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EP3053844A1
EP3053844A1 EP16154374.9A EP16154374A EP3053844A1 EP 3053844 A1 EP3053844 A1 EP 3053844A1 EP 16154374 A EP16154374 A EP 16154374A EP 3053844 A1 EP3053844 A1 EP 3053844A1
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Johan LINDSTRÖM
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
    • B65D21/0215—Containers with stacking feet or corner elements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
    • B65D21/0226—Containers with movable parts adapted to be placed in alternative positions for stacking the containers at different levels, i.e. without nesting of the containers

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  • the present invention relates to handheld logistics equipment. More specifically, the invention relates to a tray according to the preamble portion of claim 1.
  • Trays are mostly suited for transporting products, which can withstand external vertical loads to the extent that loaded trays can be stacked on top of each other. Trays are a very advantageous way of transporting sturdy containers, since they take up very little space and enable handling by automated or power-assisted devices.
  • Another key benefit of trays is that the products may be displayed in the tray, which eliminates the need to shelf the products in the place of commerce.
  • Certain consumer product packages are not designed to withstand external vertical loads but rather to act as a protective shell to the contents.
  • This development affects the load carriers used in transporting such non-self-supporting goods as trays, for example, cannot be used. Instead, such products are packed and transported in various kinds of crates that can be used in forming stacks.
  • the crates are typically collapsible or they have a rigid frame.
  • the rigid frame crates usually have a bottom piece, to which is fixed four opposing side walls that have handles of some sort. More popular are crates with four foldable walls, wherein the four walls are foldable for collapsing the crate so that the crate takes up minimal space during return logistics.
  • the aim of the present invention is achieved with aid of a novel tray for transporting items.
  • the novel tray includes a tray body with a top surface for receiving the items and a bottom surface on the opposite side of the tray body in respect to the top surface.
  • the normal of the top surface forms a first direction of the cell tray and the normal of the bottom surface forms a second direction.
  • the tray also includes peripheral supports, which extend from and orthogonally to the top surface of the tray body in the first direction.
  • the tray further includes deployable stands, which are attached to the tray body in an articulated manner such to be pivotable between a flanked configuration and a deployed configuration. In which deployed configuration the stands extend from and orthogonally to the tray body in the second direction for creating an underside clearance for items stored on a similar cell tray in a stack of cell trays.
  • the tray according to the present invention is characterized by the characterizing portion of claim 1.
  • the tray may be used for transporting low non-self-supporting items with the stands folded and taller non-self-supporting items with the stands deployed. Because the deployable stands create clearance, the products need not be shelved, whereby they can be readily displayed in a stack of trays.
  • the supports take the form of end walls, which have a centrally recessed profile, when viewed from the side.
  • the middle vertical recesses are designed to grant access to the contents of the tray from the side, when several trays are stacked on top of each other, whereby items are accessible from all trays in a stack formation.
  • a tray 100 includes an integral tray body 10 and peripheral supports as well as two pivotable stands 30A, 30B. That is to say the tray body 10 and the supports are produced as one solitary piece by means of molding, for example.
  • the tray body 10 has a quadrilateral shape, when viewed from above.
  • the top surface 11 of the tray 10 is for receiving the items.
  • the normal of the top surface forms a first direction, i.e. upward direction, of the cell tray 100.
  • the normal of the surface refers to the orthogonal direction extending from the approximated plane of the surface in question.
  • the normal of the bottom surface 12 which is on the opposite side of the tray body 10 in respect to the top surface 11, forms a second direction.
  • the first and second directions are therefore opposing directions in the same dimension, i.e. vertical dimension in the typical using environment of the tray.
  • the tray body 10 is has a relieved structure with a plurality of recesses, openings etc.
  • the supports take the form of end walls 21, 22 that extend along the peripheral edge of the tray body 10.
  • the top surface 11 is surrounded by peripheral end walls 21, 22 that extend from and orthogonally to the top surface 11 into the first direction.
  • the short sides of the tray 100 include opposing end walls 21A, 21B and the long sides include opposing end walls 22A, 22B (see Fig. 1 ).
