Palletized shipping and display system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9475608-B2
Application number	US-201414229023-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2014
Priority date	Mar 28, 2014
Publication date	Oct 25, 2016
Grant date	Oct 25, 2016

Abstract

The palletized shipping and display system comprises two support containers, a plastic pallet, a product tray, a tubular sleeve, and a plurality of product containers that are disposed in the support containers. The support containers are latched at their bottoms to the pallet. Each of the support containers includes an open front and a shelf recessed from an open top and the tubular sleeve disposed around the support and product containers. A display chamber is defined in the open top above the shelf for displaying product at a point of sale and when the product is depleted from the display chamber, the sleeve is lifted to expose and retrieve product containers from the bottom of the stack. The retrieved product containers are then used to replenish product in the display chamber.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A palletized shipping and display system, comprising:
a pallet;
at least one support container being supported on top of the pallet and having opposite side walls, a back wall, an open front, an open top, and a horizontal shelf extending between the side walls and spaced below the open top to define a product display chamber at the open top;
detent means on a bottom end of the at least one support container for cooperation with complementary detent means on the pallet to hold the at least one support container to the pallet wherein the detent means on the bottom end of the at least one support container is a pair of spaced apart notches formed on respective opposite side walls and wherein the detent means on the pallet is six pairs of spaced apart integrated clips formed on the pallet in which the notches on the two support containers are engaged with the integrated clips;
a plurality of product containers stacked in the support container; and
an open-ended tubular sleeve disposed around the at least one support container and the stacked product containers, the open-ended tubular sleeve being supported at a lower end on the pallet and extending at an upper end to the open top, the open-ended tubular sleeve closing the open front to retain the stacked product containers in place while leaving the display chamber exposed through the open top, the open-ended tubular sleeve being slidable upwardly to enable product containers to be withdrawn from the bottom of the stacked product containers and placed in the display chamber as product is depleted from the display chamber.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein at least one support container includes two support containers each having a generally U-shaped horizontal cross-section and the two support containers are contiguously being supported on top of the pallet.

3. The system of claim 1 further comprising a product tray that rests on the product display chamber at the open top.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of the product containers are defined by six product containers wherein two of the plurality of product containers is disposed into the product display chamber at the open top.

5. The system of claim 1 further comprising a shipping lid placed on the open-ended tubular sleeve to enclose the tray.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the opposite side walls of the at least one support container is defined by a first side wall and a second side wall wherein the first side wall includes an elongated locking tab and the horizontal shelf panel that defined by two parallel spaced apart fold lines formed therein and wherein the second side wall includes an elongated slot formed laterally on an upper portion thereof.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the elongated locking tab is inserted into the elongated slot to form the horizontal shelf.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the pallet includes four channels formed around the inner sides, middle portion, and at one end of the pallet wherein the integrated clips are formed inside the inner sides and the middle portion.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein each of the respective channels receives two pairs of respective integrated clips formed at positions that correspond to the respective notches on the respective opposite side walls.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the pallet includes four integrated legs each formed on each corner of the pallet and support the entire weight of the palletized shipping and display system.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein the pallet further includes several open-ended wells which are formed therein to substantially enhance the strength of the pallet for carrying heavier products.

12. A palletized shipping and display system, comprising:
a pallet comprising a plurality of channels each of which having a plurality of spaced apart integrated clips formed therein;
two support containers each contiguously being supported on top of the pallet and having respective opposite side walls, respective back walls, respective open fronts, respective open tops, and respective horizontal shelves extending between the respective side walls and spaced below the respective open top to define a product display chamber at the respective open top;
detent means on a bottom end of each of the two support containers for cooperation with complementary detent means on the pallet to hold the at least one support container to the pallet;
a product tray containing products configured to be placed in the product display chamber;
a plurality of product containers stacked in the respective support containers; and
an open-ended tubular sleeve disposed around the two support containers, the stacked product containers and the product tray, the open-ended tubular sleeve being supported at a lower end on the pallet and extending at an upper end to the open top, the open-ended tubular sleeve closing the open front to retain the stacked product containers in place while leaving the display chamber exposed through the open top, the open-ended tubular sleeve is lifted to expose and remove product from the product containers so that to replenish product in the product tray.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the detent means on the bottom end of each of the respective support containers is a respective pair of spaced apart notches formed on respective opposite side walls.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein the detent means on the pallet is six pairs of spaced apart integrated clips formed on the pallet wherein the respective spaced apart notches on the two support containers are engaged with the integrated clips.

15. The system of claim 12 wherein the plurality of channels is defined by four channels formed around the inner sides, middle portion, and at one end of the pallet wherein the integrated clips are formed inside the inner sides and the middle portion.

16. A palletized shipping and display system, comprising:
a pallet comprising four channels each of which having two pairs of spaced apart integrated clips formed therein;
first and second support containers each contiguously being supported on top of the pallet and having respective opposite side walls, respective back walls, respective open fronts, respective open tops, and respective horizontal shelves extending between the respective side walls and spaced below the respective open top to define a product display chamber at the respective open top;
a pair of spaced apart notches formed on a bottom end of each of the first and second support containers for cooperation with spaced apart integrated clips on the pallet to hold the first and second support containers to the pallet;
a product tray containing products configured to be placed in the product display chamber;
a plurality of product containers stacked in the respective first and second support containers; and
an open-ended tubular sleeve disposed around the two support containers, the stacked product containers and the product tray, the open-ended tubular sleeve being supported at a lower end on the pallet and extending at an upper end to the open top, the open-ended tubular sleeve closing the open front to retain the stacked product containers in place while leaving the display chamber exposed through the open top, the open-ended tubular sleeve is lifted to expose and remove product from the product containers so that to replenish product in the product tray.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the opposite side walls of the respective first and second support containers is defined by a first side wall and a second side wall wherein the

Assignees

• Int Paper Co

Inventors

• Dye Robert
• Cerqueira Marco

Classifications

• B65D77/042

  the inner container being of polygonal cross-section formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks, e.g. carton · CPC title

• B65D2519/00796

  Guiding means for fork-lift · CPC title

• B65D5/526

  Containers with means for displaying items at different heights · CPC title

• B65D2519/00298

  skeleton type · CPC title

• B65D2519/00338

  contact surface having a discrete foot-like shape · CPC title