Egg tray
AssigneeBrodrene Hartmann A/S
InventorIwer Dall
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Abstract
An improved egg tray is disclosed. The egg tray is comprised of a thin-walled body of rigid fiber pulp material and has a plurality of pockets and a plurality of posts. Each pocket has a bottom surrounded by a plurality of posts and each pocket has an egg-supporting surface for supporting an egg. The egg-supporting surface is a continuous part of a substantially ellipsoidal surface approximating the surface of the pointed part of an egg, and the pockets are within an egg size interval for which the egg tray is intended to be used. The egg-supporting surface has a continuous circular zone and a plurality of lower tongues extending downwardly from the continuous zone. Advantageously, the egg-supporting surface has a plurality of upper tongues extending upwardly on the sides of the posts from the continuous zone.
Claims18
An egg tray having a thin-walled body of rigid fiber pulp material and having surfaces for supporting the ellipsoidal surface of an egg, said egg tray comprising:
- a plurality of pockets each having a bottom and surrounded by a plurality of posts extending upwardly from said pockets in a direction opposite said bottom;
- an egg-supporting surface for supporting the egg and having a continuous substantially ellipsoidal surface approximating the ellipsoidal surface of the egg, said continuous substantially ellipsoidal surface having a continuous circular zone and a plurality of lower tongues extending downwardly from said continuous circular zone into a flared surface, said continuous circular zone and said lower tongues formed within said pocket;
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- said continuous substantially ellipsoidal surface also having a plurality of upper tongues extending upwardly from said continuous circular zone, along a side surface of said posts, and out of said pocket.
An egg tray having surfaces for supporting the ellipsoidal surfaces of an egg and having a thin-walled body of rigid fiber pulp material, said egg tray comprising:
- a plurality of pockets each surrounded by a plurality of posts and having a bottom, each of said plurality of posts having a top;
- an egg-supporting surface for supporting the egg and having a continuous substantially ellipsoidal surface approximating the ellipsoidal surface of the egg, said continuous substantially ellipsoidal surface having a continuous circular zone and a plurality of lower tongues extending downwardly from the continuous zone, said continuous circular zone and said lower tongues formed within said pockets;
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- said continuous substantially ellipsoidal surface also having a plurality of upper tongues extending upwardly from the continuous zone, each said tongue extending out from said pocket, and along a side surface of a respective post.
An egg tray for supporting the ellipsoidal surfaces of an egg, said egg tray comprising:
- a plurality of pockets each having a bottom and surrounded by a plurality of posts extending upward from said pockets in a direction opposite said bottom, each of said posts having a top;
- each said pocket having an egg-supporting surface for supporting the egg and having a continuous substantially ellipsoidal surface approximating the ellipsoidal surface of the egg, said continuous substantially ellipsoidal surface having a continuous circular zone and a plurality of lower tongues extending downwardly from the continuous zone, both said continuous circular zone and said plurality of tower tongues formed within said pocket;
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- said continuous substantially ellipsoidal surface also having a plurality of upper tongues extending upwardly from said continuous circular zone out of said pocket and along a side surface of said posts;
- each said lower tongue in contact with a part having a flared shape with an interior surface facing said pocket and an exterior surface facing away from said pocket, said interior surface extending downwardly from each lower tongue to a substantially flat bottom,
- said substantially flat bottom adapted for resting on a top of a second egg tray of the same kind immediately beneath the first egg tray when the first egg tray is placed on top of the second egg tray,
- said exterior surface shaped and placed so as to be in proximity to an upper surface part of an egg placed In a pocket in the second egg tray.
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