Patent ID: 7017798
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An article-transport tray comprising a floor having two sides and two ends, a first side wall appended to the floor along a first side of the floor, a second side wall appended to the floor along a second side of the floor and arranged to lie opposite to the first side wall, a right end strip coupled to the first and second side walls, the right end strip having a lower boundary arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to a first end of the floor, a left end strip coupled to the first and second side walls to locate the floor between the left and right end strips, the left end strip having a lower boundary arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to a second end of the floor, and a lower tray-alignment guide associated with the floor and adapted to mate and nest with an underlying tray to establish an aligned stack of trays, the lower tray-alignment guide including an inclined right tray-locator flange arranged to interconnect the first end of the floor and the lower boundary of the right end strip and an inclined left tray-locator flange arranged to interconnect the second end of the floor and the lower boundary of the left end strip, the inclined right and left tray-locator flanges being arranged to diverge in a direction extending away from the floor and toward the lower boundaries of the right and left end strips.