Packaging tray and method of manufacture

US11376768B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Tekni-Plex, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Babu Kuruvilla · Griffin, US
• Joe Labadie · Perrysburg, US
• Roger Lichtle · Decatur, US
• Mark A. Bergeron · Monroe, US
• Rafael Rivera · Monterrey, MX

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 10, 2020
• Grant date: Jul 5, 2022
• Expiry date: Jul 9, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B29L2031/712
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Thermoplastic packaging trays are provided that are filled with a product and wrapped in film, and methods of producing the tray with a peripheral edge region that avoids tearing of the overwrap film. In various embodiments, the tray has a beaded, a flat, or a combined beaded and flat peripheral edge.