Patent ID: 6149006
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
Food product tray comprising, in combination: a bottom having a first end edge, a second end edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge, and a generally rectangular shaped sidewall integrally formed and upstanding from the bottom and including a first end, a second end, a first side, and a second side, with the first end having a lower edge coextensive and integrally formed with the first end edge, with the second end having a lower edge coextensive and integrally formed with the second end edge, with the first and second sides each including first and second side portions, with the second side portion of the first side having a lower edge coextensive and integrally formed with the first side edge, with the second side portion of the second side having a lower edge coextensive and integrally formed with the second side edge, with the second side portions each having an upper edge and the first side portions each having a lower edge coextensive and integrally formed with the upper edge of the second side portion, with the second side portions extending at an angle inwardly from their upper edges to their lower edges, with the first portions being generally parallel to each other, with an upper tray being slideably received in a lower tray so that the upper and lower trays are nestable, with the receipt of the first side portions of the upper tray in the first side portions of the lower tray forcing the first side portions of the lower tray outwardly to prevent a wedge effect between the second side portion of the upper tray in the lower tray: wherein the spacing between the first and second side edges decreases from the first end edge to the second end edge so that the angle that the second portions extend inwardly increases with increasing spacing from the first end; wherein the sidewall further includes a corner panel of a generally triangular shape and including a first periphery edge, a second periphery edge, and a third, upper edge, with the first and second periphery edges of the corner panel interconnecting at an interconnection, with the second end edge and the second side edge of the bottom interconnecting at an interconnection located at the interconnection of the first and second periphery edges of the corner panel, with the second end including a back edge coextensive and integrally formed with the first periphery edge, with the second side including a first vertical edge coextensive and integrally formed with the second periphery edge.