Trays for food products and related systems and methods
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorsElliot Hithersay, Jamie Skipper, Christopher Tart
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Abstract
A tray for holding one or more food products, the tray including a first portion, the first portion including a plurality of panels comprising a central panel and a plurality of lower side panels foldably connected to the central panel. The tray further includes a second portion engaged with the first portion, the second portion including a plurality of panels comprising flange panel and a plurality of upper side panels foldably connected to the flange panel, the plurality of upper side panels and the plurality of lower side panels are attached to form a plurality of sidewalls of the tray.
Claims31
A tray for holding one or more food products, the tray comprising:
- a first portion, the first portion comprising a plurality of panels comprising a central panel and a plurality of lower side panels foldably connected to the central panel;
- and
- a second portion engaged with the first portion, the second portion comprising a plurality of panels comprising flange panel and a plurality of upper side panels foldably connected to the flange panel,
- the plurality of upper side panels and the plurality of lower side panels are attached to form a plurality of sidewalls of the tray, each lower side panel of the plurality of lower side panels comprises a respective base portion foldably connected to the central panel and a respective distal portion foldably connected to the respective base portion, the respective distal portion of each lower side panel of the plurality of lower side panels is positioned in at least partial face-to-face contact with the flange panel to at least partially form a reinforced flange of the tray.
A combination of blanks for forming a tray for holding one or more food products, the combination comprising:
- a first blank, the first blank comprising a plurality of panels comprising a central panel and a plurality of lower side panels foldably connected to the central panel;
- and
- a second blank for being engaged with the first blank when the tray is formed from the combination of blanks, the second blank comprising a plurality of panels comprising flange panel and a plurality of upper side panels foldably connected to the flange panel,
- the plurality of upper side panels and the plurality of lower side panels are for being attached to form a plurality of sidewalls of the tray formed from the combination of blanks,
- each lower side panel of the plurality of lower side panels comprises a respective base portion foldably connected to the central panel and a respective distal portion foldably connected to the respective base portion, the respective distal portion of each lower side panel of the plurality of lower side panels is for being positioned in at least partial face-to-face contact with the flange panel to at least partially form a reinforced flange of the tray formed from the combination of blanks.
A method of forming a tray for holding one or more food products, the method comprising:
- obtaining a first blank, the first blank comprising a plurality of panels comprising a central panel and a plurality of lower side panels foldably connected to the central panel;
- and
- obtaining a second blank, the second blank comprising a plurality of panels comprising flange panel and a plurality of upper side panels foldably connected to the flange panel;
- forming a first portion of the tray from the first blank;
- forming a second portion of the tray from the first blank;
- and
- attaching the plurality of upper side panels and the plurality of lower side panels to form a plurality of sidewalls of the tray,
- each lower side panel of the plurality of lower side panels comprises a respective base portion foldably connected to the central panel and a respective distal portion foldably connected to the respective base portion, the method comprises positioning a respective distal portion of each lower side panel of the plurality of lower side panels in at least partial face-to-face contact with the flange panel to at least partially form a reinforced flange of the tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.