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IN AN EGG TRAY (1) CONSTITUTING A THIN-WALLED BODY OF RIGID FIBRE-PULP MATERIAL IN WHICH ARE FORMED A PLURALITY OF POCKETS (2) AND POSTS (3), EACH SAID POCKET BEING SURROUNDED BY A SMALL NUMBER OF SAID POSTS (3) AND COMPRISING AN EGG-SUPPORTING REGION (6,8A,8B) ADAPTED TO SUPPORT AN EGG (NOT SHOWN),THE MAIN NEW FEATURE IS THAT SAID EGG-SUPPORTING REGION (6,8A,8B) CONSTITUTES A CONTINUOUS PART OF A SUBSTANTIALLY ELLIPSOIDAL SURFACE APPROXIMATING THE ELLIPSOIDAL OR QUASI-ELLIPSOIDAL SURFACE OF THE POINTED PART OF AN EGG OF A SIZE WITHIN THE EGG-SIZE INTERVAL FOR WHICH THE EGG TRAY (1) IS INTENDED TO BE USED. WITH THIS ARRANGEMENT, THE EGGS ARE SUPPORTED GENTLY AND STEADILY IN A PREDICTABLE ORIENTATION, THE WEIGHT OF EACH EGG BEING DISTRIBUTED IN THE ELLIPSOIDAL SUPPORTING REGION (6,8A,8B). (FIG. 3)
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