US3804239A - Method and article for storing, transporting, and displaying articles - Google Patents

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US3804239A
US3804239A US00244110A US24411072A US3804239A US 3804239 A US3804239 A US 3804239A US 00244110 A US00244110 A US 00244110A US 24411072 A US24411072 A US 24411072A US 3804239 A US3804239 A US 3804239A
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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
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/02—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage
    • B65D81/05—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents
    • B65D81/127—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents using rigid or semi-rigid sheets of shock-absorbing material
    • 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
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S220/00—Receptacles
    • Y10S220/902—Foam

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  • a polyurethane foam pad is glued to the upper (or inside) surface of the bottom wall of a tray and another polyurethane foam pad is glued to the lower (or outside) surface of the bottom wall of the tray.
  • a plurality of such trays are stacked or nested, one on top of (and partly inside of) the other, and any articles in a particular tray are then firmly held between the upper foam pad of said particular tray and the lower foam pad of the tray immediately above said particular tray.
  • Articles can be easily stored and transported in the stacked trays and the articles in a certain tray can be conveniently displayed by simply lifting the tray immediately above said certain tray (along with all the other trays above such tray).
  • FIG. 1 is a partly broken away end view of one tray according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a partly broken away side view of a stack of the trays of FIG. I showing articles held by such trays.
  • FIG. 1 shows a tray including a sidewall 12' and a bottom wall 14.
  • the bottom wall has a padded upper surface 16 and a padded lower surface 18.
  • the tray 10 is preferably constructed of a one-piece plastic member 20 that includes the sidewall 12 and a bottom element 22 integral with the sidewall 12.
  • the tray 10 includes an upper layer 24 of polyurethane foam glued to an upper surface 26 of the bottom element 22 and a lower layer 28 of polyurethane foam glued to a lower surface 30 of the bottom element 22.
  • the sidewall 12 preferably is not vertical (perpendicular to the bottom wall 14) but slopes outward very slightly; this aids in making the trays 10 easily nestable.
  • the sidewalls 12 are relatively thin and flexible so that the outward slope is not essential.
  • articles 32 of jewelry are placed in the trays l0 and the trays 10 are then stacked or nested one on top of the other as shown in FIG. 2, such that the articles 32 of jewelry are firmly held between two adjacent layers of polyurethane foam, each layer being a part of a different tray 10.
  • the articles 32 are thus easily and conveniently held firmly between layers of cushioning for storage and/or transportation and also for display. For example, if it were desired to display the article 34 placed in a tray 36, it would only be necessary to manually lift tray 38 off of tray 36 (all of the trays 10 above the tray 38 would also be lifted off along with tray 38), and the article 34 would be immediately displayed.
  • the separate, prior art tasks of finding the correct tray, removing it from a stack of trays, removing its lid, and removing any padding, are all accomplished according to the present invention in a single step. Further, each article is automatically firmly surrounded and held by two layers of foam by virtue of the weight of the trays above the article; in a box with its own lid this feature is not always guaranteed because the lid may come to its closed position before the upper layer of foam contacts the article.
  • the pads need not be polyurethane foam and in fact need not even be resilient, but are preferably soft.
  • a hard pad or surface can be used depending on the use and type of article to be held and the pad or surface can be contoured to the shape of the articles to be stored so that each layer will cooperate withthe adjacent layer to at least partly encompass, surround, or hold the articles.
  • a separate, solid, continuous bottom element 22 is not essential; the bottom wall 14 can be just one layer of foam connected to the sidewall 12, for example, or the single foam layer can include a partial bottom element 22 therein as reinforcement.
  • the tray need not have sidewalls.
  • the foam layers or pads can be of any desired thickness depending on use and can form or cover the entire surface of the bottom wall or any desired portion(s) thereof.
  • the foam layers or pads can be separate and loose but are preferably bonded to a bottom element and form an integral, connected part of the tray.
  • a tray including:
  • said bottom wall comprising a bottom element integral with said side wall, an upper resilient layer secured to an upper surface of said bottom element, and a lower resilient layer secured to a lower surface of said bottom element;
  • said sidewall slopes outwardly such that a plurality of said trays are nestable one on top of the other with a lower resilient layer of an upper tray in contact with an upper resilient layer of the immediately adjacent lower tray.
  • said tray includes a one-piece plastic member including said bottom element and said sidewall, and wherein said layers are polyurethane foam bonded to said bottom element and covering substantially the entire surface thereof.
  • said tray is a first tray and including a plurality of additional trays substantially identical to said first tray and stacked up one on top of the other.
  • said tray includes a one-piece plastic member including said bottom element and a sidewall integral therewith, and wherein said layers are polyurethane foam bonded to said bottom element and covering substantially the entire surface thereof.
  • a method of storing and displaying articles comprising: v

