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US 7,637,372 · App. 11/184,943 · Granted Dec 29, 2009

Hybrid shoppable pallet display

Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,637,372
App. No.
11/184,943
Granted
Dec 29, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A stackable display case for protecting products which are unable to support a compressive load. Such display case provides improved protection of products during shipping and sale. Such display cases are loaded with products, stacked three or more cases high, two per layer, on a pallet at a production facility before being shipped to warehouse style and other retail outlets. Such display cases allow products to be sold directly from pallets and require a minimal amount of manual labor compared to prior art shipping displays. Such display case provides visibility and accessibility from four sides of pallets, and from at least three sides of each display case. Such a display case requires substantially less manual labor at a manufacturing and shipping facility, and almost no manual labor at the point of sale.

Claims (21)

1. A folded display formed from a single blank of a suitable sheet material, comprising:

a central floor;

a back panel;

a front rollover panel, wherein said front rollover panel comprises a front panel flap folded over a front panel;

a left side rollover panel;

a right side rollover panel;

two side panels hingedly attached to said back panel wherein each side panel has a panel tab, further wherein each panel tab is foldably enclosed by at least one of said side rollover panels; and

at least two vertical support posts wherein each support post is folded from a section of the blank, said section of the blank comprising an inner post panel, an intermediate post panel, and an outer post panel, said intermediate panel having a support tab foldably enclosed by the side rollover panel, said outer panel having a support tab foldably enclosed by said front rollover panel, further wherein each vertical support post has an interlocking top tab, and further wherein the blank is formed with at least one top tab receiving opening for each interlocking top tab.

2. The folded display of claim 1 wherein the folded display is open on at least three sides when stacked on a pallet.

3. The folded display of claim 1 wherein the vertical support posts are folded from at least three hingedly attached panels of said blank.

4. The folded display of claim 1 wherein each of the vertical support posts have a triangular cross section.

5. The folded display of claim 1 wherein a front side has a length of about 40 inches (102 cm) and a short side has a length of about 23 and ¾ inches (60 cm).

6. The folded display of claim 1 wherein the height of said folded display is from about 4 inches (10 cm) to about 100 inches (254 cm) in height.

7. The folded display of claim 1 wherein the height of said folded display is from about 15 inches (38 cm) to about 18 inches (46 cm) in height.

8. A pallet display system comprising:

a plurality of hybrid shoppable pallet displays stacked at least two per layer in plurality of layers on a pallet wherein each display is comprised of:

a front rollover panel, wherein said front rollover panel comprises a front panel

flap folded over a front panel;

a left side rollover panel;

a right side rollover panel; and,

at least two vertical support posts wherein each support post is folded from a section of the blank, said section of the blank comprising an inner post panel, an intermediate post panel, and an outer post panel, said intermediate panel having a support tab foldably enclosed by the side rollover panel, said outer panel having a support tab foldably enclosed by said front rollover panel, further wherein each vertical support post has an interlocking top tab, and further wherein the blank is formed with at least one top tab receiving opening for each interlocking top tab.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2005
From: KEEL, MR. DONALD WAYNE; KOHL, MR. GARRETT WILLIAM; MCFADDEN, III, MR. DAVID CHARLTON
To: FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 016465/0699 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070017843A1 · Jan 25, 2007