Patent ID: 6216885
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: A61M,B65D

Abstract:
A tray for grouping together syringes each having a collar wherein the syringes are to be filled with medicinal products, said tray comprising:a body portion which includes a first face and a second face which are opposite each other, said body portion being elongate in a first direction;said body portion including a plurality of housings which are open on the first face for said syringes, respectively each arranged in a second, transverse direction and at least one stop, said housings being separated by transverse ribs distributed in the first direction on the first face and transverse cavities on the second face, the shape of the transverse cavities corresponding in terms of volume to the transverse ribs being adapted to that of the transverse cavities to allow stable stacking of the tray with another tray so that the at least one stop with respect to another tray is arranged inside a transverse rib;said body portion also including an indent arranged in the first direction, on the same side as a longitudinal edge of said body portion, for receiving a portion of a collar of each syringe, respectively, wherein another stop is arranged on the same side as the indent;at least one of said transverse ribs having a positioning chamfer and a portion which is not chamfered and, in a corresponding manner, the indent includes, on the first face, at least one solid portion which interrupts it, determining, on the second face, at least one hollowed-out portion for housing the non-chamfered portion so that said tray may be stacked with another tray in alternate positions relative to a vertical axis of each tray with respect to each other; andeach housing including opposite protuberances which deflect in one direction for the insertion of the corresponding syringe and which, in the other direction, hold the same syringe, wherein the second face of said body portion includes a plurality of gripping studs each including a flat area whose level is located inside the body portion above a support plane of the tray so that a suction force may be applied to the flat area of said gripping studs for handling the tray, with the gripping studs being arranged and distributed over the second face.