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US 7,464,827 B2Granted
Shipping unit
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorCynthia R. Meissen
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Abstract
A shipping unit for shipping items of varying length defines first and second tray sections which are connected and selectively move relative to one another to accommodate items of varying lengths. The first and second tray sections include base portions that allow shipping units to be stacked upon one another. Alternatively, the shipping unit includes a tray and a lid. The lid is connected to the tray and defines a tab and a slot on an end of the lid opposite the tab. The shipping units are connected by snap fitting the tab of one shipping unit into the slot of another shipping unit.
Claims8
A shipping unit comprising:
- a first tray section having a bottom wall and first and second side walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall, the bottom wall of the first tray section includes an upper bottom wall spaced apart from a lower bottom wall, the distance between the upper bottom wall and the lower bottom wall defining a slot, a forward portion of the lower bottom wall located below the slot adjacent an open end and extending past the upper bottom wall;
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- a second tray section having a bottom wall, first and second side walls and an end wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall, the second tray section including an open end opposite the end wall, a tongue extending forwardly away from the open end and receivable in the slot of the first tray section, one of the side walls of the first tray section is in a plane spaced outwardly from a plane of one of the side walls of the second tray section, wherein the first and second tray sections are slidably connected to accommodate items of different lengths.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.