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US 7,017,798 B2Granted
Food-transport tray
AssigneeTIN Inc.
InventorsRay Pope, Nate Marsh, Stan Knierim
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Abstract
An article-transport tray includes a floor, two side walls, and two end walls which cooperate to form an interior regions sized to contain bags of food or other articles. A partial cover is coupled to the side walls and is arranged to overlie the floor. The cover provides a top opening into the interior region formed in the tray.
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An article-transport tray comprising
- a floor having two sides and two ends,
- a first side wall appended to the floor along a first side of the floor,
- a second side wall appended to the floor along a second side of the floor and arranged to lie opposite to the first side wall,
- a right end strip coupled to the first and second side walls, the right end strip having a lower boundary arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to a first end of the floor,
- a left end strip coupled to the first and second side walls to locate the floor between the left and right end strips, the left end strip having a lower boundary arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to a second end of the floor, and
- a lower tray-alignment guide associated with the floor and adapted to mate and nest with an underlying tray to establish an aligned stack of trays, the lower tray-alignment guide including an inclined right tray-locator flange arranged to interconnect the first end of the floor and the lower boundary of the right end strip and an inclined left tray-locator flange arranged to interconnect the second end of the floor and the lower boundary of the left end strip, the inclined right and left tray-locator flanges being arranged to diverge in a direction extending away from the floor and toward the lower boundaries of the right and left end strips.
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An article-transport tray comprising
- a floor having two sides and two ends,
- a first side wall appended to the floor along a first side of the floor,
- a second side wall appended to the floor along a second side of the floor and arranged to lie opposite to the fist side wall,
- a right cover strip coupled to the first and second side walls, the right cover strip including a right horizontal tray-support platform overlaying the floor and extending between the first and second side walls,
- a left cover strip coupled to the first and second side walls, the left cover strip including a left horizontal tray-support platform overlying the floor and extending between the first and second side walls to lie in spaced-apart relation to the right horizontal tray-support platform to form an opening into an interior article-receiving region defined by the floor, and the first and second side walls,
- a right end wall associated with a first end of the floor and the right cover strip and arranged to extend between the first and second side walls,
- a left end wall associated with an opposite second end of the floor and the left cover strip and arranged to extend between the first and second side walls, and
- a tray aligner including an inclined lower tray-alignment guide coupled to the floor and to the right and left end walls and to the right and left horizontal tray support platforms.
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An article-transport tray comprising
- a floor having two sides and two ends,
- a first side wall appended to the floor along a first side of the floor,
- a second side wall appended to the floor along a second side of the floor and arranged to lie opposite to the first side wall,
- a right end closure including an inclined right tray-locator flange appended to the first end of the floor along a fold line therebetween, a right end wall appended to the inclined right tray-locator flange along a fold line therebetween, a first end wall anchor flap appended to the right end wall along a fold line therebetween and coupled to the first side wall, a second end wall anchor flap appended to the right end wall along a fold line therebetween and coupled to the second side wall, an inclined right tray-locator rim appended to the right end wall along a fold line therebetween and arranged to overlie the inclined right tray-locator flange, a right horizontal tray-support platform appended to the inclined right tray-locator rim along a fold line therebetween and arranged to overlie a portion of the floor, a first platform anchor flap appended to the right horizontal tray-support platform along a fold line therebetween and coupled to the first side wall, and a second platform anchor flap appended to the right horizontal tray-support platform along a fold line therebetween and coupled to the second side wall, and
- a left end closure including an inclined left tray-locator flange appended to the second end of the floor along a fold line therebetween, a left end wall appended to the inclined left tray-locator flange along a fold line therebetween, a first end wall anchor flap appended to the left end wall along a fold line therebetween and coupled to the first side wall, a second end wall anchor flap appended to the left end wall along a fold line therebetween and coupled to the second side wall, an inclined left tray-locator rim appended to the left end wall along a fold line therebetween and arranged to overlie the inclined left tray-locator flange, a left horizontal tray-support platform appended to the inclined left tray-locator rim along a fold line therebetween and arranged to overlie a potion of the floor, a first platform anchor flap appended to the left horizontal tray-support platform along a fold line therebetween and coupled to the first side wall, and a second platform anchor flap appended to the left horizontal tray-support platform along a fold line therebetween and coupled to the second side wall.
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