Tray for string jewelry items

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Referring now more specifically to the drawings, the numeral 10 generally designates the tray of the instant invention.
The tray 10 includes an elongated panel 12 having opposite end marginal edge portions 14 and 16 and opposite side marginal portions 18 and 20.
Upstanding opposite side curb flanges 22 and 24 extend along and are formed integrally with the marginal portions 18 and 20 and an end curb flange 26 extends along the marginal portion 16, all of the flanges 22, 24 and 26 projecting above the upper surface 28 of the portion of the panel 12 enclosed within the curb flanges 22, 24 and 26.
The curb flange 26 interconnects the corresponding ends of the curb flanges 22 and 24 and the marginal portions 22, 24 and 26 also include downwardly projecting skirt flanges 32, 34 and 36 extending therealong and forming downwardly continuations of the curb flanges 22, 24 and 26.
The end of the panel 12 remote from the curb flanges 24 and 34 includes a transverse depending flange 38 defining the inner wall of an upwardly opening transversely extending elongated recess 40 including upwardly and outwardly inclined opposite end bottom wall portions 42 and 44.
The depending flange 38 defines the end of the upper surface 28 remote from the flanges 26 and 36 and the outer side of the recess 40 is closed by means of a pair of opposite end inwardly directed upstanding curb flanges 46 and 48 including outwardly angulated adjacent end portions spaced apart transversely of the panel 12 and defining an upwardly opening channel 54 whose bottom is closed by an outward extension 56 of the central bottom wall portion 58 of the recess 40.
The panel 12, between the flanges 22, 24, 26 and 38 includes parallel longitudinal corrugations defining upwardly opening parallel grooves 60 extending longitudinally of the panel 12 between the curb flanges 22 and 24.
Also, from FIGS.
1 and 2 of the drawings, it will be noted that the upper surfaces of the flanges 46 and 48 are registered with all but the center two grooves 60 and contained in a plane which is spaced between the upper and lower extremities of the grooves 60