# US 5,344,019 A · Tray from folded sheet material and blank for this tray > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,344,019 A - Document ID: US5344019A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 08/008,115 - Filed: 1993-01-25 - Granted: 1994-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 1992-02-19 - Assignees: U.S. Philips Corporation - Inventors: Wilhelmus J. J. Van Hest - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5344019A ## CPC - B65D 5/504: {Racks having upstanding ridges formed by folds, and provided with slits or recesses} - B65D 85/42: for ampoules; for lamp bulbs; for electronic valves or tubes - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES ## Abstract The tray and the blank from sheet material comprise a rectangular base portion (1) having first (2, 4) and second (3, 5) opposing edges. First walls (12, 14) extend along and remote from the first edges and comprise opposing openings (112, 114) for accommodating a respective end portion of a body. Buffering bands (22, 24; 32, 34) are present at the first walls adjacent (22, 24) as well as remote (32, 34) from the base portion (1). Second walls (13, 15) are present along the second edges (3, 5), each connected to the remote buffering bands (32, 34). The base portion (1) is connected to one second wall (13) and coupled to the other second wall (15). The tray can be formed from the blank without auxiliary means. The tray and bodies, e.g. fluorescent lamps, accommodated therein can be handled without additional support. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A tray mode of folded sheet material for accommodating several elongate objects arranged next to one another, comprising: a rectangular base portion having a first set of two mutually opposing edges and a second set of mutually opposing edges, two first walls, positioned remote from said first set of mutually opposing edges, each of said first walls resting on said base portion and extending in a direction parallel to the axis of said first set of mutually opposing edges, each of said first walls being provided with mutually opposing openings adapted for accommodating respective end portions of each of said objects, first and second sets of two buffering bands each, each band in said first set of buffering bands integral with one of said first walls and extending outwardly from said base portion in a direction parallel thereto, one of said bands of said first set of buffering bands positioned adjacent to said base portion and the other of said bands of said first set of buffering bands positioned remote from said base portion, each band in said second set of buffering bands integral with the other of said first walls and extending outwardly from said base portion in a direction parallel thereto, one of said bands in said second set of buffering bands being positioned adjacent to said base portion and the other of said bands of said second set of buffering bands positioned remote from said base portion; characterized in that: two second walls are present each positioned along one of the edges of said second set of edges, each resting on said base portion and each connected to a separate one of said remote buffering bands and the base portion is connected to both of said second walls. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A tray as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the tray is made from one integral piece of sheet material. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A tray as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that a blind wall extending in a direction parallel to one of said two first walls is positioned between said one of said two first walls and an edge of said first group of edges and relatively closer to said one of said two first walls then to said other edge of said first group of edges. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A tray as claimed in claim 3 wherein the tray is made from one integral piece of sheet material. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) A tray of claim 3 characterized in that the first wall is connected to a third set of buffering bands extending outwardly from said blind wall, one of said bands of said third set being positioned adjacent to said base portion and the other of said bands of said third set being positioned remote from said base portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) A tray as claimed in claim 5 wherein the tray is made from one integral piece of sheet material. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The tray as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that the band of said third set of bands positioned remote from said base portion is connected to the buffering band of said one of said first walls positioned remote from said base portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A tray as claimed in claim 7 wherein the tray is made from one integral piece of sheet material. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A tray as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that an opening is present in each of said second walls and a tag is present in each of said first walls, each of said tags being inserted into one of said openings thereby connecting said first walls to said second walls. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A tray as claimed in claim 9 wherein the tray is made from one integral piece of sheet material. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A tray as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that one of said second walls comprises an auxiliary strip provided with an incision into while incision a closing flap extending from the base portion projects to the inside of said tray. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A tray as claimed in claim 11 wherein the tray is made from one integral piece of sheet material. ### Claim 13 A blank of sheet material having a profile, openings and slits positioned in a manner such that said blank is suitable for folding to form a tray for accommodating several elongate objects arranged next to one another: said array comprising: a rectangular base portion having a first set of two mutually opposing edges and a second set of mutually opposing edges, two first walls, positioned remote from said first set of mutually opposing edges, each of said first walls resting on said base portion and extending in a direction parallel to the axis of said first set of mutually opposing edges, each of said first walls being provided with mutually opposing openings adapted for accommodating respective end portions of each of said objects, first and second sets of two buffering bands each, each band in said first set of buffering bands integral with one of said first walls and extending outwardly from said base portion in a direction parallel thereto, one of said bands of said first set of buffering bands positioned adjacent to said base portion and the other of said bands of said first set of buffering bands positioned remote from said base portion, each band in said second set of buffering bands integral with the other of said first walls and extending outwardly from said base portion in a direction parallel thereto one of said bands in said second set of buffering bands being positioned adjacent to said base portion and the other of said bands of said second set of buffering bands positioned remote from said base portion; characterized in that: two second walls are present each positioned along one of the edges of said second set of edges, each resting on said base portion and each connected to a separate one of said remote buffering bands and the base portion is connected to both of said second walls. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) A blank as claimed in claim 13, characterized in that a blind wall extending in a direction parallel to one of said two first walls is positioned between said one of said two first walls and an edge of said first group of edges relatively closer to said one of said two first walls then to said other edge of said first group of edges. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) A blank as claimed in claim 13, characterized in that the first wall is connected to a third set of buffering bands extending outwardly from said blind wall, one of said bands of said third set being positioned adjacent to said base portion and the other of said bands of said third set being positioned remote from said base portion.