Corrugated hutch

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10568422-B2
Application number	US-201715485287-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 12, 2017
Priority date	Apr 15, 2016
Publication date	Feb 25, 2020
Grant date	Feb 25, 2020

Abstract

The present invention provides a hutch having a pair of opposed sidewalls and a back wall and a shelf having a first planar surface extending between the sidewalls supported by four support panels each having a second planar surface transverse to the first planar surface.

First claim

We claim:

1. A hutch of a corrugated paperboard material comprising:
a pair of opposed sidewalls spaced from one another and each having a front edge and a rear edge;
a back wall extending between and connecting a portion of the rear edge of each of the pair of opposed sidewalls and having a portion removed to form a slot; and
a shelf extending between the opposed sidewalls comprising:
a first panel connecting a portion of the front edges of the pair of opposed sidewalls and having vertical surface having a top edge and a bottom edge;
a segmented second panel having a first portion extending vertically downwardly from the top edge and a second portion extending horizontally from the first portion toward the back wall, and a tab connected to the second portion along a hinge; and
a segmented third panel having a first leg extending horizontally and a second leg extending from a distal end of the first leg and a portion of the second leg extending through the slot and having a vertically disposed surface in contact with an outer planar surface of the back wall, and a slot on the first leg retaining the tab.

2. The hutch of claim 1 wherein a portion of the first portion is in surface contact with a portion of an inner surface of the first panel.

3. The hutch of claim 1 further comprising a slit through the second leg and a protuberance extending from the back wall positioned in the slit.

4. The hutch of claim 3 wherein the protuberance is releasably retained within the slit by an interference fit.

5. The hutch of claim 1 wherein the third panel further comprises a third leg extending from a proximal end of the first leg and disposed generally perpendicular thereto to form a vertically disposed surface.

6. The hutch of claim 5 wherein the third leg is supported at opposed ends by a member attached to one of each of the opposed sidewalls.

7. A hutch of a corrugated paperboard material comprising:
a pair of opposed sidewalls spaced from one another and each having a front edge and a rear edge;
a back wall extending between and connecting a portion of the rear edge of each of the pair of opposed sidewalls;
a front panel extending between and connecting a portion of the front edge of the pair of opposed sidewalls and having a vertically disposed planar surface;
a first rectangular prism extending between the opposed sidewalls and folded from a first segmented panel supported at opposed ends by a first member attached to one of each of the opposed sidewalls; and
a shelf extending from the front panel and connected to the rectangular prism.

8. The hutch of claim 7 further comprising a slot on a top surface of the rectangular prism and a tab extending from the shelf and positioned in the slot.

9. The hutch of claim 8 wherein the tab is deformed from the shelf.

10. The hutch of claim 9 wherein the tab is connected to the shelf along a hinge.

11. The hutch of claim 7 further comprising a second rectangular prism extending between the opposed sidewalls and folded from a second segmented panel supported at opposed ends by a second member attached to one of each of the opposed sidewalls and spaced from the first member.

12. The hutch of claim 11 wherein the shelf contacts an upper surface of each of the first rectangular prism and the second rectangular prism.

13. A hutch of a corrugated paperboard material comprising:
a pair of opposed sidewalls spaced from one another and each having a front edge and a rear edge;
a back wall extending between and connecting a portion of the rear edge of each of the pair of opposed sidewalls;
a panel extending between the pair of opposed sidewalls and supported at opposed ends by a first member attached to one of each of the opposed sidewalls, the panel having a planar surface oriented vertically and having a top edge and a bottom edge;
a first flap connected to the bottom edge and extending toward the back wall and having a tab extending through a first slot through the back wall to support the first flap; and
a second flap extending between the pair of opposed sidewalls and having a first leg extending horizontally and a second leg extending perpendicularly from the first leg and extending through a second slot through the back wall, the second leg being in surface contact with an outer surface of the back wall.

14. The hutch of claim 13 further comprising a third slot through the second panel engaging the tab.

15. The hutch of claim 13 wherein the first member is between the front edge and the rear edge.

16. The hutch of claim 13 wherein the first member is generally centrally disposed between the front edge and the rear edge.

17. The hutch of claim 13 further comprising a third flap extending horizontally from the top edge and connected to the second flap.

18. The hutch of claim 17 further comprising a tab on the third flap and a third slot on the second flap, the tab being positioned in the third slot and is retained therein.

19. The hutch of claim 18 wherein the tab is releasably retained within the third slot.

20. The hutch of claim 13 wherein the first flap is hingedly connected to the bottom edge.

Assignees

• Menasha Corp

Inventors

• Gibbons Jr Chris Alan
• Gonzalez Hector

Classifications

• A47B43/02 Primary

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

• A47F5/116 Primary

  Shelving racks · CPC title

• 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

• A47F5/11

  made of cardboard, paper or the like {(racks or cabinets made of cardboard, paper or the like A47B43/02, A47B47/06; stands for packaging and displaying B65D5/52)} · CPC title