Tray for carrrying plant pots

Claim 1

A tray for carrying a plurality of plant pots, comprising: a base plate; a plurality of container sections provided in said base plate and formed integrally therewith for receiving pots therein, each of said container sections having an open top end, a peripheral wall and a bottom wall; and retainer means, including a plurality of retainer members disposed on said peripheral wall of each of said container sections and spaced from each other in a direction circumferentially of said peripheral wall, each of said retainer members including an upper portion connected to said base plate and a lower portion connected to said peripheral wall at a position adjacent said bottom wall, each retainer member having both lateral sides separated from said peripheral wall by slits and said upper portion having at least one bent part which serves to provide resiliency to the corresponding retainer member, said retainer means being operable to resiliently apply a pressing force to the side wall of a pot received within said container section so as to fixedly hold the pot in position, whereby each of said retainer members resiliently deform in a direction away from the center of the corresponding container section through abutment on the side wall of the pot when the pot is inserted into said container section.