Packaging tray for electrical connectors

Claim 1

In a manually manipulatable tray for supporting electrical connectors, including a thin sheet of formed plastic material having generally parallel side walls, an open end, a closed end and a floor, the floor having a plurality of generally parallel, spaced-apart upwardly extending rails generally parallel to the side walls and defining generally parallel channels between adjacent rails and each side wall and its adjacent rail, wherein the improvement comprises a finger-gripping portion formed on each of a pair of said rails, each of said pair of rails spaced inwardly of the side walls a sufficient distance such that an individual can finger-grip the finger-gripping portions with the individual's hands substantially being within the side walls of the tray, wherein said pair of finger-gripping portions are located on opposite sides of a mid-point line located generally equidistant between said open and closed ends, and each of said finger-gripping portions comprise a reduced cross-section portion of one of said pair of rails and said reduced cross-section portions extending in opposite directions from said mid-point line.