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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7225927 | Cup holder having frusto-conical cavities A cupholder for holding containers is provided with a number of container-holding cavities. Each of the container-holding cavities includes pairs of gripping flanges that extend inwardly toward centers of the cavities. The flanges include gripping points that extend... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7104553 | Tray and dolly assembly A dolly and a tray and dolly assembly are provided. The dolly has a floor with upper and lower surfaces and with one or more features such that when the tray floor is received on the dolly floor, the feature interlocks the tray with the dolly. One feature is a plura... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7096790 | Combined fireworks shipping container and display stand A fireworks stand for elevating fixed-position fireworks, especially cone type fountains, having a body with an inner cavity for storing the fireworks and an upper platform for supporting the fireworks during discharge. The platform is nested into an upper end of th... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7077268 | Packaging for a reel of magnetic tape Described is a packaging (10) for a magnetic tape reel (12) wound on to a core element (32), comprising a tray element (14) with a bottom (16) from which a central centering projection (20) for centeredly fixing the core ele... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7044303 | Packaging made of moulded fibre material Packaging (1) of moulded paper fibre material. An article (2) enclosed by an end piece at either side. With this arrangement protection in three directions is necessary. This protection is obtained by means of buffer elements (7, 8). In order to... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7032747 | Reusable packaging system A reusable packaging system is disclosed in which a series of thermoformed trays are used to mount six spider type office chair bases. Three bases are mounted in an inverted position on the tray and three bases are mounted upright. A stack of load trays may be const... | 04/25/2006 |
| 5643656 | Packing cushion board The present invention is a packing cuahion board which has several protuberances in specific height and arrange in a matrix style to be a certain area board unit and each protuberance has a specific height and a top surface which extend a awl shape slope;... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5335770 | Molded pulp fiber interior package cushioning structures New molded pulp and molded fiber structures provide interior package cushioning to protect products shipped in a package. The molded pulp fiber interior package cushioning (IPC) structure defines a cavity for receiving and holding a product to be shipped.... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5205410 | Loose-egg transport panel A panel for use in an egg-stacking system in which loose eggs are held in a system mounted on a pallet for shipment by a truck or railroad, the panel being made of a high density synthetic resin having raised edges and a plurality of depressions in the su... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5105948 | Stackable and nestable beverage can tray A molded, stackable and nestable beverage can tray having tapered side walls and end walls, contoured window openings in both the side walls and end walls, and having contoured window openings in both side walls and end walls to snugly contain the cans is... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5031774 | Nestable beverage can tray A molded, stackable and nestable beverage can tray having tapered side walls and end walls, contoured window openings in both the side walls and end walls, and having contoured window openings in both the side walls and end walls to snugly contain the can... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4962855 | System for loading thin-walled plastic flower pots onto a loading tray Thin-walled plastic flower pots are stacked upside down with a plurality of stacks arranged in a preset spaced manner and a loading tray having a number of cavities spaced the same as the stacks of pots formed to receive and hold a pot from each of the st... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4838419 | Keg board A keg board for use in stacking beer kegs and the like in an upright orientation during storage and transporation of the kegs comprising: a generally planar surface for engaging and supporting a generally planar end surface of each keg; and pockets operat... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4821901 | Filler flat construction A filler flat construction for accommodating a plurality of fragile articles is provided which includes a plurality of article-accommodating cells arranged in side by side relation and forming substantially parallel rows. Adjacent cells in a row are separ... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4759935 | Fruit package A bag for receiving apples is prepared. An ethylene absorbent and a deoxidant are placed in the bag, each of the absorbent and the deoxidant being in an amount such that ethylene biosynthesis is suppressed for preserving the freshness of the apples when p... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4636392 | Apple case for use in preserving apples A bag for receiving the apple is prepared. An ethylene absorbent and a deoxidant are placed in the bag, each of the absorbent and the deoxidant being in an amount such that ethylene biosynthesis is suppressed for keeping freshness of the apple when the ap... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4622229 | Process for preserving apples in a package containing an ethylene absorbent and deoxidant A bag for receiving the apple is prepared. An ethylene absorbent and a deoxidant are placed in the bag, each of the absorbent and the deoxidant being in an amount such that ethylene biosynthesis is suppressed for keeping freshness of the apple when the ap... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4561541 | Carrier system for photovoltaic cells A tray for testing and storage of photovoltaic e.g. solar cells, is described, enabling processing or testing of such cells to be conducted while supported on the tray. The tray comprises a base having a peripheral rim extending upwardly around the upper ... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4522301 | Tray Improved tray, suitable for packaging croissants.... