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AssigneePackaging Corporation of America
InventorsPatricia A. Antoni, Timothy J. Nolan, Thomas J. Hayes, Theodore R. Arneson, Jerry E. Coleman
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A serving tray is provided for use with a removable cover. The tray is provided with a rim section having a laterally extending ledge portion and a skirt portion depending therefrom. The skirt portion having upper edge segments spaced from the underside of the ledge portion and cooperating therewith to form substantially rigid marginal lips. Cooperating with the tray is a removable cover having an upright wall section encompassing and depending from a top section. The lower edge of the wall section terminates in an outwardly extending first flange. A yieldable second flange extends downwardly and outwardly from the first flange and portions of the second flange cooperate therewith to form a plurality of pockets encompassing and lockingly accommodating the tray lips when said tray and cover ar in assembled relation.
A food serving tray for use with a removable cover, said tray being formed of thin gauge material and comprising a center section, a rim section disposed in spaced encompassing relation with respect to said center section, and an intermediate section interconnecting said center and rim sections;
A combination of a food serving tray and a cover removably mounted thereon, said tray formed of thin gauge material and including a center section, a rim section encompassing in spaced relation the periphery of said center section and an intermediate section interconnecting said center and rim sections, said rim section being provided with a ledge portion and a continuous skirt portion downwardly extending from an outer peripheral segment of the ledge portion, said skirt portion having upper edge segments spaced from the underside of said ledge portion and cooperating therewith to form a plurality of spaced, outwardly extending, substantially rigid marginal lips, said cover having a top section, an upright wall section connected to and depending from the periphery of said top section, said wall section having a lower edge terminating in a laterally extending outwardly projecting first flange, and a yieldable second flange encompassing said first flange and extending downwardly and outwardly therefrom, said second flange having portions thereof coacting with said first flange to form a plurality of pockets encompassing and lockingly accommodating the service tray lips when said tray and cover are in assembled relation, said second flange being adapted to encompass said tray skirt portion, and said cover first flange being adapted to abuttingly engage the tray ledge portion when said tray and cover are in assembled relation.
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