Self-locking tray with integral divider
AssigneeThe Continental Group, Inc.
InventorsFrederich C. Harned, Scott M. Galloway
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Abstract
A tray for the packaging and shipping of fruits and vegetables, such as strawberries. The tray is formed from a generally rectangular blank which may be hand assembled in the field. The interlocking of the various components of the tray assure a rigid construction. The tray includes central supports in the form of separators or partitions, which central supports have upper edges coplanar with the top surfaces of the ends of the trays so as to support the central portion of the next upper tray. The ends of tray are constructed to provide relatively wide upstanding supports which have extending upwardly therefrom locking flaps engageable within openings in the bottom of a next upper tray. The tray also has a double bottom for added strength.
Claims5
A blank for a tray, said blank comprising a central portion and end portions which are alike, said central portion including a base panel said having side panels along two opposite edges thereof, and said end portions each being free of said base panel and having parts joined to each of said side panels, each end portion including a bottom panel and a partition panel both directly alongside and coextensive with an end of said base panel.
A blank for a tray, said blank comprising a central portion and end portions which are alike, said central portion including a base panel having side panels along two opposite edges thereof, and said end portions each being free of said base panel and having parts directly joined to each of said side panels, each end portion including an outer end panel directly hingedly connected to a respective end of one of said side panels and a bottom panel hingedly connected to said outer end panel and lying directly alongside and coextensive with said base panel, a partition panel directly hingedly connected to said bottom panel remote from said outer end panel, said partition panel also lying alongside said base panel and coextensive with said base panel.
A blank for a tray, said blank comprising a central portion and end portions which are alike, said central portion including a base panel having side panels along two opposite edges thereof, and said end portions each being free of said base panel and having parts joined to each of said side panels, each end portion including an outer end panel hingedly connected to a respective end of one of said side panels and an inner end panel hingedly connected to a respective outer end panel, an intermediate end panel hingedly connected to a respective end of the other of said side panels, a bottom panel and a partition panel carried by said outer end panel and disposed between said outer panel and said intermediate end panel.
A tray comprising a base panel having side panels extending separately from opposite sides of said base panel, end panels extending upwardly at opposite ends of said base panel, and bottom panels extending inwardly from said end panels in overlying relation to said base panel, adjacent ends of said bottom panels carrying upstanding partition panels, cooperative locking means on said side panels and said partition panels, said locking means including a flap extension on each of said side panels overlying said partition panels and having a notch therein receiving upstanding ears at upper corners of said partition panels.
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