Loose-egg transport panel
AssigneeSay Plastics
InventorsKenneth J. Kuipers, William F. Smith
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Abstract
A panel for use in an egg-stacking system in which loose eggs are held in a system mounted on a pallet for shipment by a truck or railroad, the panel being made of a high density synthetic resin having raised edges and a plurality of depressions in the surface of the panel, the depressions being positioned to lie between rows of eggs in the trays below the panel to lock the panel and the underlying stacks of eggs in the trays into a shift-resistant unit.
Claims5
In an egg-stacking system for improved safety in shipping eggs comprising a pallet and including a plurality of egg containing trays mounted one atop another to form a stack, a plurality of stacks of equal height positioned side by side to form an array, and a plurality of arrays separated one above the other by a panel, the improved panel comprising a high density synthetic plastic having raised edges to prevent a plurality of egg-containing trays from sliding on the panel, a plurality of depressions in the surface of the panel, said depressions being positioned to lie between rows of eggs in the trays below the panel to lock the panel and underlying stacks of eggs into a shift-resistant unit.
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