US 12,263,999 B2
Envirotray insert for protecting an object within an outer container
Dusan Henigman, New Hyde Park, NY (US); and Stuart Shrode, New Hyde Park, NY (US)
Assigned to GENERAL FIBRE PRODUCTS CORP., New Hyde Park, NY (US)
Filed by GENERAL FIBRE PRODUCTS CORP., New Hyde Park, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/521,153.
Application 18/521,153 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/119,482, filed on Mar. 9, 2023.
Application 18/119,482 is a continuation of application No. 17/678,431, filed on Feb. 23, 2022, granted, now 11,628,968.
Application 17/678,431 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/004,310, filed on Aug. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,267,636.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/953,297, filed on Dec. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0166404 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. B65D 5/50 (2006.01); B65D 65/40 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 5/5038 (2013.01) [B65D 65/403 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaging tray comprising:
a folded body formed of paper board, the folded body having an exterior top surface having one or more apertures each configured to accommodate and retain a container therein;
the folded body having at least one structural tube;
the structural tube comprises a plurality of interior surfaces forming the structural tube; and
the structural tube comprises a stability panel formed in a folding surface, the folding surface being one of the plurality of interior surfaces forming the structural tube;
wherein the stability panel comprising a plurality of sides, one of the plurality of sides being a fold line and the other of the plurality of sides being cut through the folding surface such that the stability panel is configured to be folded into an interior of the structural tube into a predetermined position to prevent the structural tube from changing a predetermined cross-sectional shape.