Patent ID: 8915050
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A process of packing three rows of horizontally stacked products each having opposed ends in adjacent, parallel rows in a rectangular shipping tray having a bottom wall with a center portion, first and second opposed parallel side walls on opposed sides of the center portion of the shipping tray and opposed parallel end walls intersecting the side walls, with rounded corners at the intersections of the side walls with the end walls, comprising: placing a first stack of the products onto the bottom wall in the center portion of the shipping tray and parallel to the side walls, moving the first stack of the products from the center portion of the bottom wall of the shipping tray toward engagement with the first side wall of the shipping tray with the opposed ends of the first stack of the products engaging and conforming to the rounded corners at the first side wall of the shipping tray, placing a second stack of the products in the center portion of the bottom wall of the shipping tray and parallel to the first stack of the products, moving the second stack of the products from the center portion of the bottom wall of the shipping tray across the bottom wall away from the first stack of the products and toward engagement with the second side wall of the shipping tray opposite to the first side wall of the shipping tray with the opposed ends of said second stack of the products engaging and conforming to the rounded corners at the second side wall of the shipping tray, and placing a third stack of the products in the center portion of the bottom wall of the shipping tray parallel to and between the first and second stacks of the products.