Tray container and blank
AssigneeThe Mead Corporation
InventorPhilippe Le Bras
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Abstract
A tray and a blank for forming the tray for holding foodstuff or the like are disclosed. The tray is formed from paperboard or similar foldable sheet material, and includes a base and opposed side and end walls hingedly connected to the base. Means are provided to give fluid communication between the surface of the base that forms the tray interior and a void so that fluid present in the tray can drain into the void. The void is formed by a double skinned zone adjacent at least a portion of the intersection between the base and at least one of the side and/or end walls, the double skinned zone being provided by folded outer panels of the opposed side and/or end walls.
Claims12
A tray formed from foldable sheet material, the tray including a base having a first surface for defining at least a portion of an interior surface of the tray, opposed side and end walls hingedly connected to the base, and wherein means are provided to give fluid communication between said first surface of the base and a void so that fluid present in the tray can drain into the void, characterised in that the void is formed by a double skinned zone adjacent at least a portion of the intersection between the base and at least one of the side and/or end walls, the double skinned zone being provided by folded outer panels of the side and/or end walls.
A blank for forming a tray comprising a base panel, side and end panels hingably connected to the base panel, and securing means for securing together adjacent ones of said side and end panels to form a corner of the tray when the blank is erected, wherein means are provided to give fluid communications between the internal surface of the base when erected to form a carton and a void so that fluid present in the erected tray can drain into the void, characterised in that a further blank portion is provided capable of being brought into a position adjacent the intersection between the base and at least one of the side and/or end panels so as to form a double skin thereby to form the void.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.