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Food storage tray

A tray and food technology, applied in the direction of packaging food, packaging item types, special packaging items, etc., can solve problems such as food damage, tray unusable for sale to consumers, breakage, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2021-03-19
INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS
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Such compressive forces can cause buckling of the tray and / or deformation / distortion of the individual or multiple compartments of the retail cookie
Such deformation / distortion is undesirable because it can cause damage (e.g., cracking, breaking, etc.) to the food product stored therein, making such trays unusable for sale to consumers

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[0019] figure 1 An exemplary embodiment of a tray 100 for holding generally circular food products 90 is shown. Exemplary food items 90 that may be held in tray 100 may include, but are not limited to, cookies, crackers, and the like.

[0020] Tray 100 has a one-piece construction and may be thermoformed, injection molded, blow molded, or the like. In some embodiments, tray 100 is made from one or more polymer-based materials and includes one or more polymers, copolymers, and / or plastic materials. For example, the tray 100 may be made of general purpose polystyrene (PS), high impact polystyrene (HIPS), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), recycled polyethylene terephthalate (RPET), Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polypropylene (PP), high density polyethylene (HDPE), propylene ethylene copolymer, foamed polymer, cardboard, etc., or a combination thereof. Although the tray 100 has been shown in the drawings as being made of an opaque material, it should be understood that the tray 100...

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A tray (100) is provided for retaining a plurality of food items (90) that includes a bottom wall portion (120,122,124) and a sidewall portion (126, 128, 130, 132, 134,136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148) together defining a plurality of compartments (114, 116, 118) separated from each other by dividers (152, 154) and each configured to retain a stack of the food items (90). Each of the dividers (152, 154) is interconnected to the sidewall portion by a pair of scalloped ledges (172, 174, 176, 178). The sidewall portion of the tray includes two side panels (138, 148) each including stiffening ribs (156) extending only along a portion thereof, but not extending along an entire length thereof. The tray (100) is configured such that, in response to a compressing force applied to the tray (100) in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second side panels (138, 148), the sidewall portion of the tray (100) deflects in a direction away from the food items (90).

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates to trays for storing items, and in particular, to food storage trays that resist compressive forces to reduce and / or eliminate damage to food products. Background technique [0002] Individual food products such as cookies, crackers, etc. are typically stored in multi-compartment trays, where each compartment stores a stack of cookies or crackers. Such pallets are typically constructed of thin polymeric materials and are prone to deformation due to compressive forces that may be applied to the pallet during its manufacture, packaging and / or shipping. For example, during packaging, cookie trays may abut one another as they move on a conveyor such that adjacent trays may exert a compressive force on some of the trays. Such compressive forces can cause buckling of the tray and / or deformation / distortion of the individual compartment or compartments of the retail cookie. Such deformation / distortion is undesirable because it ...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D1/36B65D5/50B65D85/36
CPCB65D1/36B65D5/503B65D85/36
Inventor A·埃文斯P·哈勒尔M·M·库尔卡尼R·奎诺恩斯
Owner INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS