Multipurpose solar drying tray assembly

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Description

This invention was made with government support under Contract No. AID-OAA-L-14-00003 awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. The government has certain rights in the invention.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a multipurpose solar drying tray assembly comprising a tray and a cover in accordance with this invention.

FIG. 2 is a right elevational end view of the multipurpose solar drying tray assembly of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a left elevational end view of the multipurpose solar drying tray assembly of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view of the multipurpose solar drying tray assembly of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view of the multipurpose solar drying tray assembly of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a top view of the multipurpose solar drying tray assembly of FIG 1.

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the multipurpose solar drying tray assembly of FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is an isolated perspective view of the cover of the multipurpose solar drying tray assembly of FIG. 1.

FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the cover of the multipurpose solar drying tray assembly of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 10 is a right elevational end view of the tray of the multipurpose solar drying tray assembly of FIG. 1 nested with an identical tray.

Claims

The ornamental design for a multipurpose solar drying tray assembly, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D879544
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 8, 2018
Date of Patent: Mar 31, 2020
Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, IN)
Inventors: Klein Erhekabor Ileleji (Carmel, IN), Heeju Kim (West Lafayette, IN)
Primary Examiner: Ricky Pham
Application Number: 29/650,725
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D7/359; D7/354