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US 2017/0313487 A1Published application
Tray system for stacking layers of non-structural bottles
AssigneeORBIS Corporation
InventorsBenjamin Joel Thompson, Stephen Roland Howe
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Abstract
A tray system for stacking layers of non-structural bottles is provided. The system includes a plurality of generally rectangular plastic trays for supporting bottles, and a plurality of sleeves, where each sleeve is positioned about the perimeter of a tray to support a like tray above it.
Claims20
A tray system for transporting bottles comprising:
- a plurality of rectangular trays, each tray having a first side, an opposing second side, a first end and an opposing second end, and a support surface formed from a plurality of ribs extending between the first side and the second side and a plurality of ribs extending between the first end and the second end wherein select ribs of the plurality of ribs extending between the first side and the second side and the plurality of ribs extending from the first end to the second end extend upward above the remaining ribs to form bottle pockets;
- and,
- a plurality of sleeves interposed between the plurality of trays, each sleeve having a portion extending along the first side, a portion extending along the second side, a portion extending along the first end, and a portion extending along the second end wherein each portion of the sleeve is proximate a perimeter of the tray.
A tray system for stacking layers of bottles comprising:
- a generally rectangular tray having a first side, an opposing second side, a first end and an opposing second end, and an upper support surface between the first and second sides and first and second ends, the tray having a channel along a periphery of the support surface;
- and,
- a first sleeve configured to be supported in the channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.