The Vollrath Company, LLC

Vollrath

Ronald J McGettrick

David R Tosdale

Theresa M Mayer

Cory R Boudreau

William Charles Lindeman

Jeffrey C Mittmann

Jeffrey T Zank

Sheldon Roberts

Victor M Frauenfeld

Michael L Carpenter

William C Heimerl

Richard E Velten

Mark L Baumann

A food pan is configured for use with a serving station having wells within which to support the food pan. The food pan includes a bottom, a side wall, a rim, and four corner structures. The bottom has a substantially rectangular periphery. The side wall is connected to the bottom, and projects from the rectangular periphery of the bottom in an upward direction. Together, the bottom and side wall form a volume configured to support contents of the food pan. The rim is connected to the side wall on an end of the side wall opposite to the bottom, and extends from the side wall in an outward direction away from the volume formed by the side wall and the bottom. The cross-section of the rim further includes an ascending portion connected to the side wall, a top portion connected to the ascending portion, and a descending portion connected to the top portion. The ascending and descending portions are rounded. The four corner structures are located between the side wall and the rim, with each corner structure associated with one of the corners of the rectangular periphery of the bottom of the food pan. Each corner structure further includes a base side connected to the side wall and two ascending sides connected to the base side. The two ascending sides extend along both the side wall and the ascending portion of the cross-section of the rim. Additionally, the ascending sides extend from opposite ends of the base side and terminate in the top portion of the cross-section of the rim.

Food pan having corner structure

A pan for use with a well for receiving the pan is disclosed herein. The pan includes a bottom panel, a plurality of walls, and a ramp. The plurality of walls extend upwardly from the bottom panel and define a cavity. The plurality of walls also have an upper end which defines a top opening. The upper end has an extension away from the cavity which defines a rim. The ramp is proximate the rim and exterior to the cavity, whereby the pan rides up on the ramp when the pan is drawn up against the well. In one exemplary embodiment, the plurality of walls includes at least one internal shoulder formed in the plurality of walls and extending along a cavity of the pan at least partially in each corner of the pan between the bottom panel and the rim and at least one external shoulder formed in the plurality of walls and extending along an exterior of the pan at least partially in each corner between the bottom panel and the at least one internal shoulder such that the at least one external shoulder rests upon the at least one internal shoulder of an identical underlying food pan when the food pan is nested within the underlying food pan.

Food pan configured for nested stacking

Container rim

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Sheboygan, WI, United States of America

Ronald J McGettrick