Stackable low depth tray
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorWilliam P. Apps
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Abstract
A tray for storing and transporting bottles includes a plurality of spaced apart base walls each for supporting a bottle thereon. A pair of opposed side walls and a plurality of interior columns are connected by a plurality of dividers. The dividers also connect the columns and the side walls to the base wall. Each divider includes a lower end having spaced apart pocket walls each connected to a different one of the base walls.
Claims24
A tray for storing and transporting bottles comprising:
- a base including a plurality of spaced-apart base walls for supporting bottles thereon;
- a pair of opposed side walls;
- a plurality of interior columns between the side walls, the interior columns extending up higher than the side walls;
- a plurality of side columns extending up from the side walls;
- a plurality of dividers connecting the interior columns to one another and to the side columns, the dividers connecting the base walls to the interior columns;
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- each divider having a vertical single wall thickness upper portion connected to a lower end including spaced apart pocket walls each connected to a different one of the plurality of spaced-apart base walls, each upper portion including a header portion co-planar with spaced apart leg portions extending downward from the header portion, such that an opening is defined between the leg portions, wherein the dividers are dimensioned and oriented so that the upper portions are received between the spaced apart interior pocket walls of an identical tray nested on the tray.
A tray for storing and transporting bottles comprising:
- a base including a plurality of spaced-apart base walls for supporting bottles thereon;
- a pair of opposed side walls;
- a plurality of interior columns between the side walls, the interior columns extending up higher than the side walls;
- a plurality of side columns extending up from the side walls;
- a plurality of dividers connecting the interior columns to one another and to the side columns, the dividers connecting the base walls to the interior columns;
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- each divider having a vertical single wall thickness upper portion connected to a lower end including spaced apart pocket walls each connected to a different one of the plurality of spaced-apart base walls, wherein the dividers are dimensioned and oriented so that the upper portions are received between the spaced apart interior pocket walls of an identical tray nested on the tray, wherein the dividers each further include a laterally diverging portion connecting an upper portion of the divider to the spaced apart pocket walls.
A tray for storing and transporting bottles comprising:
- a base including a plurality of spaced-apart base walls for supporting a bottle thereon, a bottle-receiving pocket defined above each of the base walls;
- a pair of opposed side walls, each of the side walls partially defining the plurality of the bottle-receiving pockets;
- a plurality of interior columns between the side walls, the interior columns extending up higher than the side walls;
- a plurality of dividers connecting the interior columns to one another and to the side walls, the dividers connecting the base walls to the interior columns, each divider having a lower end including spaced apart interior pocket walls each connected to a different one of the plurality of spaced-apart base walls, the interior pocket walls having uppermost edges generally co-planar with lowermost edges of the side walls, wherein the side walls and dividers are formed as a single piece, each divider including an upper portion above the lower end, said upper portion of each divider consisting of a single wall which is the only connection above the lower end of the each divider between an adjacent pair of interior columns or between one of the interior columns and one of the side walls, wherein the uppermost edges of the interior pocket walls are spaced apart.
A tray for storing and transporting bottles comprising:
- a base including a plurality of spaced-apart base walls for supporting a bottle thereon;
- a pair of opposed side walls, side pocket walls depending downward from the side walls, the side pocket walls spaced inwardly from the side walls, wherein bottom-most edges of the side walls are in a plane higher than an upper-most surface of the base walls;
- a pair of opposed end walls connecting the side walls;
- a plurality of interior columns between the side walls, the interior columns extending up higher than the side walls;
- a plurality of exterior columns extending up from the side walls;
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- a plurality of dividers connecting the interior columns to one another and to the side walls, the dividers connecting the base walls to the interior columns, each divider having a lower end including spaced apart curved interior pocket walls each connected to a different one of the plurality of spaced-apart base walls, each divider including an upper portion above the lower end, said upper portion of each divider consisting of a single wall which is the only connection above the lower end between an adjacent pair of interior columns or between one of the interior columns and one of the side walls, the interior pocket walls having uppermost edges generally co-planar with uppermost edges of the side pocket walls.
A tray comprising:
- a base;
- a pair of side walls extending upwardly from opposite edges of the base;
- a plurality of side columns extending upwardly from the side walls;
- a plurality of interior columns between the side walls, the interior columns extending upwardly from the base;
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- a divider connecting one of the plurality of interior columns to one of the plurality of side columns, wherein the divider includes an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion including two spaced apart pocket walls extending down to the base, the upper portion consisting of only a single wall above the lower portion, wherein the single wall is the only connection between the one of the plurality of interior columns and the one of the plurality of side columns, the single wall including a header and at least two spaced-apart portions co-planar with the header.
A tray comprising:
- a plurality of base walls;
- a pair of side walls extending upwardly from the base walls;
- a plurality of side columns extending upwardly from the side walls;
- a plurality of interior columns between the side walls, the interior columns extending upwardly from the base walls;
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- a divider connecting one of the plurality of interior columns to either another of the plurality of interior columns or a side column, wherein the divider includes a single-walled upper wall portion and a lower wall portion, the lower wall portion including at least two generally coplanar spaced-apart leg portions;
- wherein a horizontal element connects one of the plurality of base walls to the lower wall portion of the divider, the horizontal element extending in a direction generally parallel to the plane of the base walls;
- wherein one of the plurality of base walls is connected to another of the plurality of base walls by way of a generally vertical pocket wall, the pocket wall connected to one of the spaced-apart lower portions by way of the horizontal element, the pocket wall extending generally perpendicular to the horizontal element in a downward direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.