  • the end walls 21A, 21B, 22A, 22B have a recessed side profile in that the middle section of the end wall extends lower than side end sections of the end walls, when viewed from the side.
  • the middle vertical recesses are designed to grant access to the contents of the tray 100, when several trays are stacked on top of each other (see Figs. 5 and 13 ).
  • the end walls 21A, 21B, 22A, 22B are recessed to such an extent that the tray 100 is not considered to be a crate because end walls 21A, 21B, 22A, 22B are not intended to provide full lateral support for the items transported on the tray.
  • the terminal, i.e. top, ends of the end walls 21A, 21B include locking protrusions 23, which extend in the first direction from the end walls 21A, 21B so as to be inserted into receptive locking slots 35 in the stands 30 of a superposed cell tray 100 (see Figs. 3 and 12 ).
  • a reversed construction is also possible but less preferred.
  • the peripheral supports are corner posts, which are arranged to the corners of the tray body.
  • the corner posts do not extend along the peripheral edge of the tray body so as to unite with another corner post. Instead it is possible to provide a similar support function with simple corner extensions that are preferably made integral to the tray body for added rigidity.
  • Figs. two embodiments are shown featuring stands of different length for providing two different amounts of clearance underneath the tray for stacking purposes.
  • the first embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 5 features a tray with shorter stands, whereas the second embodiment shown in Figs. 6 to 13 features a tray with longer stands.
  • the major difference in the embodiments resides in the length of the longitudinal members of the stands 30.
  • the length of the stands is preferably limited to half of the lateral length of the tray body 10 so that the stands would not have to be folded on top of each other.
  • the pivoting and locking mechanisms of the stands are similar in both illustrated embodiments.
  • the cell tray includes several similar features herein described.
  • the tray 100 has two foldable stands 30A, 30B at opposing ends of the tray body 10, namely at the narrower ends that include the walls 21A, 21B, respectively.
  • the stands 30A, 30B are attached to the tray body 10 in an articulated manner such to be pivotable between a flanked configuration shown in Figs. 1 , 2 and 6 and a deployed configuration shown in Figs. 3 to 5 and 7 to 13 .
  • the stands 30 In the flanked configuration the stands 30 extend parallel to the bottom surface 12 of the tray body 10, i.e. orthogonal to the second direction.
  • the stands 30 In the deployed configuration the stands 30 extend from and orthogonally to the tray body 10 into the second direction for creating an underside clearance for items stored on a similar cell tray in a stack of cell trays.
  • the stands 30 could be constructed to pivot about the longer edge of the tray 100 featuring the longer end walls 22A, 22B.
  • the stands flank the end walls 21A, 21B, whereby they extend parallel to the first and second direction. This would, however, require a different pivoting mechanism than herein described.
  • the pivoting action of the stand 30 is three-fold. Firstly, the stand 30 is articulated in respect to the tray body 10 to undergo rotation about an axis orthogonal to the first and second directions. More particularly, the axis extends along the side of the tray 100, which side in the illustrated embodiments is the side with the shorter end walls 21A, 21B. Naturally, it would be equally possible to arrange the pivoting axis on the longer side of the tray (not shown). Secondly, the stand 30 is articulated in respect to the tray body 10 to undergo deviation in the second direction, i.e. to be lowered in respect to the tray body 10, and orthogonal to the second direction, i.e. to slide along the under the bottom surface 12 of the tray body 10.
  • the pivoting mechanism 13, 36 for providing movement of the stand 30 in respect to the tray body 10 in three degrees of freedom, namely rotation and two mutually orthogonal translations, is best shown in Figs. 9 to 12 .
  • the end of the longitudinal member 31A is provided with a pivot groove 36A, which is a through hole having a hole elongated along the longitudinal member 31A.
  • the other longitudinal member 31B has of course another pivot groove (not shown) on the same level.
  • the counterpart to the pivot groove 36 is a pin 13 provided to the tray body 10, particularly to the side surface of the tray body 10.
  • the rotation of the stand 30 is guided by a guiding mechanism 14, 15, 38.
