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Granted Patent B2
US 12698125 · App. 17/746,588 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Transport tray for packaging units

Inventors: Nicole Hutterer (Wackersdorf, DE); Andreas Fraas (Amberg, DE); Ricardo Colchado (Corregidora, MX); Stephen Flynn (Peachtree City, GA); Braden Miller (Havertown, PA); Scott Rosenman (Mount Laurel, NJ); Alessio Bonati (Cadoneghe, IT); Michele Guasti (Treviso, IT); Marco Canestraro (Carmignano di Brenta, IT); Riccardo Prete (Ponte San Nicolo, IT); Gianpaolo Bertolin (Noale, IT)
Assignees: Gerresheimer Glas GmbH; Stevanato Group S.p.A.
B65D1/36B29C45/0001B29K2505/02B29K2995/0013B29L2031/712
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12698125
App. No.
17/746,588
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transport tray with a plurality of sleeves each configured to receive a substantially cylindrical container having a cylindrical container wall and a container bottom surface arranged orthogonally to the container wall. Each sleeve includes a top opening, a bottom opening, a sleeve wall that extends along a sleeve axis between the top opening and the bottom opening and is configured to abut at least a portion of the container wall of a respective container, and one or more support feet adjacent to the bottom opening and extending from the sleeve wall towards the sleeve axis, wherein each support foot has a bottom surface and a top surface configured to abut the container bottom surface of a respective container forming a gap between the support foot bottom surface and the container bottom surface along the sleeve axis. The one or more support feet comprise a thermally conductive polymer.

Claims (36)

1 . A transport tray comprising:

a plurality of sleeves, wherein each sleeve is configured to receive a substantially cylindrical container having a cylindrical container wall and a container bottom surface arranged orthogonally to the container wall;

wherein each sleeve comprises

a top opening,

a bottom opening,

a sleeve wall that extends along a sleeve axis between the top opening and the bottom opening and is configured to abut at least a portion of the container wall of a respective container, and

one or more support feet that are adjacent to the bottom opening and extend from the sleeve wall towards the sleeve axis, wherein each support foot comprises a bottom surface and a top surface configured to abut the container bottom surface of a respective container, such that a gap is formed between the support foot bottom surface and the container bottom surface along the sleeve axis, and wherein the one or more support feet comprise a thermally conductive polymer;

a plate portion connected to the top opening of each sleeve and comprising a plurality of corner regions; and

a raised bumper arranged at least at each corner region of the plate portion, wherein the raised bumper has a height that is greater than a thickness of the plate portion;

wherein each raised bumper is positioned at a respective corner region of the plate portion and comprises a first projection and a second projection spaced apart from the first projection, where the first projection is positioned on a first side of the respective corner region and the second projection is positioned on a second side of the respective corner region, the first projection and the second projection extend from a perimeter of the plate portion in an outward direction that is in-plane with a top surface of the plate portion.

2 . The transport tray according to claim 1 , wherein each sleeve further comprises a ring that connects the one or more support feet to the bottom opening, wherein the ring comprises a thermally conductive polymer.

3 . The transport tray according to claim 2 , wherein each sleeve is a monolithic structure that comprises a thermally conductive polymer.

4 . The transport tray according to claim 3 , wherein the transport tray is a monolithic structure that comprises a thermally conductive polymer.

5 . The transport tray according to claim 4 , wherein the transport tray is manufactured by injection molding a thermally conductive polymer.

6 . The transport tray according to claim 1 , wherein the thermally conductive polymer comprises an aluminum filler.

7 . The transport tray according to claim 1 , wherein the thermally conductive polymer comprises a zinc filler.

8 . The transport tray according to claim 1 , wherein each sleeve wall comprises a closed cylinder that encircles the sleeve axis.

9 . The transport tray according to claim 1 , wherein the top opening of each sleeve is larger than the bottom opening, such that the sleeve wall forms an angle greater than 0° relative to the sleeve axis.

10 . The transport tray according to claim 1 , further comprising a connecting portion that connects the sleeve walls of at least two adjacent sleeves to the plate portion.

11 . The transport tray according to claim 1 , wherein the perimeter of plate portion comprises the raised bumpers and an edge portion having the same thickness as the plate portion arranged between each pair of adjacent raised bumpers.

12 . The transport tray according to claim 2 , wherein each sleeve wall comprises a closed cylinder that encircles the sleeve axis.

13 . The transport tray according to claim 2 , wherein the top opening of each sleeve is larger than the bottom opening, such that the sleeve wall forms an angle greater than 0 ° relative to the sleeve axis.

14 . The transport tray according to claim 2 , further comprising a connecting portion that connects the sleeve walls of at least two adjacent sleeves to the plate portion.

15 . The transport tray according to claim 1 , wherein a projection height of the first projection and the second projection of each raised bumper is greater than the thickness of the plate portion.

16 . The transport tray according to claim 15 , wherein the projection height is the same as the height of the raised bumper.

17 . The transport tray according to claim 1 , wherein each raised bumper abuts an edge of the plate portion.

18 . A transport tray, comprising:

a plurality of sleeves, wherein each sleeve is configured to receive a substantially cylindrical container having a cylindrical container wall and a container bottom surface arranged orthogonally to the container wall;

wherein each sleeve comprises:

a top opening,

a bottom opening,

a sleeve wall that extends along a sleeve axis between the top opening and the bottom opening and is configured to abut at least a portion of the container wall of a respective container, and

one or more support feet that are adjacent to the bottom opening and extend from the sleeve wall towards the sleeve axis, wherein each support foot comprises a bottom surface and a top surface configured to abut the container bottom surface of a respective container, such that a gap is formed between the support foot bottom surface and the container bottom surface along the sleeve axis, and wherein the one or more support feet comprise a thermally conductive polymer;

a plate portion connected to the top opening of each sleeve and comprising a plurality of corner regions; and

raised bumper that extends along an entirety of a perimeter of the plate portion, wherein the raised bumper has a height that is greater than a thickness of the plate portion;

wherein the raised bumper comprises a first projection and a second projection at each respective corner region of the plurality of corner regions of the plate portion, where the first projection is positioned on a first side of the respective corner region, the second projection is positioned on a second side of the respective corner region, and the second projection spaced apart from the first projection, wherein each first projection and second projection extend from the perimeter of the plate portion in an outward direction that is in-plane with a top surface of the plate portion.