Two piece collapsible display hutch

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10159362-B2
Application number	US-201715813323-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 15, 2017
Priority date	Sep 17, 2015
Publication date	Dec 25, 2018
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018

Abstract

A two piece, easy-to-assemble hutch for shipping and displaying items is provided. The hutch comprises two laterally opposing, hinged sidewalls, one or more elongated horizontal front panels, a rear wall and shelves made of two halves. The hutch is moveable between a first position in which each shelf is folded up against itself and a second position in which each shelf forms a substantially planar load supporting surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hutch comprising:
a body made entirely from a folded first blank and comprising two sidewalls, each sidewall comprising a vertical sidewall fold line, a rear wall hingedly attached to one or both sidewalls, and one or more horizontally oriented front panels hingedly connected to both sidewalls; and
a spine made entirely from a folded second blank and slidably positioned within the body, the spine comprising a spine front panel and a spine rear panel integrally connected by a vertical spine fold line and folded together to form a frame and shelves hingedly attached to the frame,
each of the shelves also hingedly attached to one of the horizontally oriented front panels and to the rear wall; wherein:
each of the two sidewalls comprises a front sidewall panel and a back sidewall panel connected along the vertical sidewall fold line.

2. The hutch of claim 1 wherein:
each horizontally oriented front panel extends between and is connected at either end to each of the two front sidewall panels along left and right vertical front fold lines.

3. The hutch of claim 1 wherein:
the rear wall comprises two rear wall half panels, each rear wall half panel hingedly connected to one of the back sidewall panels.

4. The hutch of claim 1 wherein: each blank is made of corrugated board.

5. A hutch comprising:
a body made entirely from a folded first blank and comprising two sidewalls, each sidewall comprising a vertical sidewall fold line, a rear wall hingedly attached to one or both sidewalls, and one or more horizontally oriented front panels hingedly connected to both sidewalls; and
a spine made entirely from a folded second blank and slidably positioned within the body, the spine comprising a spine front panel and a spine rear panel integrally connected by a vertical spine fold line and folded together to form a frame and shelves hingedly attached to the frame, each of the shelves also hingedly attached to one of the horizontally oriented front panels and to the rear wall; wherein:
the spine front panel comprises a front frame and one or more front shelf flaps, each of the front shelf flaps is hingedly attached to the front frame and is hingedly attached to one of the horizontally oriented front panels;
the spine rear panel comprises a rear frame and one or more rear shelf flaps, each of the rear shelf flaps hingedly attached to the rear frame and hingedly attached to the rear wall; and each of the shelves comprises one of the front shelf flaps and one of the rear shelf flaps.

6. The hutch of claim 5 wherein:
each front shelf flap comprises a front shelf panel and a front facing panel, each front shelf panel is hingedly and rotatably attached to the front frame, and each front facing panel is hingedly connected to a respective front shelf panel and also to one of the horizontally oriented front panels; and
each rear shelf flap comprises a rear shelf panel and a rear facing panel, each rear shelf panel is hingedly and rotatably attached to the rear frame, and each rear facing panel is hingedly connected to a respective rear shelf panel and also to the rear wall.

7. A hutch comprising:
a body made entirely from a folded first blank and comprising two sidewalls, each sidewall comprising a vertical sidewall fold line, a rear wall hingedly attached to one or both sidewalls, and one or more horizontally oriented front panels hingedly connected to both sidewalls; and
a spine made entirely from a folded second blank and slidably positioned within the body, the spine comprising a spine front panel and a spine rear panel integrally connected by a vertical spine fold line and folded together to form a frame and shelves hingedly attached to the frame, each of the shelves also hingedly attached to one of the horizontally oriented front panels and to the rear wall; wherein
each of the shelves comprises a front shelf panel hingedly attached to the frame and adapted to extend from the frame in a forward direction and a rear shelf panel hingedly attached to the frame and adapted to extend from the frame in a rearward direction.

8. The hutch of claim 7 wherein
the hutch is convertible between a first, flat position in which the front shelf panel and the rear shelf panel of each of the shelves are positioned in a substantially flat, abutting relationship, and a second, display position in which the front shelf panel and rear shelf panel of each of the shelves forms a substantially planar load supporting shelf bottom.

9. The hutch of claim 8 wherein:
the horizontally oriented front panels have a width and the sidewalls have a depth; and in the second, display position the hutch forms a three-dimensional display having a width equal to the width of the horizontally oriented front panels and a depth equal to the depth of the sidewalls.

Assignees

• Sonoco Dev Inc

Inventors

• Smith Andre C

Classifications

• A47F5/10

  Adjustable or foldable {or dismountable} display stands {(foldable racks in general A47B43/00; dismountable racks in general A47B47/00; assemblies of elements of the same kind, e.g. stackable A47B87/00; publicity panels G09F15/0068)} · 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

• A47F5/116 Primary

  Shelving racks · CPC title

• A47B43/02

  made of cardboard or the like {(travelling wardrobes A47B61/06; hand-folded from sheet material and specially adapted for display A47F5/116)} · CPC title