Special receptacle or package – Structural features for nesting identical receptacles or... – Noncircular receptacles
Patent
1991-04-22
1994-03-08
Moy, Joseph Man-Fu
Special receptacle or package
Structural features for nesting identical receptacles or...
Noncircular receptacles
206519, B65D 2104
Patent
active
052920011
ABSTRACT:
A tray for storing articles, such as cylindrical beverage containers, in a substantially upright position includes a bottom member and four wall members interconnected to provide an enclosure for receiving the articles. Each of the wall members has a support member protruding into the enclosure from the corresponding wall member. Each support member has a support surface which is inclined upwardly from the corresponding wall member into the enclosure. A portion of the outer surface of the bottom member adjacent to each of the wall members is also inclined upwardly and is adapted to contact the corresponding support surfaces of another tray when two or more trays are nested. A plurality of external rib members are disposed on respective outer surfaces of the wall members for contacting respective inner surfaces of the wall members of another tray when two or more trays are nested. The engagement between the external rib members of the inner tray and the inner wall surfaces of the outer tray aligns the respective top rim members of the nested trays along respective vertical axes and provides sufficient spacing between the nested trays to prevent the trays from "locking" or sticking together.
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Kensinger Jesse P.
Langenbeck Keith A.
Langenbeck Keith A.
Man-Fu Moy Joseph
McCord W. Kirk
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