Patent · US Expired

Molded pulp tray for beverage and food

US4208006A · kind A · utility

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38Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 27, 1979
Grant dateJun 17, 1980
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 27, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47G23/06
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A tray of molded pulp or like material for carryout food and beverage comprising one or more pockets for receiving and firmly supporting any one of several different size beverage containers normally used in the carry-out food trade, each of the pockets having a circular floor portion, a web portion extending for a full 360.degree. around the circular floor portion in an area adjacent the circular floor portion and diverging in the upward direction, the web portion extending along a generally conic surface to an upper ridge, a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart tower-like members extending radially inwardly of the pocket from the web portion to firmly grip and support a beverage container which may be received in the pocket member but being too large in diameter to reach the circular floor portion, each of the tower-like members extending upwardly from the web portion at an area above the upper ridge of the web portion, each of the tower-like members including a pair of circumferentially spaced radially inwardly extending flanges having integral therewith at upper ends thereof a generally horizontal bridge, the pair of radially inwardly extending flanges and the bridge hav…

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