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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
May. 23, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Roy W Emery, Toronto, Ontario, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
220556 ; 220507 ; 220738 ; 220575 ; 229904 ;
Abstract
Trays for carrying out beverage cups having at least one cell to support upright at least one cup in each cell, each of said cells having one fixed side wall and one opposing pressure side wall, said pressure side wall being directed downwardly and inwardly of the cell, and free at its lower end to be flexed outwardly by the entry of a cup or cups, said pressure side wall having convoluted areas between downwardly and inwardly directed ribs in order to provide lateral support between two of said ribs for each of said at least one cup, and to provide lateral flexibility across the width of said pressure wall.