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Article: Michigan, Texas Inventors Develop Stackable Tray with Anti-Pivot Stop Apertures
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 3, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- Donald Verna of Wixom, Mich., Douglas T. Cox of Lennon, Mich., and Douglas Hood of Fort Worth, Texas, have developed a stackable tray.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "multi-purpose tray including a front, a back, a first side, a second side, and a bottom. The tray can include beams extending from the front of the tray and slots defined in the back of the tray. When two trays are stacked in opposite directions with respect to one another, the slots receive the beams. The tray also includes a domed bottom. The domed bottom has a convex profile with respect to the interior of the tray and can include transverse ribs ...