Bakery tray and dolly
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorJon P. Hassell
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Abstract
A tray includes a base and a pair of opposed side walls extending upward from the base. Each of the side walls includes a plurality of feet providing multiple stacking heights with an identical tray. Each side wall including a recess on an inner, upper edge. A rear wall extends upward from a rear the base between the side walls. A front wall extends upward from a front of the base between the side walls, the front wall including a portion lower than the side walls. A dolly that can be used with the tray includes a deck having a pair of contiguous support surfaces. A reinforcement rod supports the pair of support surfaces. A caster includes a caster plate secured to the deck, the reinforcement rod between the caster plate and the deck.
Claims10
A tray comprising:
- a base;
- a pair of opposed side walls extending upward from the base, an interior of the tray for storing goods, the interior of the tray defined between an innermost surface of one of the pair of opposed side walls and an innermost surface of the other one of the pair of opposed side walls, each of the side walls including a plurality of feet and a plurality of pockets providing multiple stacking heights with an identical tray, each side wall including a chamfer on an inner, upper edge, the chamfer extending from one of the plurality of pockets to another of the plurality of pockets, wherein the chamfer is open to the interior of the tray from the one of the plurality of pockets to the other of the plurality of pockets;
- a rear wall extending upward from a rear of the base between the side walls;
- a front wall extending upward from a front of the base between the side walls, the front wall including a portion lower than the side walls;
- and
- side flanges extending inwardly from the side walls toward one another above the front wall and the rear wall and a notch formed in the front wall adjacent each side wall and a notch formed in the rear wall adjacent each side wall, the notches simultaneously partially receiving the side flanges of an identical tray on which the tray is cross-stacked.
A tray comprising:
- a base having an upper support surface for supporting goods thereon;
- a pair of opposed side walls extending upward from the base;
- a rear wall extending upward from a rear of the base between the side walls;
- a front wall extending upward from a front of the base between the side walls, the front wall including a portion lower than the side walls, wherein the front wall and rear wall each include an inner wall portion extending upward from the base and an outer wall portion spaced outwardly of the inner wall portion;
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- side flanges extending inwardly from the side walls toward one another above the front wall and the rear wall and a notch formed in the front wall adjacent each side wall and a notch formed in the rear wall adjacent each side wall, wherein the notches are defined by recessed portions of the outer wall portions recessed inward toward the respective inner wall portions, wherein the notches are above the upper support surface of the base and the notches configured to be simultaneously partially receiving the side flanges of an identical tray when the tray is cross-stacked on the identical tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.