Fruit drying tray

Claim 1

A FRUIT DRYING TRAY COMPRISING A BOTTOM PANEL OF FLEXIBLE, MOISTURE RESISTANT SHEET MATERIAL ADAPED FOR HORIZONTAL POSITIONING ON THE GROUND IN A FLATTENED CONDITION TO RECEIVE FRUIT DISPOSED THEREON FOR DRYING PURPOSES; A TOP PANEL OF TRANSPARENT SHEET MATERIAL ADAPTED TO BE MOVED TO A FRUIT DRYING POSITION OVERLYING THE FRUIT AND THE BOTTOM PANEL IN SUBSTANTIALLY GONGRUENT RELATION WITH THE BOTTOM PANEL HAVING THE FRUIT THEREON, AND BEING ADAPTED TO TRANSMIT RADIANT HEAT THERETHROUGH AND BEING OF A SUFFICIENT FLEXIBILITY AT LEAST PARTIALLY TO CONFORM TO THE FRUIT BY REASON OF GRAVITATIONAL FORCE, THE BOTTOM PANEL BEING OF A FLEXIBILITY LESS THAN SAID TOP PANEL AND SUFFICIENTLY RIGID TO SUPPORT THE FRUIT RESTING THEREON; SAID PANELS HAVING RESPCTIVE JOINING SEGMENTS AND RESPECTIVE EDGES IN CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED RELATION TO THE JOINING SEGEMENTS; MEANS INTERCONNECTING THE JOINING SEGEMENTS OF THE EDGES OF THE PANELS FOR MOVEMENT OF THE TOP PANEL BETWEEN A FRUIT DRYING POSTION AND A FRUIT EXPOSING POSITION RETRACTED FROM THE DRYING POSITION; AND MEANS RELEASABLY INTERCONNECTING THE BOTTOM AND COVER PANELS AT A POSITION ALONG THEIR RESPECTIVE EDGES IN CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED RELATION TO THE JOINING SEGMENTS, THE PANELS PROVIDING OPENINGS BETWEEN SAID INTERCONNECTING MEANS AND THE JOINING SEGEMENTS FOR ALLOWING PASSAGE OF VENTILATING AIR CURRENTS BETWEEN THE PANELS FOR VENTILATING FRUIT BEING DRIED IN THE TRAY.