Patent · US Expired

Protective box for a food tray

US6012628A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 13, 1997
Grant dateJan 11, 2000
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Expiry dateMay 13, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S229/906
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A protective box for a food tray. The food tray has a base, a generally upright, contiguous wall attached to the base, and a circumferential flange attached to an upper edge of the wall. The protective box typically has three or more, generally upright walls, and a device for holding the food tray within the box so that the flange of the food tray is separated from at least two of the upright walls of the protective box.

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