A highly efficient bakery tray is provided. The tray includes a square base and is configured to stack upon another like tray in any of three or four orientations to provide three or four different product clearance heights between the trays.
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1. A tray stackable with a like tray in three different orientations, each orientation for transporting bakery items comprising: a generally square bottom wall supporting upwardly extending first and second side walls, a front wall and a back wall, the front wall having a central lower wall portion
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A tray stackable with a like tray in three different orientations, each orientation for transporting bakery items comprising: a generally square bottom wall supporting upwardly extending first and second side walls, a front wall and a back wall, the front wall having a central lower wall portion having a height less than a height of the first and second side walls for visible inspection of an interior of the tray,a first non-moveable stacking structure for stacking the tray with a like tray in a first orientation to provide a first clearance height for accommodating bakery items between the trays, wherein the first non-movable stacking structure includes a first foot structure positioned at a first distance from the front wall on an outer lower portion of the first side wall and a first upper ledge portion on the first side wall aligned with the first foot structure and a second foot structure positioned at a first distance from a back wall on the outer lower portion of the first side wall and a second upper ledge portion on the first side wall aligned with the second lower foot structure, and wherein the first non-movable stacking structure further includes a first foot structure positioned a second distance from the front wall greater than the first distance on an outer lower portion of the second side wall and a first upper ledge portion on the second side wall aligned with the first foot structure of the second side wall and a second foot structure positioned the second distance from the back wall on the outer lower portion of the second side wall and a second upper ledge portion on the second side wall aligned with the second foot structure of the second side wall;a non-moveable second stacking structure for stacking the tray with a like tray in a second orientation to provide a second clearance height for accommodating bakery items between the trays different than the first clearance height, wherein the second non-movable stacking structure includes a first upper ledge portion and a second upper ledge portion on the front wall and a first upper ledge portion and a second upper ledge portion on the back wall wherein the first upper ledge portion and the second upper ledge portion on the front wall and the first upper ledge portion and the second upper ledge portion on the back wall are lower than the first upper ledge portion and second upper ledge portion of the first side wall and the first upper ledge portion and second upper ledge portion of the second side wall; and,a non-moveable third stacking structure on the tray for stacking the tray with a like tray in a third orientation to provide a third clearance height for accommodating bakery items between the trays different than the first clearance height and the second clearance height, wherein each of the first side wall, second side wall, front wall and back wall of the top tray is directly supported on and aligned with one of the first side wall, second side wall, front wall, and back wall of the bottom tray in each of the first, second and third orientations. 2. The tray of claim 1 wherein the tray is formed from a molded plastic and the first, second and third stacking structures are integrally formed in the tray. 3. The tray of claim 1 wherein the third stacking structure includes a first lower ledge portion on the first side wall at the second distance from the front wall, and a second lower ledge portion at the second distance from the back wall, and a first lower ledge portion on the second side wall at the first distance from the front wall and a second lower ledge portion the first distance from the back wall, wherein the first and second lower ledge portion of the first side wall and the first and second lower ledge portions of the second side wall are lower than the first and second upper ledge portions of the front wall and the first and second upper ledge portions of the back wall. 4. The tray of claim 3 wherein the front wall includes a first guide structure extending from an outer lower portion of the front wall. 5. The tray of claim 4 the back wall includes a first guide structure extending from an outer lower portion of the back wall. 6. The tray of claim 1 wherein the first side wall and the second side wall each include a handle structure. 7. The tray of claim 1 wherein the first stacking structure is configured to require the tray to be stacked on the like tray with the first and second side walls, front wall and back wall of the tray being aligned with the first and second side walls, front wall and back wall, respectively, of the like tray. 8. The tray of claim 1 wherein the second stacking structure is configured to require the tray to be stacked on the like tray with a 90° rotation from an alignment of the first and second side walls, front wall and back wall of the tray with the first and second side walls, front wall and back wall, respectively, of the like tray. 9. The tray of claim 1 wherein the third stacking structure is configured to require the tray to be stacked on the like tray with a 180° rotation from an alignment of the first and second side walls, front wall and back wall of the tray with the first and second side walls, front wall and back wall, respectively, of the like tray. 10. The tray of claim 1 wherein the third stacking structure includes a first plurality of feet extending outward from the front wall and a second plurality of feet extending outward from the back wall. 11. The tray of claim 1 wherein the third stacking structure includes: a first upper ledge portion of the front wall proximate a first side of the central lower wall portion, and a second upper ledge of the front wall proximate an a second side of the central lower wall portion. 