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A tray of molded pulp or like material for carryout food and beverage comprising one or more pockets for receiving and firmly supporting any one of several different size beverage containers normally used in the carry-out food trade, each of the pockets having a circular floor portion, a web portion

A tray of molded pulp or like material for carryout food and beverage comprising one or more pockets for receiving and firmly supporting any one of several different size beverage containers normally used in the carry-out food trade, each of the pockets having a circular floor portion, a web portion extending for a full 360°around the circular floor portion in an area adjacent the circular floor portion and diverging in the upward direction, the web portion extending along a generally conic surface to an upper ridge, a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart tower-like members extending radially inwardly of the pocket from the web portion to firmly grip and support a beverage container which may be received in the pocket member but being too large in diameter to reach the circular floor portion, each of the tower-like members extending upwardly from the web portion at an area above the upper ridge of the web portion, each of the tower-like members including a pair of circumferentially spaced radially inwardly extending flanges having integral therewith at upper ends thereof a generally horizontal bridge, the pair of radially inwardly extending flanges and the bridge having radially inner edges which together with the web portion define an aperture facilitating stacking a tray having such pockets formed therein with like tray in nesting relationship, the radially inner edges of the flanges extending from upper ends thereof at the respective bridges toward the respective lower ends thereof at a steeper angle with the horizontal and closer to the vertical than the web portion whereby any beverage container received in the pocket will upon coming into contact with the radially inner edge of one of the flanges be maintained inwardly of the aperture defined thereby and above the circular floor portion to insure that any drippage or spillage from a beverage container will be retained within the floor portion within the enclosure provided by the web portion in the area adjacent the floor portion.

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A tray for carry-out food and beverage of molded pulp or like material defined by an upper ridge having first and second end wall portions and first and second side wall portions extending downwardly therefrom at a slight inclination inwardly toward the interior of said tray whereby said tray may be

A tray for carry-out food and beverage of molded pulp or like material defined by an upper ridge having first and second end wall portions and first and second side wall portions extending downwardly therefrom at a slight inclination inwardly toward the interior of said tray whereby said tray may be readily stacked in nested relationship with similar trays, said tray comprising generally conical pocket means adapted to receive and firmly support any one of several different size beverage containers normally used in the carry-out food trade, said generally conical pocket means being disposed along a first one of said end wall portions and along one or the other of said side wall portions, said conical pocket means having a conic section including a lower conic surface portion and a plurality of upper conic surface portions, said lower conic surface portion extending upwardly and for a full 360°whereby in some instances a beverage container may be received in said pocket means and will be surrounded by said lower conic surface portion and within the enclosure provided by said lower conic surface portions, said upper conic surface portions being circumferentially spaced from each other and integral with said lower conic surface portion and extending upwardly therefrom, each of said upper conic surface portions having circumferentially spaced inwardly extending radial webs integral therewith on opposite sides thereof, said radial webs extending inwardly of said pocket means from the respective upper conic surface portion and upwardly above said ridge, a generally horizontal bridge member extending from one of said radial webs to the next web circumferentially spaced therefrom and integrally joining the two webs to form a tower-like member, said bridge member together with the two radial webs joined thereby, and said conic section defining one of a plurality of apertures which facilitate nesting relationship of said tray with similar trays, but will not permit passage of a cup to be received and firmly held within said pocket means beyond the theoretical conic surface of the upper and lower conic surface portions if lowered to the level of the area of said apertures, each of said bridge members having a circumferentially extending radially inner edge adapted to brace the side wall of a beverage container intermediate the upper and lower ends thereof, and the radial web portions of each of said towerlike members presenting radial inner edges of which at least one is adapted to firmly brace the side wall of a beverage container.