Three side shoppable quick assembling display hutch

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10117529-B2
Application number	US-201615373902-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2016
Priority date	Dec 9, 2016
Publication date	Nov 6, 2018
Grant date	Nov 6, 2018

Abstract

A display hutch is provided that can be made from three components adhered together to form a flat compact structure suitable for shipping. The compact structure can be positioned upright and converted into the display hutch by pushing down on support halves or by rotating inwardly side shelf panels and front shelf panels.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display hutch comprising:
a front panel comprising a front body panel that defines a plurality of windows and one or more front shelf panels rotatably attached to the front body panel along front shelf fold lines;
a left side panel abutting the front panel along a left front corner, the left side panel comprising a left side body panel and one or more left side shelf panels, each left side shelf panel rotatably attached to the left side body panel along a side shelf fold line, the left side panel further comprising a left side glue tab hingedly attached to each left side shelf panel along a glue tab fold line extending parallel to the side shelf fold line;
a right side panel abutting the front panel along a right front corner, the right side panel comprising a right side body panel and one or more right side shelf panels, each right side shelf panel rotatably attached to the right side body panel along a side shelf fold line, the right side panel further comprising a right side glue tab hingedly attached to each right side shelf panel along a glue tab fold line extending parallel to the side shelf fold line;
a rear panel abutting the left side panel along a left rear corner and abutting the right side panel along a right rear corner;
one or more shelves, each shelf having a load bearing surface and comprising one of the front shelf panels and two of the side shelf panels; and
an internal support located between the left side panel and the right side panel and comprising left and right support halves, the left support half adhered to each left side glue tab and the right support half adhered to each right side glue tab.

2. The display hutch of claim 1 , wherein
the hutch is moveable between a first position in which the support halves are spaced apart and a second position in which the support halves contact each other.

3. The display hutch of claim 1 wherein each front shelf panel has a free distal edge opposite the front shelf fold line that is supported by the internal support.

4. The display hutch of claim 1 wherein the internal support defines vertically spaced apart notches along a front edge and each front shelf panel defines a V-shaped cutout at its free distal edge that engages one of the internal support notches.

5. The display hutch of claim 1 wherein each side shelf panel includes a rearward extending side flange which is supported by the rear panel.

6. The display hutch of claim 1 wherein the rear panel defines cutouts having cutout edges that are co-linear with the side shelf fold lines, and each side shelf panel includes a rearward extending side flange which is supported by a cutout edge.

7. The display hutch of claim 1 wherein the front panel, left side panel, right side panel, rear panel and shelves are formed from a single folded unitary first blank.

8. The display hutch of claim 7 wherein the internal support is formed from two second blanks.

9. The display hutch of claim 1 wherein the front panel is vertically bisected by a front fold line and the rear panel is vertically bisected by a rear fold line.

10. The display hutch of claim 1 further comprising a glue panel foldably attached to a panel selected from the group consisting of the front panel, the left side panel, the right side panel and the rear panel and wherein the glue panel is affixed to a different panel selected from the group consisting of the front panel, the left side panel, the right side panel and the rear panel.

11. A method of assembling a display hutch comprising the steps of:
providing a display hutch comprising a front panel comprising a front body panel that defines a plurality of windows and one or more front shelf panels rotatably attached to the front body panel along front shelf fold lines; a left side panel abutting the front panel along a left front corner, the left side panel comprising a left side body panel and one or more left side shelf panels, each left side shelf panel rotatably attached to the left side body panel along a side shelf fold line, the left side panel further comprising a left side glue tab hingedly attached to each left side shelf panel along a glue tab fold line; a right side panel abutting the front panel along a right front corner, the right side panel comprising a right side body panel and one or more right side shelf panels, each right side shelf panel rotatably attached to the right side body panel along a side shelf fold line, the right side panel further comprising a right side glue tab hingedly attached to each right side shelf panel along a glue tab fold line; a rear panel abutting the left side panel along a left rear corner and abutting the right side panel along a right rear corner; one or more shelves, each shelf having a load bearing surface and comprising one of the front shelf panels and two of the side shelf panels; an internal support comprising left and right support halves, the left support half adhered to each left side glue tab and the right support half adhered to each right side glue tab; and a glue panel foldably attached to a panel selected from the group consisting of the front panel, the left side panel, the right side panel and the rear panel and wherein the glue panel is affixed to a different panel selected from the group consisting of the front panel, the left side panel, the right side panel and the rear panel;
applying adhesive to a second blank facing surface of each glue tab;
adhering one second blank to the glue tabs of the left side panel and adhere the other second blank to the glue tabs of the right side panel;
applying adhesive to a surface of the glue panel and adhering the glue panel to the rear panel to create a folded and glued structure;
positioning the folded and glued structure in an upright position and squaring up the structure;
rotating downwardly in unison the side shelf panels along the side shelf fold lines until the second blanks contact each other; and
rotating downwardly each front shelf panel about front shelf fold lines until each front shelf panel is in a horizontal orientation.

Assignees

• Sonoco Dev Inc

Inventors

• Abel Patrick

Classifications

• A47B47/06

  made mainly of cardboard, textile, paper, or the like, e.g. with separate frame of other materials {(hand-folded and specially adapted for display A47F5/116)} · CPC title

• B65D5/5213

  Internal elements supporting the contents and movable for displaying them, e.g. movable bottoms or trays · CPC title

• A47F5/116 Primary

  Shelving racks · CPC title

• A47B55/06

  made of cardboard, paper, or the like {(travelling wardrobes A47B61/06)} · CPC title

• A47F5/112

  hand-folded from sheet material · CPC title