;
- obtaining a second vertical support;
- coupling a first upper guide rail to the first vertical support;
- coupling a first lower guide rail to the first upper guide rail;
- coupling a second guide rail to the second vertical support such that the first upper guide rail is spaced apart from the second guide rail and such that a pocket is defined between the first upper guide rail and the second guide rail for at least partially receiving at least one tray;
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- pivotably coupling a plurality of tray engaging members pivotably to a respective guide rail for engaging at least one tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.