Four side shoppable quick assembling display hutch

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9918569-B1
Application number	US-201615373925-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Dec 9, 2016
Priority date	Dec 9, 2016
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

A display hutch is provided that can be made from three components adhered together to form a flat compact structure suitable for shipping. The compact structure can be positioned upright and converted into the display hutch by pushing down on support halves and by rotating inwardly shelf panels.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display hutch comprising:
a front panel comprising a front panel body that defines a plurality of windows and one or more front shelf panels rotatably attached to the front panel body along front shelf fold lines, the front panel extending from a left front corner edge to a right front corner edge;
a left side panel extending from the left front corner edge to a left rear corner edge, the left side panel comprising a left side panel body and one or more left side shelf panels, each left side shelf panel rotatably attached to the left side panel body along a side shelf fold line, the left side panel further comprising a left side glue tab hingedly attached to each left side shelf panel along a glue tab fold line;
a right side panel extending from the right front corner edge to a right rear corner edge, the right side panel comprising a right side panel body and one or more right side shelf panels, each right side shelf panel rotatably attached to the right side panel body along a side shelf fold line, the right side panel further comprising a right side glue tab hingedly attached to each right side shelf panel along a glue tab fold line;
a rear panel extending from the left rear corner edge to the right rear corner edge, the rear panel comprising a rear panel body that defines a plurality of windows and one or more rear shelf panels rotatably attached to the rear panel body along rear shelf fold lines;
one or more shelves, each shelf comprising one of the front shelf panels, one of the rear shelf panels and two of the side shelf panels; and
an internal support comprising left and right support halves, the left support half adhered to each left side glue tab and the right side support half adhered to each right side glue tab.

2. The display hutch of claim 1 further comprising front tabs projecting upwardly from each front shelf fold line, rear tabs projecting upwardly from each rear shelf fold line, and side tabs projecting upwardly from each side shelf fold line.

3. The display hutch of claim 1 wherein each front shelf panel has a distal edge opposite the front shelf fold line that contacts and is supported by the internal support and each rear shelf panel has a distal edge opposite the rear shelf fold line that contacts and is supported by the internal support.

4. The display hutch of claim 1 wherein the internal support defines vertically spaced apart notches along a front edge and along a rear edge, each front shelf panel defines a cutout at its distal edge that engages one of the internal support notches along the front edge of the internal support, and each rear shelf panel defines a cutout at its distal edge that engages one of the internal support notches along the rear edge of the internal support.

5. The display hutch of claim 1 wherein the internal support is located equidistant the front panel and the rear panel and equidistant the two side panels.

6. The display hutch of claim 1 wherein the front panel, the left side panel, the right side panel, the rear panel and the shelves are formed from a single folded unitary first blank.

7. The display hutch of claim 6 wherein the internal support is formed from two second blanks.

8. The display hutch of claim 1 wherein the front panel is vertically bisected by a front fold line and the rear panel is vertically bisected by a rear fold line.

9. The display hutch of claim 1 further comprising a glue panel foldably attached to a panel selected from the group consisting of the front panel, the left side panel, the right side panel and the rear panel, and wherein the glue panel is affixed to a different panel selected from the group consisting of the front panel, the left side panel, the right side panel and the rear panel.

10. The display hutch of claim 1 wherein the display hutch extends upward from a ground-contacting bottom edge and the internal support extends downward to the ground.

11. A method of assembling the display hutch of claim 9 comprising the steps of:
adhering one support half to the glue tabs of the left side panel and adhering the other support half to the glue tabs of the right side panel;
adhering the glue panel to the rear panel to create a folded and glued structure;
positioning the folded and glued structure in an upright position and squaring up the structure;
rotating downwardly in unison the side shelf panels of each side panel along the side shelf fold lines until the support halves about each other;
rotating downwardly each front shelf panel about its front shelf fold line until each front shelf panel is in a horizontal orientation; and
rotating downwardly each rear shelf panel about its rear shelf fold line until each rear shelf panel is in a horizontal orientation.

Assignees

• Sonoco Dev Inc

Inventors

• Abel Patrick

Classifications

• 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

• A47F5/116 Primary

  Shelving racks · CPC title

• A47F5/112

  hand-folded from sheet material · CPC title

• A47B43/02

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

• B65D5/5213

  Internal elements supporting the contents and movable for displaying them, e.g. movable bottoms or trays · CPC title