IP Library Granted Patent US 10,745,171
Granted Patent B2
US 10,745,171 · App. 16/405,370 · Granted Aug 18, 2020

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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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,745,171
App. No.
16/405,370
Granted
Aug 18, 2020
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 (25)

1. A stackable tray comprising:

a tray having a rectangular bottom wall, a first side wall extending upward from a first side of the bottom wall, a second side wall extending upward from a second side of the bottom wall, a first end wall extending upward from a first end of the bottom wall and a second end wall extending upward from a second end of the bottom wall, the bottom wall including a first centrally located slot;

a divider extending upward from the bottom wall spaced from the first and second side walls and first and second end walls of the tray, the divider having a first panel, a second panel connected on a first side to the first panel by a fold line and a third panel connected to a second side of the second panel by a fold line, the divider including a glue panel connected to a bottom edge of the first panel of the divider by a fold line wherein the fold line connecting the glue panel to the first panel of the divider is perpendicular to the fold line connecting the second panel to the first panel, the second panel of the divider further including a first tab configured to be inserted in the first centrally located slot in the bottom wall, wherein the divider is connected to the bottom wall of the tray by the glue panel and the first tab.

2. The stackable tray of claim 1 wherein the bottom wall further includes a second centrally located slot.

3. The stackable tray of claim 2 wherein the third panel of the divider includes a second tab configured to be inserted in the second centrally located slot of the bottom wall.

4. The stackable tray of claim 3 wherein the first panel of the divider is angled toward the first side wall and the third panel of the divider is angled toward the second side wall.

5. The stackable tray of claim 4 wherein the second panel is parallel to the third panel.

6. The stackable tray of claim 1 wherein the glue panel is glued to an upper surface of the bottom wall.

7. The stackable tray of claim 6 wherein the bottom wall includes a glue strip on the upper surface for gluing the glue panel to the bottom wall.

8. The stackable tray of claim 1 wherein the glue panel has a width greater than a width of the first panel of the divider.

9. The stackable tray of claim 8 wherein the first panel of the divider is parallel to the first side wall and the second side wall.

10. The stackable tray of claim 1 further comprising a first corner post that extends upward from a first corner of the tray and a second corner post that extends upward from a second corner of the tray, the first and second corner posts having a height greater than a height of the first and second side walls and first and second end walls.

11. The stackable tray of claim 10 wherein the first corner post and the second corner post are formed from a single blank of material having a side wall panel between the first corner post and the second corner post.

12. The stackable tray of claim 11 further comprising a third corner post that extends upward from a third corner of the tray and a fourth corner post that extends upward from a fourth corner of the tray, the third and fourth corner posts having a height greater than the height of the first and second side walls and first and second end walls.

13. The stackable tray of claim 12 wherein the third corner post and the fourth corner post are formed from a single blank of material having a side wall panel between the third corner post and the fourth corner post.

14. The stackable tray of claim 10 wherein the first corner post includes a first tab extending upward from a top edge of the first post.

15. The stackable tray of claim 14 wherein the bottom wall includes a first corner slot in the first corner configured to receive a tab from a corner post of a like tray stacked below the bottom wall.

16. A stackable tray comprising:

a tray having a rectangular bottom wall, a first side wall extending upward from a first side of the bottom wall, a second side wall extending upward from a second side of the bottom wall, a first end wall extending upward from a first end of the bottom wall and a second end wall extending upward from a second end of the bottom wall, the bottom wall having a first corner slot at a first corner;

a first corner post extending upward from the first corner of the bottom wall at a height greater than a height of the first and second side walls and first and second end walls, the first corner post including a first tab extending upwardly from a top portion of the first corner post and a second tab extending upwardly from the top portion of the first corner post, wherein the first tab is perpendicular to the second tab, the bottom tray including a first slot in the first corner and a second slot in the first corner for receiving a first tab and a second tab of a first corner post of a like tray when stacked thereon; and,

a divider having a first vertical panel parallel to the first side wall, a second vertical panel at an angle with respect to the first side wall and the first end wall connected to one side of the first vertical panel, and a third vertical panel at an angle with respect to the second side wall and the second end wall connected to a second side of the first vertical panel extending upward from the bottom wall spaced from the first and second side walls and the first and second end walls of the tray, the divider including a horizontal glue panel connected to a bottom edge of the first vertical panel.

17. The stackable tray of claim 16 further comprising a second corner post extending upward from a second corner of the bottom wall a height greater than the height of the first and second side walls and first and second end walls, the second corner post including a first tab extending upwardly from a top portion of the second corner post and a second tab extending upwardly from the top portion of the second corner post, wherein the first tab is perpendicular to the second tab, the bottom tray including a first slot in the second corner and a second slot in the second corner for receiving a first tab and a second tab of a second corner post of the like tray when stacked thereon.

18. The stackable tray of claim 17 wherein the first corner post is connected to the second corner post by a side wall.

19. The stackable tray of claim 16 wherein the divider is positioned at a central portion of the bottom wall.

20. The stackable tray of claim 19 wherein the glue panel has a width greater than a width of the first vertical panel of the divider.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2019
From: PFEIFER, MIKE; EHLEBRACHT, WILLIAM GARRETT
To: MENASHA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049102/0190 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2019
From: NAIR, SUNITHA; MATHEWS, DANIEL LEE; GUERRERO KEES, ROBERTO CARLOS
To: PEPSICO, INC.
Reel/Frame 049102/0223 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15061239 · Mar 4, 2016
Provisional Application 62182710 · Jun 22, 2015
Related Publication 20190256249A1 · Aug 22, 2019
Cited By (1)
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