Patent ID: 6938790

Claim:
An array of trays comprising a plurality of trays coupled in edge to edge relation and adapted to rest on a substantially flat surface, and wherein each tray has a containment space defined by a tray floor and a continuous peripheral ridge extending upwardly from the tray floor, the ridge having an inner sidewall extending inward and downward from an upper edge of the ridge and an outer sidewall extending downward from the upper edge of the ridge such that a void space is created between the inner and outer sidewalls, and wherein the trays are coupled by a connector member comprising a base plate adapted to rest on the flat surface, and at least two lobes extending upward from the base plate, one lobe extending into the void space on one tray, and one lobe extending into the void space on the adjacent tray such that outer surfaces of the lobes are adjacent to the inner and outer sidewalls and thereby support the peripheral ridge wherein the void space of each tray is configured to receive the peripheral ridge of a like tray so that multiple like tray so that multiple like trays can be stacked compactly on top of each other.