Stackable package with latticed cover

Abstract

Abstract A package for holding a plurality of articles such as fruit for shipment, storage and display comprising a tray having a plurality of downwardly dished article holding pockets and a plurality of upwardly tapering posts dispersed between the pockets and arranged so that when one tray is stacked upon another then the pockets of the upper tray are supported by the posts of the lower tray so that the upper tray does not rest on the articles in the pockets of the lower tray. The package further has a cover which is latticed or grid-like including parallel rows of windows separated by strip-like portions, the windows affording a view of the articles in the pockets for display purposes and permitting another tray to be stacked thereon for shipment or storage purposes. In one embodiment, the windows are centered above the posts whereby the pockets of a tray stacked thereupon extend down through the windows for direct contact with the posts, and in another embodiment the intersection of the strip-like portions contact the tops of the posts whereby the pockets of a tray stacked thereupon rest on such portions for support by the posts. The cover may be hingedly connected to the tray, or the two may constitute independent parts, but in each case latching means is provided to releasably secure the cover to the tray in a closed condition to retain the articles in the pockets.

Inventors

• 👤 P Boursier

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