IP Library Granted Patent US 7,604,114
Granted Patent B2
US 7,604,114 · App. 12/032,951 · Granted Oct 20, 2009

Package assembly

Assignee: Delkor Systems, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,604,114
App. No.
12/032,951
Granted
Oct 20, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A container package assembly includes two support members. Both the support members have a top, a bottom, a first side, a second side, and a vertical support. For each support member, the vertical support is integrally engaged to the top, the bottom, the first side, and the second side. For each support member, the top is substantially parallel to the bottom, the first side is substantially parallel to the second side, and the vertical support is substantially perpendicular to the top and the bottom. For each support member, the first side and the second side have a top edge and a bottom edge, the top edge having a top edge length and the bottom edge having a bottom edge length, the top edge length being less than the bottom edge length. The vertical support of the first support member is immediately adjacent the vertical support of the second support member.

Claims (16)

1. A container package assembly comprising:

a first support member and a second support member, the first support member and the second support member each having a top, a bottom, a first side, a second side, and a vertical support, the vertical support being integrally engaged to the top, the bottom, the first side, and the second side, wherein

the top is substantially parallel to the bottom, and wherein

the first side is substantially parallel to the second side, and wherein

the vertical support is substantially perpendicular to the top and the bottom, and wherein

each of the first side and the second side having a top edge and a bottom edge, the top edge having a top edge length and the bottom edge having a bottom edge length, the top edge length being less than the bottom edge length, and wherein

the vertical support of the first support member is immediately adjacent the vertical support of the second support member, and wherein

at least a portion of the first side and the vertical support at least partially define a first handgrip, and at least a portion of the second side and vertical support at least partially define a second handgrip.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first support member and the second support member further comprise a transition region between the top and at least one of the first side and the second side, the transition region extending at an oblique angle relative to the first side and the second side.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of containers, the plurality of containers positioned on the bottom of the first support member and the second support member.

4. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a film, wherein the assembly is at least partially encapsulated by the film.

5. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a top pad, a first portion of the top pad engaged to a portion of the top of the first support member and a second portion of the top pad engaged to a portion of the top of the second support member.

6. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the vertical support of the first support member is adhesively engaged to the vertical support of the second support member.

7. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the assembly has a substantially trapezoidal shape in side view.

8. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein each of the first support member and the second support member has a substantially trapezoidal shape in side view.

9. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein each of the first support member and the second support member are formed from a respective unitary, folded paperboard blank.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 4, 2011
From: DELKOR SYSTEMS, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 025745/0081 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2008
From: GESSLER, RICHARD J.
To: DELKOR SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 020558/0325 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation In Part 1066864600 · Sep 23, 2003
Continuation In Part 1038810000 · Mar 13, 2003
Continuation 0990297100 · Jul 11, 2001
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