IP Library Granted Patent US 10,315,798
Granted Patent B2
US 10,315,798 · App. 15/061,239 · Granted Jun 11, 2019

Stackable pallet display

Inventors: Mike Pfeifer (Hartford, WI); William Garrett Ehlebracht (Naperville, IL); Sunitha Nair (Dallas, TX); Daniel Lee Mathews (McKinney, TX); Roberto Carlos Guerrero Kees (Frisco, TX)
Assignees: Menasha Corporation; PepsiCo, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,315,798
App. No.
15/061,239
Granted
Jun 11, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A stackable pallet display system includes a tray portion having a rectangular bottom wall, corner posts extending upward from corners of the tray portion and an interior divider panel extending upward from the tray portion. The tray, corner posts and interior divider wall of the system can be folded from blanks of material.

Claims (24)

1. A stackable pallet comprising:

a tray portion having a generally rectangular bottom wall having a first corner, second corner, third corner and fourth corner, a first end wall, an opposing second end wall, a first side wall and an opposing second side wall, the bottom wall having a first corner slot at the first corner and a first corner slot at the second corner and a first divider panel slot;

a first corner post having a first upwardly extending tab positioned at the first corner of the tray portion where the first tab of the first corner post is configured to be aligned with the first corner slot at the first corner of the bottom wall of a like pallet, a second corner post having a first upwardly extending tab positioned at the second corner of the tray portion where the first tab of the second corner post is configured to be aligned with the first corner slot at the second corner of the bottom wall of a like pallet, a third corner post positioned at the third corner of the tray portion and a fourth corner post positioned at the fourth corner of the tray portion; and,

a divider having a first outer panel, a second outer panel, and a central panel connected on a first side to the first outer panel and connected on a second side to the second outer panel, wherein each of the first, second and central panels extend upward from the bottom wall, the divider having a glue panel connected to a bottom edge of the divider and a first downwardly extending tab positioned in the first divider panel slot in the bottom wall of the tray, the tab extending below the bottom wall.

2. The stackable pallet of claim 1 wherein the first corner of the bottom wall includes a second corner slot, the second corner of the bottom wall includes a second corner slot, the first corner post includes a second upwardly extending tab aligned with the second slot of the first corner of the bottom wall of a like pallet and the second corner post includes a second upwardly extending tab aligned with the second slot of the second corner of the bottom wall of a like pallet.

3. The stackable pallet of claim 2 wherein the third corner of the bottom wall includes a first slot and a second slot, the fourth corner of the bottom wall includes a first slot and a second slot, the third post includes a first upwardly extending tab and a second upwardly extending tab, and the fourth corner post includes a first upwardly extending tab and a second upwardly extending tab.

4. The stackable pallet of claim 1 wherein the first corner post is connected to a first end of a first side panel and the second corner post is connected to a second end of the first side panel, wherein the first side panel is positioned at the first side wall of the tray portion.

5. The stackable pallet of claim 4 wherein the third corner post is connected to a first end of a second side panel and the fourth corner post is connected to a second end of the second side panel, wherein the second side panel is positioned at the second side wall of the tray portion.

6. The stackable pallet of claim 1 wherein the first outer panel and the second outer panel are parallel.

7. The stackable pallet of claim 1 wherein the glue panel is connected to a bottom side of the central panel and is perpendicular to the central panel.

8. The stackable pallet of claim 6 wherein the bottom wall includes a second divider slot, and the first outer panel of the divider panel includes the first downwardly extending tab positioned in the first divider slot and the second outer panel includes a second downwardly extending tab positioned in the second divider slot.

9. The stackable pallet of claim 1 wherein the tray portion, corner posts and divider are formed from paper.

10. A stackable pallet comprising:

a base having a bottom wall, a first foldable end wall connected to a first end of the base, a second foldable end wall connected to a second end of the base, a first foldable side wall connected to a first side of the base and a second foldable side wall connected to a second side of the base, a first slot in the bottom wall proximate a first end of the first end wall and a second slot in the bottom wall proximate a first end of the first side wall, and a first divider panel slot; and,

a first corner post having a first portion extending upward from the first end wall and a second portion extending upward from the first side wall, the first portion having an upwardly extending tab configured to fit in the first slot in the bottom wall of a like pallet and the second portion having an upwardly extending tab configured to fit in the second slot in the bottom wall of the like pallet; and,

a divider having a first outer panel, a second outer panel, and a central panel connected on a first side to the first outer panel and connected on a second side to the second outer panel, wherein each of the first, second and central panels extend upward from the bottom wall, the divider having a first downwardly extending tab positioned in the first divider panel slot, the tab extending below the bottom wall, wherein the central panel of the divider includes a glue panel connected to a bottom of the central panel for securing the divider to the base, and wherein the glue panel is perpendicular to each of the first outer panel, second outer panel and central panel of the divider.

11. The stackable pallet of claim 10 wherein the first outer panel and the second outer panel are parallel.

12. The stackable pallet of claim 11 wherein the bottom wall includes a second divider slot and the first outer panel includes the first downwardly extending tab positioned in the first divider slot and the second outer panel includes a second downwardly extending tab positioned in the second divider slot.

13. The stackable pallet of claim 10 wherein the first portion of the first corner post includes a first outer layer of material and a second inner layer of material, and the second portion of the first corner post includes a first outer layer of material and a second inner layer of material.

14. A stackable pallet comprising:

a base having a bottom wall, a first foldable end wall connected to a first end of the base, a second foldable end wall connected to a second end of the base, a first foldable side wall connected to a first side of the base and a second foldable side wall connected to a second side of the base, a first slot in the bottom wall proximate a first end of the first end wall and a second slot in the bottom wall proximate a first end of the first side wall, and a first divider panel slot; and,

a first corner post having a first portion extending upward from the first end wall and a second portion extending upward from the first side wall, the first portion having an upwardly extending tab configured to fit in the first slot in the bottom wall of a like pallet and the second portion having an upwardly extending tab configured to fit in the second slot in the bottom wall of the like pallet; and,

a divider having a first outer panel, a second outer panel, and a central panel connected on a first side to the first outer panel and connected on a second side to the second outer panel, wherein each of the first, second and central panels extend upward from the bottom wall and wherein the first outer panel and the second outer panel are parallel, the divider having a first downwardly extending tab positioned in the first divider panel slot, the tab extending below the bottom wall, and wherein the bottom wall includes a second divider slot and the first outer panel includes the first downwardly extending tab positioned in the first divider slot and the second outer panel includes a second downwardly extending tab positioned in the second divider slot.

15. The stackable pallet of claim 14 wherein the central panel of the divider includes a glue panel connected to a bottom of the central panel for securing the divider to the base, and wherein the glue panel is perpendicular to each of the first outer panel, second outer panel and central panel of the divider.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2017
From: PFEIFER, MIKE; EHLEBRACHT, WILLIAM GARRETT
To: MENASHA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041610/0808 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2017
From: NAIR, SUNITHA; MATHEWS, DANIEL LEE; KEES, ROBERTO CARLOS GUERRERO
To: PEPSICO, INC.
Reel/Frame 041610/0934 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62182710 · Jun 22, 2015
Related Publication 20160368660A1 · Dec 22, 2016
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