Tray for fruit or vegetables

Abstract

There is provided a tray ( 20 ) for fruit or vegetables being foldable from a single piece of flat corrugated fiberboard ( 1 ), comprising: a bottom section having two long sides ( 11 a, 11 b ) and two end sides ( 12 a, 12 b ), wherein the panels of the corrugated fiberboard of the bottom section are parallel with the end sides; two opposed side walls ( 21 a, 21 b ) extending from the long sides of the bottom section; and two opposed end walls ( 22 a, 22 b ) extending from the end sides of the bottom section, wherein each side wall comprises two layers ( 13 a, 13 b, 14 a, 14 b ) of corrugated fiberboard having horizontal panels, each end wall comprises a middle section ( 23 a, 23 b ) and two flanking sections ( 24 a, 24 b ) flanking the middle section, said middle section being composed of a single layer ( 15 a, 15 b ) of corrugated fiberboard having horizontal panels and each flanking section comprising first ( 16 a, 16 b ) and second layers ( 17 a, 7 b ) of fiberboard having vertical panels and wherein the height of the middle section is less than the height of the two flanking sections.

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         14 . A tray for fruit or vegetables being foldable from a single piece of flat corrugated fiberboard, comprising:
 a bottom section having two long sides and two end sides, wherein the panels of the corrugated fiberboard of the bottom section are parallel with the end sides;   two opposed side walls extending from the long sides of the bottom section; and   two opposed end walls extending from the end sides of the bottom section, wherein
 each side wall comprises two layers of corrugated fiberboard having vertical panels, 
 each end wall comprises a middle section and two flanking sections flanking the middle section, said middle section being composed of a single layer of corrugated fiberboard having horizontal panels and each flanking section comprising first and second layers of fiberboard having vertical panels, 
 the height of the middle section is less than the height of the two flanking sections and a cut-out is provided in the middle section of each end wall such that handles are formed, which cut-out extends between 0.5 and 5 cm into the bottom section over a fold line between the bottom section and the middle section of the end wall, 
 each flanking section further comprises a third layer of fiberboard having horizontal panel and the height of the third layer is less than the height of the first and second layers, 
 a single end wall component constitutes the middle section and the third layer of the flanking sections of each end wall and 
 at least one of the first and second layers are arranged outside of the third layer in the flanking sections of the end walls. 
   
     
     
         15 . The tray of  claim 14 , wherein the first and/or the second layer is/are glued to the third layer in the flanking sections of each end wall. 
     
     
         16 . The tray of  claim 14 , wherein the width of the cut-out is less than the width of the middle section. 
     
     
         17 . The tray of  claim 14 , wherein the height of the middle section is approximately the same or less than the width of each flanking section. 
     
     
         18 . The tray of  claim 14 , wherein the height of the side walls is approximately the same as the height of the flanking sections of the end walls. 
     
     
         19 . The tray of  claim 14 , wherein the length of each long side is 1.1-1.9, such as 1.3-1.7, times the length of each end side. 
     
     
         20 . The tray of  claim 14 , wherein a ventilation hole is provided in the bottom section at each of long sides. 
     
     
         21 . The tray of  claim 14 , wherein a ventilation cut-out is provided in each side wall. 
     
     
         22 . The tray according to  claim 21 , wherein the ventilation hole at each long side is positioned at the same distance from the plane of one of the end walls as the ventilation cut-out in the associated side wall. 
     
     
         23 . The tray of  claim 14 , wherein fruit or vegetables are arranged in the tray. 
     
     
         24 . A transportation method, the method comprising:
 transporting fruit or vegetables arranged in a tray, the tray being foldable from a single piece of flat corrugated fiberboard, the tray comprising:
 a bottom section having two long sides and two end sides, wherein the panels of the corrugated fiberboard of the bottom section are parallel with the end sides; 
 two opposed side walls extending from the long sides of the bottom section; and 
 two opposed end walls extending from the end sides of the bottom section, wherein 
 each side wall comprises two layers of corrugated fiberboard having vertical panels, 
 each end wall comprises a middle section and two flanking sections flanking the middle section, said middle section being composed of a single layer of corrugated fiberboard having horizontal panels and each flanking section comprising first and second layers of fiberboard having vertical panels, 
 the height of the middle section is less than the height of the two flanking sections and a cut-out is provided in the middle section of each end wall such that handles are formed, which cut-out extends between 0.5 and 5 cm into the bottom section over a fold line between the bottom section and the middle section of the end wall, 
 each flanking section further comprises a third layer of fiberboard having horizontal panel and the height of the third layer is less than the height of the first and second layers, 
 a single end wall component constitutes the middle section and the third layer of the flanking sections of each end wall and 
 at least one of the first and second layers are arranged outside of the third layer in the flanking sections of the end walls.