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US 5,287,973 AGranted
Banana carrier
AssigneeBankier Companies, Inc.
InventorJack D. Bankier
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Abstract
A banana carrier, particularly a banana carrier is provided for transporting bananas on a plurality of trays from the picking fields to the packing area. The banana carrier is particularly adapted to be hung in rolling fashion on a cableway network arranged in the picking fields. The trays are arranged in stacked spaced apart fashion on the banana carrier. Each tray provides quarter panel sloped surfaces, circumscribed by drainage troughs which communicate to a drainage hole located in a central portion of each tray.
Claims19
A banana carrying tray comprising:
- a surface for arranging bananas thereon;
- a recessed central area, said surface sloped toward said central area;
- a drainage hole arranged in said central area through said tray;
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- a trough formed into said surface and sloped toward said central area, said trough communicating for flow into said central area.
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