Patent ID: 7381437

Claim:
An edge stackable absorbent container for displaying a product that exudes liquid, comprising: a tray having a tray bottom wall and surrounding side walls extending upwardly from said tray bottom wall, said tray bottom wall having a central portion and opposed side portions on opposite sides of said central portion, a grid of longitudinal support ribs and lateral support ribs formed in said tray bottom wall that subdivide said tray bottom wall into an array of upwardly facing cavities and form at least one central cavity in said central portion of said tray bottom wall and at least one side cavity in each of said side portions of said tray bottom wall, with said central cavity including a central cavity bottom wall and said side cavities including side cavity bottom walls, said central cavity bottom wall and said side cavity side walls forming said tray bottom wall, said central cavity bottom wall extending in a bottom wall plane and said side cavity bottom walls having at least a portion thereof sloped upwardly from said bottom wall plane such that said central and side cavities and said central and side cavity bottom walls are formed in a spread U-shaped configuration, liquid absorbent material in at least one of said central and side cavities, and a porous sheet applied to said support ribs and extending in a spread U-shape over said central and side cavities, a product that exudes liquid placed on the porous sheet and supported by the support ribs, and a liquid impervious sheet applied to the tray over the product and adhered to the surrounding side wall enclosing the product in the tray, such that the container may be tilted and supported on a horizontal surface by one of its said side cavity bottom walls with the central cavity bottom wall tilted up away from the horizontal surface and any liquid exuded from the product passes through the porous sheet to a cavity and becomes absorbed by the absorbent material in the cavity.