Container and utility tray
US4085845A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 15, 1975 |
| Grant date | Apr 25, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 15, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S206/804
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A combination container and utility tray in which a tray is supported in and secured to an outer container. The interrelationship of the tray and the container together with the design of the tray is such as to permit the tray to be thermally formed of otherwise unacceptably thin sheet material thus saving in amount of materials used with resulting reduction in manufacturing costs while still providing a convenient and firm support for shipping and use of articles. The firmness of support is achieved by forming around the periphery of the tray a downwardly extending flange and forming in the main body of the tray a plurality of depressions for holding different objects with some of the depressions having a depth such that the bottom of the depression is in the same plane as the edge of the downwardly extending flange. The tray is held in a cardboard container having a bottom and sides, the cardboard container being only slightly larger than the tray so that the downwardly extending flange of the tray contacts the sides of the container with the bottom of the deeper depressions resting on the bottom of the container and being secured thereto. The tray, which is designed for storing …
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