Patent ID: 6612459
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: B44D

Abstract:
A nestable multiple compartment tray for faux paints and paint applicators, comprising:a rigid one-piece monolithic housing including: a bottom wall structure presenting an outer perimeter and defined by a plurality of spaced bottom wall segments, and a sidewall having a plurality of individual, spaced segments connected to respective bottom wall segments at the perimeter of the bottom wall structure, said sidewall segments presenting, front, rear and opposed side sections, said opposed side sections of the sidewall converging between the front and rear sections of the sidewall so that a first distance between the opposed side sections proximal the front section of the sidewall is less than a second distance between the opposed side sections proximal the rear section of the sidewall; a plurality of first divider walls extending from and being connected to the front and rear sections of the sidewall, and at least one second divider wall intersecting said plurality of first divider walls and extending from and being connected to the opposed side sections of the sidewall, said second divider wall being located closer to the front section of the sidewall than the rear section of the sidewall, wherein the first and second divider walls cooperate with the sidewall segments and bottom wall segments to present individual fore applicator receiving compartments and aft paint receiving compartments, said fore applicator receiving compartments being narrower than said aft paint receiving compartments, and wherein each of said first and second divider walls has at least partially spaced wall portions presenting corresponding cavities therebetween, said wall portions and the cavities presented thereby being configured and oriented to permit interleaving of the divider walls of a plurality of trays in a nested, stacked relationship.