Egg container

An egg container that includes a base and a cover that are each constructed of a deformed sheet of plastic material, said base and cover each having a pair of laterally spaced sides and a pair of longitudinally spaced sides, said base being deformed to form a plurality of egg-receiving recesses, wherein:

• said egg container includes a tray that lies vertically between a majority of said base and a majority of said cover and that has a plurality of egg-receiving tray recesses, said tray having a plurality of tray supported locations spaced from all of said sides;
• said base has a plurality of upwardly-extending base columns with upper ends that engage corresponding ones of said tray supported locations, and said tray has a plurality of primarily vertical first tray columns with upper ends of said columns engaging a flat top wall of said cover.

An egg container that includes a base and a cover that are each constructed of a deformed sheet of plastic material, said base having a lower wall that is deformed to form a plurality of egg-receiving recesses, said base and cover each having a periphery, a pair of laterally-spaced sides, and a pair of longitudinally-spaced sides, at least one of said sides of said base and cover having latches that are latchable together to keep the container closed until unlatched, wherein:

• said cover having a first side with at least one outward bulge forming at least one chimney for ventilating the container, said chimney having an upper end that opens to the inside of the container and a chimney open lower end that opens to the environment outside the container;
• said outward bulge of said first side of said cover extends downward beyond the top of the base side.

An egg container that includes a base and a cover that are each constructed of a deformed sheet of plastic material, said base having a lower wall that is deformed to form a plurality of egg-receiving recesses, said base and cover each having a periphery, a pair of laterally-spaced sides, and a pair of longitudinally-spaced sides, at least one of said sides of said base and cover having latches that are latchable together to keep the container closed until unlatched, wherein:

• said cover has a first side that forms at least one chimney for ventilating the container, said chimney having an upper end that opens to the inside of the container and a chimney lower end that opens to the environment outside the container;
• said base has a base rim that forms one of said latches, and the latch of said cover forms a shoulder that lies under and against said rim;
• said chimney has a lower end that lies at a level below said base rim.

An egg container that includes a base and a cover that are each constructed of a deformed sheet of plastic material, said base having a lower wall that is deformed to form a plurality of egg-receiving recesses, said base and cover each having a periphery, a pair of laterally-spaced sides, and a pair of longitudinally-spaced sides, at least one of said sides of said base and cover having latch parts that are latchable together to keep the container closed until unlatched, wherein:

• said cover has a first side with a horizontal length and a plurality of chimneys spaced along said length, at least one of said chimneys having an upper end that opens to the inside of the container and a chimney lower end that opens to the environment outside the container for ventilating the container;
• said first cover side has a plurality of said latch parts that lie between said chimneys.