One piece convertible packages and display systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12077352-B2
Application number	US-201916449678-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2019
Priority date	Jun 29, 2018
Publication date	Sep 3, 2024
Grant date	Sep 3, 2024

Abstract

A package for a gravity feed rack display system that is shipped with product includes a plurality of panels connected together at fold lines configured for extending at least partially around an interior space. The plurality of panels includes a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel, a top panel, a second side panel and a bottom panel. The interior space is configured to receive at least one product. The package includes a first extension flap foldably connected to a first side of the front panel and a second extension flap foldably connected to a second side of the front panel. The plurality of panels and the first and second extension flaps define a first depth in a first position for shipping, and a second depth in a second position for display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A package comprising:
a plurality of panels connected together at fold lines configured for extending at least partially around an interior space, including a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel, a second side panel and a bottom panel, wherein the interior space is configured to receive at least one product, wherein at least one of the first side panel or the second side panel includes a respective side flap foldably connected only to a portion of the respective first side panel or the second side panel and not the entire length of the respective first side panel or the second side panel and
a first extension flap foldably connected to a first side of the front panel and a second extension flap foldably connected to a second side of the front panel, wherein the plurality of panels and the first and second extension flaps define a first depth in a first position for shipping, and a second depth in a second position for display, wherein the first extension flap includes a first panel and a second panel, the second panel of the first extension flap is foldably connected to the first panel of the first extension flap, wherein the second extension flap includes a first panel and a second panel, wherein the second panel of the second extension flap is foldably connected to the first panel of the second extension flap wherein, in the second position, the second panel of the first extension flap is folded relative to the first panel of the first extension flap towards the back panel, and the second panel of the second extension flap is folded relative to the first panel of the second extension flap towards the back panel, wherein the second panel of the first extension flap is spaced apart from the second panel of the second extension flap in the second position.

2. The package as recited in claim 1 , wherein in the first position for shipping each of the first and second extension flaps are collapsed towards the front panel in a partial overlapping relationship with each other and folded back toward the back panel in the second position.

3. The package as recited in claim 1 , wherein a width of the first panel of the extension flap is greater than a width the first side panel, and greater than a width of the second side panel.

4. The package as recited in claim 3 , wherein the first panel of each extension flap is foldably connected to the front panel.

5. The package as recited in claim 1 , wherein in the first position at least one of the extension flaps overlays an exterior surface of the front panel.

6. The package as recited in claim 1 , wherein in the second position the first and second extension flaps are folded back with respect to the front panel.

7. The package as recited in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of panels further comprise a top panel foldably connected to an adhesive flap.

8. The package as recited in claim 7 , wherein the respective side flap includes a respective securing tab and the top panel includes a cutout configured to receive the respective securing tab when the package is erected.

9. The package as recited in claim 1 wherein in the first position for shipping each of the first and second extension flaps are collapsed towards the front panel such that each of the second panels of the respective first and the second extension flaps are bent towards the front panel.

10. A blank for a package comprising:
a plurality of panels connected together at respective fold lines, including a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel, a second side panel and a bottom panel, wherein at least one of the first side panel or the second side panel includes a respective side flap foldably connected at a respective fold line only to a portion of the first side panel or the second side panel and not an entire length of the first side panel or the second side panel; and
first and second extension flaps connected to the front panel at respective fold lines, wherein the plurality of panels and the first and second extension flaps are configured to define a first depth in a first position for shipping, and a second depth in a second position for display, wherein the first extension flap includes a first panel and a second panel, the second panel of the first extension flap is configured to be foldably connected to the first panel of the first extension flap, wherein the second extension flap includes a first panel and a second panel, wherein the second panel of the second extension flap is configured to be foldably connected to the first panel of the second extension flap wherein, the second panel of the first extension flap is configured to be folded relative to the first panel of the first extension flap towards the back panel, and the second panel of the second extension flap is configured to be folded relative to the first panel of the second extension flap towards the back panel when the package is formed and wherein the back panel includes at least one divider flap connected to the back panel via a respective fold line and a line of weakness, wherein at least one divider flap is configured and adapted to be partially broken away from the back panel and folded back towards an interior surface of the front panel when the package is formed.

11. The blank as recited in claim 10 , wherein each of the first and second extension flaps includes a respective first panel and respective second panel, wherein the second panel is connected to the first panel at a respective fold line, wherein a width of the first panel of the extension flap is greater than a width of the first side panel and greater than a width of the second side panel.

12. The blank as recited in claim 11 , wherein the first panel of each extension flap is connected to the front panel at a respective fold line.

13. The blank as recited in claim 10 , wherein the first and second side panels are connected to the back panel at respective fold lines.

14. The blank as recited in claim 10 , wherein the bottom panel is connected to the front panel at a first bottom panel fold line and connected to the back panel at a second bottom panel fold line.

15. The blank as recited in claim 10 , wherein the plurality of panels further comprise a top panel connected to an adhesive flap at a respective fold line.

16. The blank as recited in claim 15 , wherein the respective side flap includes a respective securing tab and the top panel includes a cutout configured to receive the respective securing tab when the package is erected.

Assignees

• Westrock Shared Services Llc

Inventors

• Shaffer Douglas

Classifications

• B31B50/624

  Applying glue on blanks · CPC title

• B31B2110/35

  rectangular, e.g. square · CPC title

• B31B2120/302

  collapsible into a flat condition · CPC title

• B31B50/732

  by folding or tucking-in locking flaps · CPC title

• B31B50/20

  Cutting sheets or blanks · CPC title