Tray

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12195232-B2
Application number	US-202318107018-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2023
Priority date	Nov 9, 2022
Publication date	Jan 14, 2025
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025

Abstract

A tray includes a bottom plate, a surrounding wall, and limit blocks. The surrounding wall surrounds a periphery of the bottom plate. A plurality of protrusions are arranged on an inner side of the surrounding wall. The limit blocks are separably assembled on the bottom plate. Each of the limit blocks has a limit groove and a limit portion. The limit groove is adapted to be clamped with one of the protrusions. The limit portion is positioned on an opposite side of the limit groove. In this way, the tray may correspond to plates of different sizes via the limit blocks.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tray, comprising:
a bottom plate;
a surrounding wall, surrounding a periphery of the bottom plate, wherein a plurality of protrusions are arranged on an inner side of the surrounding wall; and
at least one limit block, separably assembled on the bottom plate, wherein each of the limit blocks has a limit groove and a limit portion, the limit groove is adapted to be clamped with one of the protrusions, and the limit portion is positioned on an opposite side of the limit groove;
wherein each of the limit blocks is a thin shell structure and has an opening on a side thereof facing the bottom plate, and each of the limit blocks further has at least one outer flange extending from the respective limit portion.

2. The tray according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom plate has a plurality of grooves adjacent to the protrusions respectively, and a contour of each of the grooves corresponds to a contour of the respective limit block.

3. The tray according to claim 2 , wherein a depth of each of the grooves is equal to a thickness of the outer flange.

4. The tray according to claim 3 , wherein a positioning groove is further arranged in each of the grooves, and a positioning bump adapted to be mounted on the positioning groove is arranged on the outer flange.

5. A tray, comprising:
a bottom plate;
a surrounding wall, surrounding a periphery of the bottom plate, wherein a plurality of protrusions are arranged on an inner side of the surrounding wall; and
at least one limit block, separably assembled on the bottom plate, wherein each of the limit blocks has a limit groove and a limit portion, the limit groove is adapted to be clamped with one of the protrusions, and the limit portion is positioned on an opposite side of the limit groove;
wherein the limit groove has a bottom and a groove hole that are opposite to each other and two limit walls that are positioned between the bottom and the groove hole and are opposite to each other, and the two limit walls and the bottom are adapted to abut against the respective limit block.

6. The tray according to claim 5 , wherein each of the limit walls has a first limit structure, and each of the protrusions is provided with a second limit structure adapted to be combined with the first limit structure.

7. The tray according to claim 6 , wherein there is a distance between the first limit structure and an edge of either side of each of the limit walls.

8. The tray according to claim 5 , wherein the bottom has a limit bulge, and each of the protrusions is provided with a limit recess adapted to be combined with the limit bulge.

Assignees

• Darwin Precisions Corp

Inventors

• Tsai Ming Chin
• Tsai Cheng Yeh

Classifications

• B65D1/34

  Trays or like shallow containers {(B65D81/3813 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B65D19/02

  Rigid pallets with side walls, e.g. box pallets · CPC title

• B65D21/083 Primary

  by means of additional elements, e.g. modular · CPC title

• B65D81/133 Primary

  of a shape specially adapted to accommodate contents, e.g. trays {(B65D81/053 takes precedence; thermally insulated trays B65D81/3816, B65D81/3827)} · CPC title

• B65D19/44 Primary

  Elements or devices for locating articles on platforms · CPC title