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4465225 | Construction of universal egg cell cushion A new and improved molded egg cell construction wherein the molded egg cell includes a cushion or pillopad on an up-post side wall of the cell which projects inwardly, a thin area formed on the outside of the cell adjacent its bottom which is square, the ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4448344 | Egg cell construction An egg cell base is provided to create softened areas of egg contact. The base has a center area which creates a softened cushion for egg contact and also creates a gap to shield the eggs from contact with the surface upon which the egg carton rests. Inte... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4386702 | Molded foam plastic plate packing box A molded foam plastic plate packing box for china plates of different sizes has a bottom and lid each with opposite cooperating circular ridges between which a plate is confined.... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4382536 | Foam egg carton An egg carton made from expanded polystyrene with a nonexpanded skin on one side includes integrally formed cover and tray portions interconnected together by a pair of hinges adjacent opposite sides of a hingeband. The tray is divided into a plurality of... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4355731 | Egg supporting tray An egg supporting tray is provided which has a plurality of egg pockets. Each egg pocket is formed by four posts which are interconnected by ribs. Each surface of the four posts, which forms a part of an egg pocket, has a concave surface on the upper port... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4349571 | Bulk cone container A bulk package for stacked and nested ice cream cones is provided for transporting and dispensing the cones in which a plurality of folded foam sandwich structures each defining a row of cells holding one cone stack to a cell are inserted into an outer co... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4333571 | Packaging unit for fruit or like articles A packaging unit for the packaging of fruit or like articles, comprises a rigid open-top box-like container made of plastics, and a plurality of substantially rectangular pocket trays disposed vertically in the said container, with one side resting on the... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4298156 | Nestable and denestable molded egg cartons Nestable multi-section hinged cartons having lobe formations extending into the carton ends which may act as a fulcrum acts so as to adjust into parallelism a slightly askew carton presented to a nest of similar cartons when the pressure of a subsequent c... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4295597 | Tray blank for eggs The invention concerns a tray blank, especially for eggs, having one or more upwardly extending projections, the diameter of each of said projections decreases in the upward direction, the lateral wall of each projection together with other wall sections ... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4245770 | Egg containers Disclosed are pre-packs for eggs which have internal formations adapted always to keep the individual eggs out of contact with each other and such that an egg will always (and only) be supported within the pre-pack by contact of the formations at at least... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4241830 | Packing system A packing system for storing and transporting one or more cathode ray tubes, comprises at least one shell having one or more recesses. Each recess is shaped to accommodate as a good fit part of the glass bulb of a cathode ray tube and is of sufficient dep... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4195743 | Packing tray The invention relates to a molded tray for packing fruit and like delicate articles. The tray has pockets and posts, the pockets and posts alternating in a plurality of rows that extend longitudinally of the tray and a plurality of rows that extend transv... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4120398 | Packaging support structure An improved tray structure for supporting a reel of tape-like film material wound on a flat annular hub which hub is substantially thicker than the width of the tape. The reel of tape is supported separately from the hub by means of raised portions in the... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4101049 | Shipping tray for fruit A stackable, nestable shipping tray for fruit. The tray is formed from a single plastic sheet and has a plurality of pockets interspersed by posts which engage the underside of the pockets to support the trays when they are in stacked relation. Grooves an... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4059219 | Egg carton A molded egg carton having a windowed cover and a cellular tray for the reception of eggs in which the windowed cover includes downposts and the tray includes up posts and in which the downposts have an offset male portion and the up posts are formed with... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4042108 | Stackable yarn support A device for supporting yarn bobbins during shipment and storage comprises molded plastic pallets and a plurality of spaced, segmented, bullet-shaped protuberances thereon which fit in ends of bobbin tubes for keeping the bobbins immobilized and separated... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4012530 | Produce tray There is provided a thermoplastic produce tray characterized by having a series of spaced apart, concave ribs or saddles extending upward from the bottom into the side walls. The ribs are adapted to cradle substantially globular produce.... | 03/15/1977 |
| 4004552 | Egg incubating tray with rack and slide An egg incubating tray has its egg cells arranged in a manner so that a large number of egg cells are located on each tray. The egg cells are arranged in a diagonal pattern of parallel rows, each row being offset from the rows of each side of it. The two ... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3997057 | Stacking means for packing tray A nestable molded packing tray is disclosed having a compact arrangement of pockets for receipt of soft, delicate articles such as apples, tomatoes, etc. This tray contains post support means in the areas between closely adjacent pockets which materially ... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3994115 | Method of packaging perishable foods and product thereof Plural recesses are formed on the surface of a sheet of a chemically crosslinked foam of a polyolefinic resin containing an inorganic calcium compound, the articles of food to be packaged are placed in the recesses and then the sheet is covered with a phy... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3989154 | Stackable and nestable tray for shipping and displaying articles The invention relates to trays for shipping and displaying fragile articles which can be stacked with other identical and similar trays and which can be nested with identical trays. The subject trays have a plurality of pockets adapted to receive the frag... | 11/02/1976 |
