US3695453A - Foamed plastic pocket tray for fruits or like articles - Google Patents

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US3695453A
US3695453A US71921A US3695453DA US3695453A US 3695453 A US3695453 A US 3695453A US 71921 A US71921 A US 71921A US 3695453D A US3695453D A US 3695453DA US 3695453 A US3695453 A US 3695453A
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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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/30—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure
    • B65D85/32—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for eggs
    • 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
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/34—Trays or like shallow containers
    • B65D1/36—Trays or like shallow containers with moulded compartments or partitions
    • 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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/30—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure
    • B65D85/34—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for fruit, e.g. apples, oranges or tomatoes

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  • pocket trays made of thin plastic sheets or of foamed plastic material.
  • the trays For transportation to the place of destination of the trays containing the fruits, the trays has to be introduced into outer rigid boxes in order to guarantee the fruit protection.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a pocket tray for fruits or like articles, of the kind described, provided with a broad rim, of a substantially rectangular shape, which is externally flat so as to provide a supporting plane permitting of holding the trays in an upright position.
  • the said trays are made of foamed plastic affording a great lateral stability.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pocket tray according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a plan top view of the tray shown in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a cross section through the vertical plane on line IIIIII of FIG. 2, showing also the position of a fruit in one pocket.
  • FIG. 4 is a view like to FIG. 3, of a second embodiment of a tray according to the invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a side view showing the position of two adjoining trays according to the invention having their pockets filled with fruits and packed in an outer rigid box.
  • the tray 1 is preferably formed from a foamed plastic sheet having a thickness of from 1 to 5 mm.
  • the said tray is provided with a number of pockets 2, into which the fruits 3 are disposed.
  • the tray 1 is rectangular with rounded corners and is provided with six pockets 2, disposed on two parallel rows A and B, each of three pockets 2.
  • Each pocket 2 is provided with a side wall section 102 and a bottom section 202.
  • An annular reinforcing ridge 5 is provided between bottom section 202 and wall section 102.
  • the side wall portions of the pockets 2 are provided with ribs 4.
  • the tray 1 is further provided according to the invention, with a flat rim 6, substantially extending vertically beyond the top of the pockets 2. As shown in FIG. 3, the top edge 106 of said rim may extend substantially flush with the projecting top portion of the fruits 3 contained in the tray, or it may extend substantially below the fruit top portion, as shown in the embodiment of FIG. 4.
  • the said rim 6 is preferably of a greater thickness than the remaining parts of the tray, and it is externally flat, so as to provide a side supporting plane 7 extending all around the tray and permitting of holding the trays in an upright position.
  • This flat rim 7 is usually about one-third to two-thirds of the overall tray height.
  • the tray 1 In order to provide for a lateral stability to the tray 1, also in an upright position, same is suitably reinforced by providing at the pocket tops reinforcing ridges 8 and 9, disposed at right angles, extending from one side to another of the tray. At the points where four pockets meet, the ridges assume the form of pyramids 12.
  • the ridges 9 disposed transversally with respect to the rows A, B of pockets presents at their ends a substantially V-shaped bifurcation ll, merging into the lateral wall 6 of the tray 1.
  • FIG. 5 it is shown how the trays 1 may be stacked in sidewise adjoining rows in an outer box 13. It will be appreciated that, although the trays are shown disposed so as to bear on the longer side of the tray rim, the trays could be also fitted in the box so as to bear on the shorter side rim, in which case the fruits in the box 13 would form three superposed layers.
  • the invention may undergo numerous changes particularly as regards the shape of the trays of the pockets and the method of reinforcing same.
  • a light, substantially rigid, integral tray capable of storing and transporting a plurality of articles comprising, a plurality of rows of upwardly directed pockets, a single longitudinally extending reinforcing ridge provided between a pair of longitudinal rows of said pockets and plural transversal reinforcing ridges arranged between transverse rows of said pockets, said ridges extending from side to side of said tray, said tray further including a vertically extending continuous circumferential rim, rectangular in plan view, surrounding said pockets, said rim providing a flat surface serving to support said tray in vertically arranged relation with the articles disposed therein, said tray being devoid of an outwardly projecting flange.
  • a tray according to claim 1 in which the thickness of said circumferential rim is greater than the thickness of the remaining parts of the tray.
  • terminal portions of the ridges include bifurcated portions which merges into the circumferential rim.
  • the height of said rim being about one-third to twothirds of the overall height of said tray.
  • terminal portions of the ridges include bifurcated portions which merge into the circumferential rim.
  • a tray as claimed in claim 6 made of foamed plastic.

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US4012530A (en) * 1975-07-07 1977-03-15 Mobil Oil Corporation Produce tray
US4506799A (en) * 1983-09-06 1985-03-26 Mason Jr Stanley I Fruit bowl
GB2462153A (en) * 2008-07-29 2010-02-03 Frutas Esther Sa Fresh produce pack comprising tray and outer perforated wrap
US8672132B2 (en) * 2011-11-30 2014-03-18 Tekni-Plex, Inc. Packing tray with built-in drainage and method of manufacture
US20220258893A1 (en) * 2019-03-06 2022-08-18 Maf Agrobotic Method and device for depositing fruit or vegetables on curved al veolate trays

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ES2038534B1 (es) * 1991-06-12 1994-02-16 Suarez Gomez Juan Antonio Jaula paa la recogida, transporte y desmanillado de platanos.
IT244747Y1 (it) * 1998-05-22 2002-03-14 Infia Srl Contenitore per prodotti ortofrutticoli a conformazione sferiforme .
ITMO20080181A1 (it) 2008-06-27 2009-12-28 I L P A S R L Contenitore per il confezionamento ed il trasporto di prodotti ortofrutticoli
DE202019000264U1 (de) * 2019-01-21 2020-04-22 Pöppelmann Holding GmbH & Co. KG Mehrwegsteige für Pflanztöpfe

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US1990145A (en) * 1933-02-08 1935-02-05 George W Swift Jr Inc Egg carton
US2351051A (en) * 1942-02-28 1944-06-13 Kenigson Harry Egg tray set
US3311225A (en) * 1964-02-27 1967-03-28 Rollo J Kidd Package and dispenser assembly

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US312189A (en) * 1885-02-10 Jules chaumont
US1990145A (en) * 1933-02-08 1935-02-05 George W Swift Jr Inc Egg carton
US2351051A (en) * 1942-02-28 1944-06-13 Kenigson Harry Egg tray set
US3311225A (en) * 1964-02-27 1967-03-28 Rollo J Kidd Package and dispenser assembly

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4012530A (en) * 1975-07-07 1977-03-15 Mobil Oil Corporation Produce tray
US4506799A (en) * 1983-09-06 1985-03-26 Mason Jr Stanley I Fruit bowl
GB2462153A (en) * 2008-07-29 2010-02-03 Frutas Esther Sa Fresh produce pack comprising tray and outer perforated wrap
US8672132B2 (en) * 2011-11-30 2014-03-18 Tekni-Plex, Inc. Packing tray with built-in drainage and method of manufacture
US20220258893A1 (en) * 2019-03-06 2022-08-18 Maf Agrobotic Method and device for depositing fruit or vegetables on curved al veolate trays

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