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US 12,741,781 B2Granted
Tray with separable features
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorThomas Brink
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Abstract
A tray for holding one or more articles includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior space of the tray, the plurality of panels including a bottom panel, at least one lower side panel, at least one upper side panel, and at least one end panel, and a plurality of end flaps foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, the plurality of panels forms a plurality of separably connected tray portions such that the tray is separable into respective tray portions.
Claims17
A tray for holding one or more articles, the tray comprising:
- a plurality of panels forming a plurality of separably connected tray portions, each tray portion defining a respective interior space, the plurality of panels comprising a bottom panel, at least one lower side panel, at least one end panel, at least one upper side panel;
- a top surface including a plurality of top panels, wherein the top surface defines an opening overlying each of the respective interior spaces of the plurality of separably connected tray portions;
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- a plurality of end flaps foldably connected to the at least one lower side panel, to the at least one upper side panel and to the at least one end panel,
- the plurality of tray portions comprises a first tray portion, a second tray portion, and a third tray portion,
- the plurality of top panels comprises a first top panel foldably connected to the first tray portion, a first top end flap is separably connected to the first top panel at a first curved line of weakening and at least partially forming a first curved free edge of the opening, and a second top panel foldably connected to the third tray portion, a second top end flap is separably connected to the second top panel at a second curved line of weakening and at least partially forming a second curved free edge of the opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.