Hooded tray
AssigneeAssi Packaging Systems Unlimited
InventorMichael A. Inman
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Abstract
A hooded tray and a blank for manufacturing such a tray. The hooded tray has two open topped trays having opposed product containing and enclosing side and end walls. The two trays are assembled together into a closed transport configuration, with the open top of one tray facing the open top of the other. Each of the trays presents an upstanding wall arranged, when the trays are assembled, to make wall-to-wall contact with a side or end wall of the other tray. This enables the two trays to be easily located relative to each other.
Claims21
A hooded tray comprising
- two open-top trays adapted for detachable open-top to open-top assembly into a closed transport configuration, wherein each tray has
- a main panel supporting first and second opposed end walls and first and second opposed side walls,
- the end and side walls of each tray are secured together by flaps at corners of the main panels, at least two of the flaps comprising opposing upstandable portions adjacent the first end wall,
- the dimensions of the main panels of the two trays are substantially equal,
- the widths of the first end walls of the two trays are substantially equal,
- the widths of the second end walls of the two trays are substantially equal,
- the height of each first end wall is greater than the height of each second end wall,
- the width of each first end wall is greater than the width of each second end wall,
- the width of the main panel adjacent the second end wall is less than the width of the first end wall, and
- the width of the main panel adjacent the first end wall is greater than the width of the second end wall,
- whereby when assembled the second end wall of each tray may be readily inserted between the upstandable portions of the other tray such that the second end wall of one tray abuts the first end wall of the other tray.
A hooded tray comprising
- two open-top trays adapted for detachable open-top to open-top assembly into a closed transport configuration, wherein each tray has
- a main panel supporting first and second opposed end walls and first and second opposed side walls,
- the end and side walls of each tray are secured together by flaps at corners of the main panels, at least two of the flaps comprising opposing upstandable portions adjacent the first end wall,
- the dimensions of the main panels of the two trays are substantially equal,
- the widths of the first end walls of the two trays are substantially equal,
- the widths of the second end walls of the two trays are substantially equal,
- the height of each first end wall is greater than the height of each second end wall,
- the width of each first end wall is greater than the width of each second end wall,
- the width of the main panel adjacent the second end wall is less than the width of the first end wall, and
- the width of the main panel adjacent the first end wall 24 is greater than the width of the second end wall,
- whereby when assembled the second end wall of each tray may be readily inserted between the upstandable portions of the side walls of the other tray such that the second end wall of one tray abuts the first end wall of the other tray,
- wherein each tray is provided with a dividing wall or partition parallel with its side walls and extending for half, or substantially half, of the length of the tray, the dividing walls or partitions in the assembled hooded tray abutting end-to-end to divide the interior thereof into two separate side-by-side areas.
A blank for erection to a tray adapted for assembly into a hooded tray, the blank comprising:
- a main panel constituting the top or bottom of a hooded tray,
- two opposed side wall panels integral with the main panel at opposite sides thereof,
- an end wall panel integral with one end of the main panel and having opposed lateral securing flaps,
- an end wall panel integral with the other end of the main panel and having opposed lateral securing flaps,
- the length of the latter end wall panel and its securing flaps being greater than the length of the former end wall panel and its securing flaps,
- the width of the latter end wall panel being greater than the width of the former end wall panel,
- the width of the main panel adjacent the former end wall being less than the width of the latter end wall, and
- the width of the main panel adjacent the latter end wall being greater than the width of the former end wall.
A blank for erection to a tray adapted for assembly into a hooded tray, the blank comprising a main panel constituting the top or bottom of a hooded tray, two opposed side wall panels integral with the main panel at opposite sides thereof, an end wall panel integral with one end of the main panel and having opposed lateral securing flaps, an end wall panel integral with the other end of the main panel and having opposed lateral securing flaps, the length of the latter end wall panel and its securing flaps being greater than the length of the former end wall panel and its securing flaps, the width of the latter end wall panel being greater than the width of the former end wall panel, the width of the main panel adjacent the former end wall being less than the width of the latter end wall, and the width of the main panel adjacent the latter end wall being greater than the width of the former end wall, wherein the side wall panels, for a first part of their lengths, are of greater width than for a second part, the sum of the widths of the first parts of the side wall panels and the main panel is equal to the sum of the widths of the latter end wall panel and its securing flaps, and the latter end wall panel has integral therewith partition flaps adapted, in the assembled blank to be contiguous, lie inboard of the latter end wall panel, and be parallel with the side wall panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.