Accordion folding display hutch

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10448757-B2
Application number	US-201615365108-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2016
Priority date	Nov 30, 2016
Publication date	Oct 22, 2019
Grant date	Oct 22, 2019

Abstract

A multiple shelf display hutch is provided that can be made from a single die cut blank. The blank comprises three or more vertical panels separated by vertical fold lines, the number of vertical panels equaling the number of sides of the hutch. The hutch may have three sides, four sides, six sides or any suitable number of sides. The layers/shelves may be vertically arranged so that their sides align vertically or may be offset from each other (rotated horizontally with respect to each other) in what may be referred to as “twisted” configuration.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A six-sided twisted display hutch made from a single blank, the display hutch comprising:
a first display level comprising three pairs of first window panels foldably connected along first vertical corner edges, each pair of first window panels defining a single window opening bisected by one of the first vertical corner edges, the first display level further comprising a first shelf, the first shelf comprising six overlapping first shelf panels;
a second display level comprising three pairs of second window panels foldably connected along second vertical corner edges, each pair of second window panels defining a single window opening bisected by one of the second vertical corner edges, the second display level further comprising a second shelf, the second shelf comprising six overlapping second shelf panels, the second vertical corner edges being offset from the first vertical corner edges; and
a base comprising six base panels foldably connected along base vertical corner edges, the base vertical corner edges being vertically aligned with the second vertical corner edges.

2. A six-sided twisted display hutch made from a single blank, the blank comprising:
six major panels foldably connected along vertical fold lines;
each major panel comprising a first window panel, a first shelf panel, a second window panel and a second shelf panel;
the first window panel defining half of a window opening;
the first shelf panel foldably connected to the first window panel along a first horizontal fold line, the first shelf panel divided into a top portion and a bottom portion by a first hinge line, the first hinge line oriented at an angle of greater than zero but less than ninety degrees from the first horizontal fold line;
the second shelf panel foldably connected to the second window panel along a shelf fold line, the second shelf panel divided into a top portion and a bottom portion by a second hinge line, the second hinge line oriented parallel to first horizontal fold line.

3. The six-sided twisted display hutch of claim 2 wherein:
each major panel further comprises a base panel foldably connected to the second shelf panel along a base horizontal fold line.

Assignees

• Sonoco Dev Inc

Inventors

• Urban Mark

Classifications

• B65D5/0218

  with end closures having an axially movable end wall; the end wall and body being interconnected by foldable panel-elements · CPC title

• A47F5/116 Primary

  Shelving racks · CPC title

• A47F5/112

  hand-folded from sheet material · CPC title