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US 4,053,099 AGranted
Article tray
AssigneeThe Mead Corporation
InventorJoseph H. Lock
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InventorJoseph H. Lock
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An article tray comprises a bottom wall, spaced side walls foldably joined respectively to the side edges of the bottom wall, a top wall foldably joined respectively along the side edges thereof to the upper edges of the side walls, spaced end panels foldably joined respectively to the end edges of the bottom wall, a plurality of apertures formed in the top wall, the apertures adjacent the ends of the tray having a locking surface adjacent and parallel to the ends of the tray, a plurality of stabilizing tabs formed on the end panels at each end of the carrier and disposed in abutting engagement with the underside of the top wall, a plurality of locking tabs interspersed between the stabilizing tabs and formed on the end panels at each one end of the carrier and disposed within the apertures, and a pair of shoulders formed on each locking tab and disposed in an overlapping abutting relationship with the topside of the top wall, and the lower edges of the shoulders being disposed in approximately the same horizontal plane as the upper edges of the stabilizing tabs.
An article tray comprising a bottom wall, a top wall disposed parallel to said bottom wall, a pair of spaced side walls disposed perpendicular to said top and bottom walls, a pair of end panels foldably joined respectively to the end edges of said bottom wall, at least one aperture formed in said top wall and having a locking surface disposed on the periphery of said aperture generally adjacent and parallel to the end edge of said top wall at one end of the tray, a stabilizing tab formed on the upper edge of the end panel at said one end of the tray adjacent said aperture and disposed in abutting engagement with the underside of said top wall, a locking tab formed on the upper edge of said end panel at said one end of the tray and disposed within said aperture and in abutting engagement with said locking surface, and a first shoulder formed on said locking tab and disposed in overlapping abutting relationship with the topside of said top wall, the lower edge of said shoulder at the point of contact with said top wall being disposed generally in the same horizontal plane as the upper edge of said stabilizing tab to cause a tension force across at least a portion of said end edge of said top wall at said one end of the tray.
An article tray comprising spaced apart generally parallel top and bottom walls, a plurality of apertures formed in said top wall adjacent each end edge thereof, and end panel joined along its bottom edge to each end edge of said bottom wall and disposed in substantially normal relation to said top and bottom walls, a plurality of upstanding locking tabs each having a pair of shoulders and being formed along the top edge of each of said end panels and respectively disposed in said apertures with the shoulders of each locking tab in abutting contact with the top surface of said top wall, and a plurality of upstanding stabilizing tabs formed along the top edge of each of said end panels and interspersed between said locking tabs and arranged to engage the bottom surface of said top wall, the top wall contacting parts of said shoulders being disposed at a level relative to the top wall contacting parts of said stabilizing tabs such that a frictional tray stabilizing relationship is established between said top all and said end panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.