Patent ID: 7464827
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A shipping unit comprising: a first tray section having a bottom wall and first and second side walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall, the bottom wall of the first tray section includes an upper bottom wall spaced apart from a lower bottom wall, the distance between the upper bottom wall and the lower bottom wall defining a slot, a forward portion of the lower bottom wall located below the slot adjacent an open end and extending past the upper bottom wall; and a second tray section having a bottom wall, first and second side walls and an end wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall, the second tray section including an open end opposite the end wall, a tongue extending forwardly away from the open end and receivable in the slot of the first tray section, one of the side walls of the first tray section is in a plane spaced outwardly from a plane of one of the side walls of the second tray section, wherein the first and second tray sections are slidably connected to accommodate items of different lengths.