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US 12,454,387 B2Granted
Dairy tray system
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorsBrian Robert Guerry, Sydney Marie Ogawa-Garcia, Suzanne Whitfield Clark
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Abstract
A tray includes a base having an upper support surface and a central portion extending downward to define a lowermost surface of the tray. The base includes a peripheral portion recessed relative to the central portion. A pair of opposed first walls extend along opposed first edges of the base. A pair of opposed second walls extending along opposed second edges of the base.
Claims18
A tray comprising:
- a base having an upper support surface and a central portion extending downward to define a lowermost surface of the tray, the base including a peripheral portion recessed relative to the central portion, wherein the peripheral portion is at least 1.5 inches wide;
- a pair of opposed first walls extending along opposed first edges of the base;
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- a pair of opposed second walls extending along opposed second edges of the base.
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A tray system comprising:
- a first tray having a base, the base having an upper support surface and a central portion extending downward to define a lowermost surface of the first tray, the base including a peripheral portion recessed relative to the central portion, the first tray including a plurality of walls extending proximate the periphery of the base, wherein a plurality of upper column portions project inward a first distance from an inner periphery of the plurality of walls, the plurality of walls defining an outer footprint of the first tray;
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- a second tray having a base, the base having an upper support surface and a central portion extending downward to define a lowermost surface of the second tray, the base including a peripheral portion recessed relative to the central portion, the second tray including a plurality of walls extending proximate the periphery of the base, wherein a plurality of upper column portions project inward a second distance from an inner periphery of the plurality of walls, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance, the plurality of walls of the second tray defining an outer footprint of the second tray, wherein the outer footprint of the first tray is substantially the same as the outer footprint of the second tray.
A tray comprising:
- a base having an upper support surface and a central portion extending downward to define a lowermost surface of the tray, wherein the central portion includes a plurality of recesses on a lower surface thereof, the plurality of recesses each configured to receive an upper portion of a container sized to be shipped in the tray, each adjacent pair of the plurality of recesses separated by a pair of spaced-apart vertical ribs and a plurality of transverse ribs connecting the spaced-apart vertical ribs, the base including a peripheral portion recessed relative to the central portion;
- a pair of opposed first walls extending along opposed first edges of the base;
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- a pair of opposed second walls extending along opposed second edges of the base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.