STACKABLE AND INDEXABLE PACKING TRAY
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1. A stackable tray formed from a blank, comprisinga bottom wall;
- opposite side walls and opposite end walls positioned to define an interior space;
the side walls comprise an inner side wall panel and an outer side wall panel; and
a flap is foldably joined along a pair of spaced fold lines to opposite ends of at least each outer side wall panel, said flaps being secured relative to a respective one of said end walls and defining diagonal corners both inside and outside the tray;
indexing tabs projecting upwardly from an upper edge of at least one of the side walls wherein each of the indexing tabs is formed from a cut out portion in the blank in either one of the inner or outer side wall panels whereby when erected, the indexing tabs are above a transition between the inner and outer side wall panels;
wherein, openings are formed in the bottom wall for receiving the indexing tabs when the trays are stacked on top of one another.
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Abstract
A stackable, open-topped shipping and/or display container for shipping and displaying products having indexable projections for stacking a plurality of such containers, the indexable projections formed from cutouts within the indexing side wall flaps.
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1. A stackable tray formed from a blank, comprising
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opposite side walls and opposite end walls positioned to define an interior space; the side walls comprise an inner side wall panel and an outer side wall panel; and
a flap is foldably joined along a pair of spaced fold lines to opposite ends of at least each outer side wall panel, said flaps being secured relative to a respective one of said end walls and defining diagonal corners both inside and outside the tray;indexing tabs projecting upwardly from an upper edge of at least one of the side walls wherein each of the indexing tabs is formed from a cut out portion in the blank in either one of the inner or outer side wall panels whereby when erected, the indexing tabs are above a transition between the inner and outer side wall panels; wherein, openings are formed in the bottom wall for receiving the indexing tabs when the trays are stacked on top of one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A container formed from a blank, the container comprising:
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a base portion have a plurality of openings; non-indexing wall flaps extending from two opposing sides of the base; first and second opposing indexing wall flaps extending from two sides of the base adjacent from said non-indexing wall flaps and connected to said base by a fold line; third and forth indexing wall flaps attached to the first and second respective indexing wall flaps by a fold line forming a wall flap sequence; extension flaps foldably joined along a pair of spaced fold lines to opposite ends of at least one pair of said first and second and said third and fourth indexing wall flaps, said flaps being secured relative to a respective one of said end walls and defining diagonal corners both inside and outside the tray; and above a transition between each associated first and third and second and fourth indexing wall flaps of a wall flap sequence, at least one indexing projection is defined from a cutout portion in the blank within each of an opposing first and second or third and fourth indexing flap pair, wherein, the openings receive the indexing projections of another container when the containers are stacked on top of one another. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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