Patent ID: 8501259

Claim:
A tray and cart system for freezing a food product comprising: a mobile cart having a frame supporting at least one tray, each tray including a plurality of unit structures to support the food product; each unit structure includes a tube member having an elongated orientation with a close-curve shape and an inclined curved-laminar section which is aligned with and spaced apart from said tube member; each curved laminar section having a base side with a first arm and a second arm extending from opposite ends of the base side in generally upward U-shaped configuration, the base side of each curved laminar section is attached to a corresponding tray such that the first arm and the second arm extend upwardly from the corresponding tray, wherein each said tube member has a base portion which includes a longitudinal axis that is generally centrally aligned with a longitudinal axis of each said inclined curved laminar section: wherein each said unit structure is configured for a fish to be placed on the unit structure with a fish tail end resting within the curved laminar section and frozen with high symmetry, maximizing the efficiency and capacity of the freezing of a semi-continuous or continuous static tunnel.