Patent ID: 6419089
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
An egg tray having a thin-walled body of rigid fiber pulp material and having surfaces for supporting the ellipsoidal surface of an egg, said egg tray comprising:a plurality of pockets each having a bottom and surrounded by a plurality of posts extending upwardly from said pockets in a direction opposite said bottom; an egg-supporting surface for supporting the egg and having a continuous substantially ellipsoidal surface approximating the ellipsoidal surface of the egg, said continuous substantially ellipsoidal surface having a continuous circular zone and a plurality of lower tongues extending downwardly from said continuous circular zone into a flared surface, said continuous circular zone and said lower tongues formed within said pocket; and said continuous substantially ellipsoidal surface also having a plurality of upper tongues extending upwardly from said continuous circular zone, along a side surface of said posts, and out of said pocket.