A tray container and blank

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EP 1 415 923 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	29.12.2004 Bulletin 2004/53

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	06.05.2004 Bulletin 2004/19

(21)	Application number: 03024353.9

(22)	Date of filing: 24.10.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B65D 5/28, B65D 5/20, B65D 5/22

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

28.10.2002 GB 0225017

(71)	Applicant: MeadWestvaco Packaging Systems LLC
	Stamford, Connecticut 06905 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	LeBras, Philippe 36000 Chateauroux (FR)

(74)	Representative: Hepworth, John Malcolm et al
	Hepworth Lawrence Bryer & Bizley Bloxam Court Corporation Street Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2DU Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2DU (GB)

(54)	A tray container and blank

(57) A tray for holding foodstuff or the like and blank for forming a tray, which tray is formed from foldable material, the tray including a base and opposed end and side walls hingedly connected to the base wherein one or more of said side or end walls is a multi-ply structure. The foldable material has first and second opposed sides and the inside and outside surfaces of the multi-ply structure expose the first and second sides of the foldable material respectively.

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