Stackable and nestable tray for shipping and displaying articles
AssigneeMcNeil Corporation
InventorMercer Donald Walklet
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Abstract
The invention relates to trays for shipping and displaying fragile articles which can be stacked with other identical and similar trays and which can be nested with identical trays. The subject trays have a plurality of pockets adapted to receive the fragile articles, lower supports extending from the bottom of the pockets and terminating in lower bearing surfaces, and upper supports extending above the pockets and terminating in upper bearing surfaces, whereby the upper bearing surfaces support the lower bearing surfaces of other identical and similar trays to effect stacking.
Claims11
A tray for shipping and displaying a plurality of articles which is stackable with other identical and similar trays comprising, a plurality of pocket means adapted to receive the articles, opposed spacer walls joining each of said plurality of pocket means to at least one other of said pocket means, lower support means extending from the bottom of said pocket means and communicating with at least two of said pocket means, lower bearing surface means on said lower support means, upper support means extending above and disposed between certain of said pocket means, and upper bearing surface means on said upper support means adapted to engage a portion of each lower bearing surface means of other identical and similar trays to effect stacking.
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