  • a guide groove 14 dictating the path of the rotational movement
  • a respective cooperating stub 38 which travels in the guide groove 14 during the pivoting motion of the stand 30.
  • the guide groove 14 is a curvaceous through hole in the lateral side surface of the tray body 10, through which the stub 38 of the stand 30 extends. Accordingly, the stub 38 on the stand 30 is dimensioned such to only just extend to the inside of the lateral side wall of the tray body 10 so as to not make unintentional contact with the webs in the honeycombed structure of the tray body 10.
  • the guide groove 14 is shaped to guide the stub 38 along an arcuate path at the end of a vertical section. As best shown in Figs. 9 and 10 , the guide groove 14 contains a vertical section for allowing only vertical movement of the stub 38 for dropping the stand 30 away from the tray body 10 and for lifting the stand towards the tray body 10.
  • the pivot groove 36 travels across the hinge pin 13.
  • the guide groove 14 extends as an arc dimensioned to force the stub 38 inserted therein to undergo a similar arcuate movement.
  • the pivot groove 36 rotates around the hinge pin 13 until the stand 30 has assumed an orientation parallel to the bottom surface 12 of the tray body 10.
  • pivoting mechanism 13, 36 and the guiding mechanism 14, 15, 38 could be provided as reversed such that the tray body would include the guide pivot groove and the stand would include the corresponding pin (not shown) or such that the tray body would include the stub, whereas the stand would include the guide groove (not shown).
  • a locking mechanism 16, 37 has also been provided for locking the stand 30 into the deployed configuration.
  • the locking tab 37 extends parallel to the longitudinal members 31, 32.
  • the locking slot 16 is designed to receiving the locking tab 37 of the stand 30 in the direction parallel to the second direction for locking the stand 30 into the deployed configuration. It is therefore preferable to design a sufficient reach in the locking tab 37 and slot 16 for ensuring a sturdy fit between the stand 30 and tray body 10.
  • the transversal member 34 connecting the longitudinal members 31, 32 of the stand 30 has preferably been contoured such to facilitate a good hand grip by the user.
  • Fig. 7 shows one example in detail.
  • the top transversal member of the stand 30 includes three longitudinal handle recesses 33A for accommodating fingers of the user.
  • the tray 100 may be used in flanked configuration ( Figs. 1 , 2 and 6 ) to transport and store non-self-supporting items.
  • the stands 30A, 30B are protected against wear by the appropriately recessed bottom surface 12, which has depressions for receiving the stands 30A, 30B in the flanked configuration.
  • the bottom surface 12 may include protruding blocks 17A to 17D, which extend further in the second direction than the thickness of the folded stands 30A, 30B (see Fig. 2 , 4 , 11 and 12 ).
  • the tray 100 is easy to carry because it can be grabbed from the sides due to centrally recessed end walls 21, 22.
  • the tray 100 may be manipulated from the folded configuration into the deployed configuration ( Figs. 3 to 5 and 7 to 13 ) as follows.
  • the user places his hands onto the recessed portions of the end walls 21A, 21B and pushes the flanked stands 30 towards each other from the handle recesses 33.
  • the stands 30 then undergo linear movement along the bottom surface 12 of the tray body 10, i.e. orthogonal to the second direction, i.e. in the first degree of freedom, while maintaining a horizontal attitude.
  • the stand 30 is released from the flanked configuration, i.e. the stub 38 is released from the stopper 15, the stand 30 is free to undergo rotation about a horizontal axis, i.e. to move in the second degree of freedom.
  • the guide groove 14 guides the sub 38 along an arcuate path.
  • the stand 30 extends orthogonally to the tray body 10, namely to the bottom surface 12.
  • the pin 13 is located at the topmost point of the pivot groove 36, which may now facilitate the lifting of the stand 30 to be locked into the deployed state.
  • the stand 30 is moved in a direction parallel to the second direction upward, wherein the now vertical slot 36 slides in respect to the pin 13, until the locking tab 37 of the stand 30 has been inserted into the receptive locking slot 16 of the tray body 10.

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