Packaging wrap for hangers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9399539-B2
Application number	US-201414171041-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2014
Priority date	Feb 3, 2014
Publication date	Jul 26, 2016
Grant date	Jul 26, 2016

Abstract

A packaging wrap for hangers includes a first side and a second side. The first side includes a first bottom panel, a first front panel, a first top panel, and a first rear panel. The first side is folded to define a first closed loop with an opening extending therethrough between the first bottom panel, the first front panel, the first top panel, and the first rear panel. The second side includes a second bottom panel, a second front panel, a second top panel, and a second rear panel. The second side is folded to define a second closed loop with an opening extending therethrough between the second bottom panel, the second front panel, the second top panel, and the first rear panel. The first side is coupled to the second side via a fold line extending along a boundary between the first bottom panel and the second bottom panel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A packaging wrap for hangers, the packaging wrap comprising:
a first side including a first bottom panel, a first front panel, a first top panel, and a first rear panel, wherein the first front panel extends between the first bottom panel and the first top panel, the first top panel extends between the first front panel and the first rear panel, and the first side is folded to define a first closed loop with a first opening extending therethrough between the first bottom panel, the first front panel, the first top panel, and the first rear panel; and
a second side including a second bottom panel, a second front panel, a second top panel, and a second rear panel, wherein the second front panel extends between the second bottom panel and the second top panel, the second top panel extends between the second front panel and the second rear panel, and the second side is folded to define a second closed loop with a second opening extending therethrough between the second bottom panel, the second front panel, the second top panel, and the second rear panel;
wherein the first side is coupled to the second side via a fold line extending along a boundary between the first bottom panel and the second bottom panel.

2. The packaging wrap of claim 1 , wherein the packaging wrap defines an elongated opening between the first side and the second side opposite the fold line.

3. The packaging wrap of claim 1 , wherein the packaging wrap is formed of a single piece of a substantially planar material folded to define each of the first bottom panel, the first front panel, the first top panel, the first rear panel, the second bottom panel, the second front panel, the second top panel, and the second rear panel.

4. The packaging wrap of claim 1 , wherein the first side is only coupled to the second side along the fold line.

5. The packaging wrap of claim 1 , wherein when the first side forms the first closed loop, the first front panel extends substantially perpendicularly relative to each of the first bottom panel and the first top panel.

6. The packaging wrap of claim 1 , wherein the first side further includes a securement tab extending from the first rear panel and a slot adjacent the first bottom panel, and the securement tab is selectively received within the slot to secure the first side in a position defining the first closed loop.

7. The packaging wrap of claim 1 , in combination with a stack of hangers at least partially maintained within each of the first closed loop and the second closed loop.

8. The combination of claim 7 , wherein the packaging wrap defines an elongated opening between the first side and the second side opposite the fold line, each hanger in the stack of hangers includes a hook, and each hook extends through the elongated opening.

9. The combination of claim 8 , wherein each hanger in the stack of hangers includes two opposing shoulders, and one of the two opposing shoulders of each hanger in the stack of hangers is placed in a different one of the first closed loop and the second closed loop.

10. The combination of claim 7 , wherein each hanger in the stack of hangers includes a body defining a body opening, the body openings of all of the hangers in the stack of hangers align with one another, and the first bottom panel and the second bottom panel each extend through the openings of all of the hangers in the stack of hangers.

11. The combination of claim 10 , wherein the first bottom panel and the second bottom panel each extend from the fold line downwardly away from one another.

12. The combination of claim 10 , wherein the body of each hanger in the stack of hangers defines two shoulders, and the first top panel and the second top panel each extend over a different one of the two shoulders opposite a respective one of the first bottom panel and the second bottom panel.

13. The combination of claim 7 , wherein:
the packaging wrap defines an elongated opening between the first side and the second side opposite the fold line, each hanger in the stack of hangers includes a hook,
each hook extends through the elongated opening,
each hanger in the stack of hangers includes two opposing shoulders,
one of the two opposing shoulders of each hanger in the stack of hangers is placed in a different one of the first closed loop and the second closed loop,
each hanger in the stack of hangers includes a body defining a body opening,
the body openings of all of the hangers in the stack of hangers align with one another, and
the first bottom panel and the second bottom panel each extend through the openings of all of the hangers in the stack of hangers.

14. A package for maintaining a plurality of hangers, the package comprising:
means for encircling a first shoulder of each of the plurality of hangers;
means for encircling a second shoulder of each of the plurality of hangers;
wherein the means for encircling the first shoulder and the means for encircling the second shoulder are directly coupled to one another below each of the first shoulders and each of the second shoulders opposite a hook of the each of the plurality of hangers; and
means for allowing hooks of each of the plurality of hangers to extend through the package between the means for encircling the first shoulder and the means for encircling the second shoulder.

15. The package of claim 14 , wherein the package is entirely formed of a single piece of a substantially planar material folded to form the means for encircling the first shoulder and the means for encircling the second shoulder.

16. The package of claim 14 , wherein the means for encircling the first shoulder and the means for encircling the second shoulder impede movement of each of the plurality of hangers such that the hooks of the plurality of hangers are maintained in positions aligned with one another.

17. The package of claim 14 , further comprising means for coupling the means for encircling the first shoulder and the means for encircling the second shoulder in a manner allowing adjustment of an angle the means for encircling the first shoulder extends from the means for encircling the second shoulder.

Assignees

• Target Brands Inc

Inventors

• Meyer Scott
• Magner Timothy M

Classifications

• B65D59/04

  Sleeves, e.g. postal tubes · CPC title

• B65D85/54 Primary

  for articles of special shape not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• A47G25/1464

  Storage or transport receptacles or racks for empty hangers · CPC title

• B65D71/46 Primary

  formed by folding a single blank into a tubular element · CPC title

• B65B11/004

  in blanks, e.g. sheets precut and creased for folding · CPC title