Patent ID: 7789239

Claim:
A tray for at least partially securing an article of manufacture within a container, the tray comprising: at least one article-supporting wall member; at least one recess configured to receive at least a portion of an article of manufacture therein and defined by at least a portion of the at least one article-supporting wall member; and a plurality of planar sidewalls extending from an edge of the tray, the edge of the tray defined by an intersection between the at least one article-supporting wall member and the plurality of planar sidewalls, towards a container-bearing surface of the tray; at least one energy dispersive corner disposed diagonally between two adjoining planar sidewalls, the at least one corner comprising a plurality of generally convex and concave regions having a generally sinusoidal cross-sectional shape and defining a plurality of steps leading from the edge of the tray towards the container-bearing surface of the tray.