Compartmented tray

Claim 1

A blank made from a generally rectangular sheet adapted for folding into a four side tray having a bottom, two opposite side walls, and a plurality of intersecting partitions to form compartments comprising a central section cut out to define a plurality of horizontal parallel second partition members, an end top cross member parallel to the second partition members, and corner members; the end second partition member being hinged to the said top cross member and the other second partition members being horizontally hinged at their ends to the said corner members; the said second partition members each having a pair of spaced vertically slots extending inwardly from the horizontal edge opposite the hinged edge, the slots on the same sides of the second partition members being aligned; opposite side panels vertically hinged to the said corner members and cross member; bottom panels vertically hinged to the said opposite side panels, the width of each bottom panel being approximately equal to the distance from the aligned slots on the sides of the second partition members nearest the said bottom panel to the ends of the said partition members nearest the said bottom panel; and first partition members hinged to the said bottom panels; the said first partition members having bottom tabs projecting into the said first partition members from the line hinging the said first partition members to the bottom panels; each said first partition member having a plurality of horizontal slots equal in number to the said second partition members and being positioned to align with extended hinge lines of the said second partition members; the slots of the partition members being of a depth to permit the slots to be inserted into each other so that the first anD second partition members will be of the same height, whereby the said blank can be set up to form a compartmented tray with the said bottom tabs forming a partial bottom through the center of the tray.