A plant pot tray having receptacles configured to receive pots of various sizes, with the receptacles including a side wall portion, a base wall portion, and one or more tabs with a longitudinal hinge portion connecting the tab to the side wall portion. The tabs each extend inwardly toward an interi
A plant pot tray having receptacles configured to receive pots of various sizes, with the receptacles including a side wall portion, a base wall portion, and one or more tabs with a longitudinal hinge portion connecting the tab to the side wall portion. The tabs each extend inwardly toward an interior of the receptacle with the tab configured to pivot along the longitudinal hinge portion whereby the tab is able to pivot upon insertion of a plant pot into a receptacle with the tab providing a biasing force against the plant pot to aid in retention of the plant pot in the tray and accommodate differently sized pots.
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1. A plant pot tray, said tray comprising: a receptacle configured to receive a plant pot, with said receptacle including a side wall portion, a base wall portion, and a tab with a longitudinal hinge portion connecting said tab to said side wall portion;said tab being separated from said sidewall op
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A plant pot tray, said tray comprising: a receptacle configured to receive a plant pot, with said receptacle including a side wall portion, a base wall portion, and a tab with a longitudinal hinge portion connecting said tab to said side wall portion;said tab being separated from said sidewall opposite said longitudinal hinge portion along the elongate longitudinal length of said tab to define a longitudinal opening opposite said longitudinal hinge portion with said longitudinal hinge portion and said longitudinal opening extending generally with the longitudinal axis of said receptacle, and said tab extending inward toward an interior of said receptacle with said tab configured to pivot along said longitudinal hinge portion whereby said tab is able to pivot upon insertion of a plant pot into said receptacle with said tab providing a biasing force against the plant pot to aid in retention of the plant pot in said tray, and wherein said tab includes a ramp segment with said ramp segment extending inward into said interior relative to said side wall portion and downward relative to an upper edge of said receptacle,wherein said tab includes a retention segment with said retention segment being disposed inward from said side wall portion and extending approximately parallel with said side wall portion, and wherein said retention segment is configured to engage the side of a pot when located in said receptacle,wherein said retention segment is adjacently located to said ramp segment with said ramp segment and said retention segment being non-planar relative to each other, andwherein said tab includes a hinge segment with said hinge segment being connected to said side wall portion by said longitudinal hinge portion and with said hinge segment extending inward into said interior from said side wall portion, with said hinge segment being adjacently connected to said retention segment and with said hinge segment and said retention segment being non-planar relative to each other. 2. The tray of claim 1, wherein said tab extends longitudinally along said side wall portion for a majority of the height of said side wall portion. 3. The tray of claim 2, wherein said tab extends longitudinally along substantially the entire distance between said base wall portion and said upper edge of said receptacle. 4. The tray of claim 1, further including a transverse hinge portion connecting an upper portion of said tab to said side wall portion. 5. The tray of claim 1, wherein said base wall portion includes a cutout positioned vertically below said tab, said cutout enabling said tray to be stacked on top of a correspondingly configured tray with the tab of the correspondingly configured tray being received behind said tab of said tray. 6. The tray of claim 1, further including a plurality of receptacles, and wherein each said receptacle includes a plurality of tabs. 7. A plant pot tray, said tray comprising: a plurality of receptacles each configured to receive a plant pot, with each said receptacle including a side wall portion, a base wall portion, and a tab with a longitudinal hinge portion connecting said tab to said side wall portion;said tab being separated from said sidewall opposite said longitudinal hinge portion along the elongate longitudinal length of said tab to define a longitudinal opening opposite said longitudinal hinge portion with said longitudinal hinge portion and said longitudinal opening extending generally with the longitudinal axis of said receptacle, and said tab extending longitudinally along said side wall portion for a majority of the height of said side wall portion with said tab extending inward toward an interior of said receptacle with said tab configured to pivot along said longitudinal hinge portion whereby said tab is able to pivot upon insertion of a plant pot into said receptacle with said tab providing a biasing force against the plant pot to aid in retention of the plant pot in said tray, and wherein said tab includes a ramp segment with said ramp segment extending inward into said interior relative to said side wall portion and downward relative to an upper edge of said receptacle,wherein each said tab further includes a transverse hinge portion connecting an upper portion of said tab to said side wall portion,wherein each said tab includes a retention segment with said retention segment being disposed inward from said side wall portion and extending approximately parallel with said side wall portion, and wherein said retention segment is configured to engage the side of a pot when located in said receptacle, andwherein each said tab includes a hinge segment with said hinge segment being connected to said side wall portion by said longitudinal hinge portion and with said hinge segment extending inward into said interior from said side wall portion, with said hinge segment being adjacently connected to said ramp segment and said retention segment and with said hinge segment, said ramp segment and said retention segment being non-planar relative to each other. 8. The tray of claim 7, wherein each said base wall portion includes a cutout positioned vertically below each said tab. 9. The tray of claim 7, wherein said receptacle includes a plurality of tabs. 10. A plant pot tray, said tray comprising: a plurality of receptacles each configured to receive a plant pot, with each said receptacle including a side wall portion, a base wall portion, and a plurality of tabs and a plurality of longitudinal hinge portions, with each said tab being connected to said side wall portion by one of said longitudinal hinge portions;each said tab being separated from said respective sidewall opposite said longitudinal hinge portion along the longitudinal length of said tab to define a longitudinal opening opposite said longitudinal hinge portion with said longitudinal hinge and said longitudinal opening extending generally with the longitudinal axis of said receptacle, and each said tab extending inward toward an interior of said receptacle, said tabs being configured to pivot along said longitudinal hinge portions upon insertion of a plant pot into said receptacle with said tabs providing a biasing force against the plant pot to aid in retention of the plant pot in said tray, and wherein each said tab includes a ramp segment with said ramp segment extending inward into said interior relative to said side wall portion and downward relative to an upper edge of said receptacle,wherein each said tab includes a retention segment with said retention segment being disposed inward from said side wall portion and extending approximately parallel with said side wall portion, and wherein said retention segment is configured to engage the side of a pot when located in said receptacle,wherein said retention segment is adjacently located to said ramp segment with said ramp segment and said retention segment being non-planar relative to each other, andwherein each said tab includes a hinge segment with said hinge segment being connected to said side wall portion by said longitudinal hinge portion and with said hinge segment extending inward into said interior from said side wall portion, with said hinge segment being adjacently connected to said retention segment and with said hinge segment and said retention segment being non-planar relative to each other. 11. The tray of claim 10, wherein said tabs extend longitudinally along respective said side wall portions for a majority of the height of said side wall portions. 12. The tray of claim 11, wherein each said base wall portion includes a cutout positioned vertically below each said tab.
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