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  • Purses, Travelling Bags, Baskets, Or Suitcases (AREA)
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US00244110A US3804239A (en) 1972-04-14 1972-04-14 Method and article for storing, transporting, and displaying articles
CA166,033A CA996064A (en) 1972-04-14 1973-03-13 Method and article for storing, transporting, and displaying articles
NL7304061A NL7304061A (de) 1972-04-14 1973-03-22
BE129556A BE797666A (fr) 1972-04-14 1973-04-02 Procede et dispositif pour l'entreposage
DE2318162A DE2318162A1 (de) 1972-04-14 1973-04-11 Einrichtung, insbesondere tablett, zum lagern, transportieren und/oder vorfuehren von gegenstaenden, insbesondere schmuckstuecken
FR7313569A FR2180413A5 (de) 1972-04-14 1973-04-13
IT49452/73A IT980217B (it) 1972-04-14 1973-04-13 Vaschetta per l immagazzinamento il trasporto e la presentazione di oggetto e metodo di uso

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US3891288A (en) * 1973-12-27 1975-06-24 John L Marquette Plug-in equipment shipping container and rack system
US3948278A (en) * 1975-04-07 1976-04-06 Mcdowell James A Disposable ash receptacle
US4011944A (en) * 1975-11-17 1977-03-15 Texas Medical Products, Inc. Disposable surgical equipment tray
US4421233A (en) * 1982-08-16 1983-12-20 Northern Telecom Limited Anti-static tray for semi-conductor devices and components
US4501355A (en) * 1984-05-24 1985-02-26 Hoffman Edward C Soap saving device having nesting dishes
US4852738A (en) * 1988-09-12 1989-08-01 Healthpak, Incorporated Disposable dental tray
US5111939A (en) * 1990-12-17 1992-05-12 Schafer Christopher E Self-supporting stacked display and dispenser structure
US5273153A (en) * 1989-06-15 1993-12-28 Reiner Braun Display tray, process for its manufacture
US5505294A (en) * 1995-02-15 1996-04-09 International Packaging Corporation Stackable display
US5845768A (en) * 1995-09-16 1998-12-08 International Rubber Study Group, Packing for rubber and other commodities
US20100200436A1 (en) * 2009-02-09 2010-08-12 Nikhil Gupta Portable storage container for small objects such as beads
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GB432219A (en) * 1934-02-03 1935-07-23 Herbert Glencairn Wright Chich Improvements in domestic trays
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US3891288A (en) * 1973-12-27 1975-06-24 John L Marquette Plug-in equipment shipping container and rack system
US3948278A (en) * 1975-04-07 1976-04-06 Mcdowell James A Disposable ash receptacle
US4011944A (en) * 1975-11-17 1977-03-15 Texas Medical Products, Inc. Disposable surgical equipment tray
US4421233A (en) * 1982-08-16 1983-12-20 Northern Telecom Limited Anti-static tray for semi-conductor devices and components
US4501355A (en) * 1984-05-24 1985-02-26 Hoffman Edward C Soap saving device having nesting dishes
US4852738A (en) * 1988-09-12 1989-08-01 Healthpak, Incorporated Disposable dental tray
US5273153A (en) * 1989-06-15 1993-12-28 Reiner Braun Display tray, process for its manufacture
US5111939A (en) * 1990-12-17 1992-05-12 Schafer Christopher E Self-supporting stacked display and dispenser structure
US5505294A (en) * 1995-02-15 1996-04-09 International Packaging Corporation Stackable display
US5845768A (en) * 1995-09-16 1998-12-08 International Rubber Study Group, Packing for rubber and other commodities
US20100200436A1 (en) * 2009-02-09 2010-08-12 Nikhil Gupta Portable storage container for small objects such as beads
US7946424B2 (en) * 2009-02-09 2011-05-24 Dpg Usa Inc. Portable storage container for small objects such as beads
US20110147235A1 (en) * 2009-12-17 2011-06-23 Clark Sarullo Jewelry Boat

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DE2318162A1 (de) 1973-10-18
CA996064A (en) 1976-08-31

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