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US 4,558,661 AGranted
Egg holding flat
AssigneeThe Marmon Group, Inc.
InventorsArthur W. Theilig, John Poplis
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Abstract
A multiple cell flat molded from lightweight plastic. The cells are defined primarily by sinuous partition walls that are arranged to define an individual cell shape in the form of two opposed ogee arches connected at the wide ends of the arches. Short lateral support ears are located in the cells and support the eggs with the egg surfaces spaced from the cell walls. The flats can be stacked or nested, and have special shapes at the ends for identification and end to end nesting when the stacks are used in the incubator.
Claims6
An egg flat for receiving and supporting a plurality of eggs, said flat having
- spaced parallel side walls,
- a plurality of sinuous partition walls extending between said side walls and defining a plurality of transverse rows of egg receptacles arranged in honeycomb fashion with each receptacle being formed with walls in the shape of a pair of ogee arches joined at their open ends with the arches on a common axis and the apices thereof extending in opposite directions,
- the receptacles in adjacent rows being longitudinally staggered relative to one another by about one-half the length of a receptacle, and
- egg support fingers extending from said partition walls inwardly at the bottom of each receptacle for engaging and supporting an egg within the receptacle with the exterior of the eggs spaced from the receptacle walls, and
- support means located on the underside of the flat for supporting same on a rest surface with the bottoms of the receptacles spaced above the rest surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.