Cheese box cover
AssigneeA. R. Arena Products, Inc.
InventorDonald Wilcox
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Abstract
A cheese box cover is shaped to be self-draining from any interior region of a top surface of the cover to a periphery of the cover. Corner foot projections extending upward from each corner of the cover help position pallet feet of a superposed cheese box. Links connected between corner projections and held in place by superposed pallet feet interconnect adjacent cheese boxes for security during stacking and storage.
Claims16
A cheese box cover suitable for covering an industrial cheese box, the cover comprising:
- a top surface of the cover having a perimeter region extending around a central region;
- the top surface of the central region of the cover being elevated above the perimeter region;
- the elevation of the top surface of the central region of the cover being configured with a plurality of sloping surfaces;
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- the sloping surfaces being arranged to provide a downward sloping path to the perimeter region for liquid deposited anywhere on the top surface of the central region of the cover.
A cheese box comprising:
- a cover having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a peripheral rim dimensioned to rest on upstanding side and end walls arranged on a pallet;
- the top surface in a rest position of the cover being higher than the peripheral:
- rim, and every point on the top surface being drainable downward to the peripheral rim;
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- strengthening ribs extending downward from the bottom surface and extending laterally within the peripheral rim.
A cheese box having a pallet base, side and end walls extending upward from the pallet base and a cover resting on upper edges of the side and end walls, the cheese box comprising:
- a top surface of the cover having upstanding corner projections;
- tie straps having openings fitting around the corner projections;
- the tie straps being dimensioned to span a distance between corner projections of adjacent cheese box covers;
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- feet of pallets of superposed cheese boxes positioned on the corner projections being arranged to hold the ties in place connecting corner projections of adjacent cheese box covers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.