Patent ID: 7861863
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A tray for bakery items comprising: a floor; a side wall at a peripheral edge of the floor, the side wall having a relatively thin upper edge, wherein the side wall includes a relatively large continuous opening therein allowing retrieval of bakery items stored in the tray therethrough, the opening extending generally from the upper edge to the periphery of the floor; wherein the tray has a plurality of corner portions defined by an inner portion projecting into the tray and a corresponding outer recess, wherein when in a nest orientation, the outer recess of an upper tray receives the inner portion of a lower tray; and a bail member pivotably attached to the upper edge of the side wall, the bail member rotatable between a stack orientation wherein a like tray may be rested upon the bail member, and a nest orientation in which a like tray may be nested within the tray, wherein the inner portion of the corner portion includes an upper surface upon which rests the bail member for maintaining the tray in the stack orientation.