Patent ID: 9260219
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: B65D

Claim Text:
1. A bakery tray comprising: a base member including a front end and a back end; and a pair of sidewalls extending upward from the base member and opposing each other between the front end and the back end of the base member, the sidewalls each having a pair of stacking blocks and a top rail with a pair of low stack recesses therein, wherein the pair of stacking blocks includes a front block positioned a first distance from the front end and a rear block positioned a second distance from the back end, the second distance being different from the first distance, wherein the pair of low stack recesses includes a front recess spaced from the front end by a distance corresponding to the second distance and a rear recess spaced from the back end by a distance corresponding to the first distance, wherein the front recess comprises a first slide wall angled from a deepest point in the front recess to the top rail toward the back end, and wherein the rear recess comprises a second slide wall angled from a deepest point in the rear recess to the top rail toward the front end, the first and second slide walls being continuously angled or level from the deepest points in the front and rear recesses, respectively, to the top rail, wherein the bakery tray is configured such that the bakery tray is stackable on an adjacent bakery tray of identical construction, the stacking blocks, the top rail and the low stack recesses being configured such that the bakery tray is destacked from the adjacent bakery tray in both forward and rearward directions in only two actions including lifting an edge of the bakery tray and pulling the bakery tray, wherein each of the rear recesses comprises a vertical guide wall that defines respective support spaces for receiving stacking blocks of an adjacent bakery tray, and wherein the front blocks have a narrower footprint than the rear blocks such that the front blocks fit in the support spaces while the rear blocks are too big to fit in the support spaces.