Product packaging with slide out tray

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8936158-B2
Application number	US-201213349032-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2012
Priority date	Jun 17, 2011
Publication date	Jan 20, 2015
Grant date	Jan 20, 2015

Abstract

A product package is presented that has a sliding tray disposed within a sleeve. Both the sleeve and the tray have a tab on their top portions through which is positioned a hang-hole. The hang-holes in these two tabs align when the tray is inserted into the sleeve, allowing a display hanger to pass through the hole in both tabs. The tray also has a structure with an overhang portion that extends beyond a side wall of the tray. The overhang portion is positioned to abut the edge of the sleeve when the tray is fully inserted into the sleeve to prevent the tray from passing too far into, or even through the sleeve.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A package for the display of a product comprising:
a) a sleeve having an open bottom and an open top;
b) a tray sized to be inserted into the sleeve through the top of the sleeve and to engage the sleeve with a friction fit;
c) a first tab located at a top portion of the tray, the first tab having an overhang, the overhang abutting the top of the sleeve when the tray is fully inserted into the sleeve;
d) a second tab located at the top portion of the tray, the second tab having a tray hang-hole; and
e) a third tab located at the top of the sleeve, the third tab having a sleeve hang-hole;

wherein the tray hang-hole and the sleeve hang-hole align when the overhang of the first tab abuts the top of the sleeve.

2. The package of claim 1 , wherein the first tab and the second tab are part of a single structure attached to the top portion of the tray.

3. The package of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve has four side walls forming a rectangular cross section, and further wherein the tray has a convex front face that distorts the sleeve when the tray is inserted into the sleeve thereby enhancing the friction fit.

4. A package for displaying a product comprising:
a) a sleeve having a bottom and a top, wherein the top of the sleeve is open;
b) a tray for holding the product having
i) a bottom side wall, a left side wall, a right side wall, and a top side wall,
ii) a front face, and a rear surface formed by rear edges of the four side walls,
iii) a length dimension running approximately parallel to the rear surface from the bottom side wall to the top side wall,
iv) a depth dimension running approximately parallel to the rear side wall from the front face to the rear surface,
v) a width dimension running approximately parallel to the top side wall from the left side wall to the right side wall, and
vi) a pull-handle tab on the top side wall of the tray, the pull-handle tab extending away from the top side wall parallel to the length dimension of the tray and having a width parallel to the width dimension of the tray, wherein the pull-handle tab has a pull-handle depth parallel to the depth dimension of the tray, further wherein the pull-handle depth is less than the depth dimension of the tray, further wherein the pull-handle tab has an overhang wherein the overhang abuts the top of the sleeve when the tray is fully inserted into the sleeve.

5. The package of claim 4 , wherein the tray is sized relative to the sleeve to cause the top of the sleeve to be even with the top side wall of the tray and the bottom of the sleeve to be even with the bottom side wall of the tray when the overhang of the pull-handle tab abuts the top of the sleeve.

6. The package of claim 4 , wherein the tray further comprises:
vii) a second pull-handle tab having a second overhang located on the top side wall of the tray, wherein the second overhang abuts the top of the sleeve opposite the first pull-handle tab overhang when the tray is fully inserted into the sleeve.

7. The package of claim 4 , wherein the bottom of the sleeve is open.

8. A package for the display of a product comprising:
a) a sleeve having:
i) a bottom and a top, wherein the top of the sleeve is open,
ii) a sleeve hang-hole tab having a sleeve hang-hole located at the top of the sleeve,

b) a tray having:
i) a bottom portion and a top portion,
ii) a perimeter sized to be inserted into the sleeve through the top of the sleeve and to engage the sleeve with a friction fit;
iii) a tray hang-hole tab having a tray hang-hole located at the top portion of the tray, wherein the tray hang-hole and the sleeve hang-hole align when the tray is fully inserted into the sleeve.

9. The package of claim 8 , wherein the dimensions of the tray hang-hole and the sleeve hang-hole are identical.

10. The package of claim 8 , wherein the top of the sleeve is aligned to be even with the top of the tray and the bottom of the sleeve is aligned to be even with the bottom of the tray when the tray hang-hole and the sleeve hang-hole align.

11. The package of claim 8 , wherein the tray hang-hole tab has larger dimensions than the sleeve hang-hole tab, and the sleeve hang-hole tab is surrounded by the tray hang-hole tab when the tray hang-hole and the sleeve hang-hole align.

12. A package for the display of a product comprising:
a) a sleeve having:
i) side walls extending from a bottom of the sleeve to a top of the sleeve, wherein the top of the sleeve is open, and
ii) a sleeve hang-hole tab fixedly attached to at least one side wall of the sleeve at the top of the sleeve, the sleeve hang-hole tab having a sleeve hang-hole; and

b) a tray having:
i) a bottom portion and a top portion, and sized to be inserted into the sleeve through the top of the sleeve and to engage the sleeve with a friction fit,
ii) a pull-handle tab located at the top portion of the tray, the pull-handle tab having an overhang, and
iii) a tray hang-hole tab located to the top portion of the tray, the hang-hole tab having a tray hang-hole;

wherein the tray hang-hole and the sleeve hang-hole align when the tray is fully inserted into the sleeve.

13. The package of claim 12 , wherein the pull-handle tab overhang abuts the top portion of at least one side wall of the sleeve when the tray hang-hole and the sleeve hang-hole align.

14. The package of claim 12 , wherein the pull-handle tab and the first hang-hole tab overlap to comprise a single structure.

15. A package for the display of a product comprising:
a) a sleeve having four side walls extending from a bottom of the sleeve to a top of the sleeve, wherein the top of the sleeve is open;
b) a tray sized to be inserted into the sleeve through the top of the sleeve and to engage the sleeve with a friction fit, the tray comprising:
i) a top and bottom,
ii) a convex front face with a bottom face portion adjacent the bottom of the tray and a top face portion adjacent to the top of the tray,
iii) a bottom interior wall, a top interior wall, and a rear interior wall defining an interior space between the bottom face portion and the top face portion, wherein the top interior wall further comprises a ramp adjacent the top face portion, the ramp sloping toward the top of the tray as it extends away from the rear interior wall.

16. The package of claim 15 , further comprising a right side wall and a left side wall, each side wall having a first width adjacent the bottom and top face portions, a second width adjacent the interior space, and a curved slope connecting the second width with the first width adjacent the top face portion.

17. A package for the display of a product comprising:
a) a sleeve having four side walls extending from a bottom of the sleeve to a top of the sleeve, wherein the top of the sleeve is open;
b) a tray sized to be inserted into the sleeve through the top of the sleeve and to engage the sleeve with a friction fit, the tray comprising:
i) a top and bottom,
ii) a convex front face with a bottom face portion adjacent the bottom of the tray and a top face portion adjacent to the top of the tray,
iii) a bottom interior wall, a top interior wall, and a rear interior wall defining an interior space between the bottom face portion and the top face portion, and
iv) a right side wall and a left side wall, each side wall having a first width adjacent the bottom and top face portions, a second width adjacent the interior space, and a curved slope connecting the second width with the first width adjacent the top face portion.

Assignees

• Salow Ryan
• Genett Tricia
• O'Neil Megan
• Webb Brad
• Wiesner Keri
• Weimholt Mark
• Bby Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Salow Ryan
• Genett Tricia
• O'Neil Megan
• Webb Brad
• Wiesner Keri
• Weimholt Mark

Classifications

• Y10S206/806

  Suspension · CPC title

• B65D77/0433 Primary

  the inner container being a tray or like shallow container, not formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks (B65D81/3862 takes precedence) · CPC title