12. The tray of claim 11 further comprising: a first upper ledge portion on the back wall proximate the first side wall, and a second upper ledge portion on the back wall proximate the second side wall. 13. A tray for transporting items comprising: a square bottom wall supporting a first side wall and a second side wall, a front wall and a back wall, the front wall having a central lower wall portion having a height less than a height of the first and second side walls for visible inspection of an interior of the tray;a first bottom support structure and a first top structure, wherein the first bottom structure is configured to mate with the first top structure so that when the tray is stacked on a second like tray with the front wall of the tray aligned with and positioned over the front wall of the second tray, the two trays stack to a first height for accommodating bakery items having a first distance between the bottom wall and a bottom wall of the second tray, wherein the bottom support structure comprises a first foot structure positioned on a lower outer portion of the first side wall proximate the front wall, a second foot structure positioned on the lower outer portion of the first side wall proximate the back wall, a first foot structure positioned on a lower outer portion of the second side wall a first distance from the front wall, and a second foot structure positioned on the lower outer portion of the second side wall the first distance from the back wall, and wherein the first top structure comprises a first upper ledge portion at a first height above the bottom wall on the first side wall aligned with the first foot structure of the first side wall, a second upper ledge portion at the first height above the bottom wall on the first side wall aligned with the second foot structure of the first side wall, a first upper ledge portion on the second side wall at the first height above the bottom wall aligned with the first foot structure on the second side wall, and a second upper ledge portion on the second side wall at the first height above the bottom wall aligned with the second foot structure of the second side wall;a second top structure, wherein the first bottom support structure is configured to mate with the second top structure so that when the tray is stacked on a second like tray with the front wall aligned with and positioned over one of the first and second side walls of the second tray, the two trays stack to a second height for accommodating bakery items having a second distance between the bottom wall and the bottom wall of the second tray that is different from the first height, wherein the second top structure comprises a first upper ledge portion on the front wall at a second height above the bottom wall lower than the first height positioned to support one of the first foot structure of the first side wall and the first foot structure of the second side wall of a like tray, a second upper ledge portion on the front wall at the second height above the bottom wall to support one of the second foot structure of the first side wall and the second foot structure of the second side wall of a like tray, a first upper ledge portion on the back wall at the second height above the bottom wall positioned to support one of the first foot structure of the first side wall and the first foot structure of the second side wall of a like tray, and a second upper ledge portion on the back wall at the second height above the bottom wall positioned to support one of the second foot structure of the first side wall and the second foot structure of the second side wall of a like tray; and,a third top structure, wherein the first bottom support structure is configured to mate with the third top structure when the tray is stacked on a second identical tray with the front wall of the first tray aligned with and positioned over the back wall of the second tray, the two trays stack to a third height for accommodating bakery items having a third distance between the bottom wall and the bottom wall of the second tray that is different than the first height and the second height, wherein each of the first side wall, second side wall, front wall and back wall of the top tray is directly supported on and aligned with one of the first side wall, second side wall, front wall, and back wall of the bottom tray in each of the first, second and third orientations, wherein the third top structure comprises a first lower ledge portion on the first side wall at a third height above the bottom wall lower than the second height positioned the first distance from the front wall, a second lower ledge portion on the first side wall at the third height above the bottom wall positioned the first distance from the back wall, a first lower ledge portion on the second side wall at the third height above the bottom wall positioned proximate the front wall, and a second lower ledge portion at the third height above the bottom wall proximate the back wall. 14. The tray of claim 13 further comprising a first center guide on the front wall and a first center guide on the back wall.
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