Patent ID: 9290299
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: B65D

Claim Text:
1. A two-position stacking delivery tray having a sliding engagement, the stacking delivery tray comprising: a first end and a second end; first and second top sliding surfaces and first and second bottom surfaces, each of the first and second top sliding surfaces and the first and second bottom surfaces having a first end and a second end, the first top sliding surface being a top shelf and the second top sliding surface being a top rail that is raised above the top shelf, the first and second top sliding surfaces comprising a series of peaks and valleys that extend between the first end and the second end of the stacking delivery tray, the sequence of peaks and valleys being asymmetric, the first and second bottom surfaces being complementary to the first and second top sliding surfaces, respectively, such that, in a stack of the stacking delivery trays, a first stacking delivery tray in the stack comprises an overlying stacking delivery tray and a second stacking delivery tray in the stack comprises an underlying stacking delivery tray that directly underlies the overlying stacking delivery tray, wherein a lower operative position is achieved by the bottom surfaces of the overlying stacking delivery tray engaging the valleys of the first and second top sliding surfaces of the underlying stacking delivery tray and a higher operative position is achieved by the bottom surfaces of the overlying stacking delivery tray engaging the peaks of the first and second top sliding surfaces of the underlying stacking deliver tray, the overlying stacking delivery tray sliding on a top surface of the first and second top sliding surfaces; and at least one inclined ramp on the first top sliding surface adjacent to an inclined surface of a valley on the second top sliding surface, each of the at least one inclined ramp and the inclined surface of the valley being inclined at an angle toward the first end of the stacking delivery tray, the angle of the at least one inclined ramp being less than the angle of the adjacent inclined surface of the valley, such that in operation, each inclined ramp engages an end of the overlying stacking delivery tray to provide an inclined sliding transition as the overlying tray slides on the second top sliding surface.