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US 10,081,451 B2Granted
Portable display containers and methods of making and using the same
OwnerCriss K. Cruzinventor
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Abstract
Portable display containers with spine and cross supports, methods of making portable display containers with spine and cross supports, and methods of using containers with spine and cross supports. The portable display containers have a plurality of tiers, each tier having a base tray, at least one spine, and two or more cross supports that add strength and rigidity to the display, allowing the portable display containers to be fully loaded with product or items prior to transportation and/or shipment to the display location.
Claims20
A portable display container comprising:
- a) a plurality of display tiers in a stack, each display tier comprising:
- i) a base tray comprising (A) a bottom panel, (B) two side panels, each of the side panels attached to the bottom panel at an angle of about 90° relative to the bottom panel, and (C) two end panels, each of the end panels attached to the bottom panel at an angle of about 90° relative to the bottom panel;
- ii) at least one spine, each spine comprising two spine flaps, each spine flap attached to a spine ridge at an angle of about 90° relative to the spine ridge and having at least two spine slots, wherein the two spine flaps and the spine ridge remain rigid when the display tier is loaded with product and stacked;
- iii) two or more cross supports, each cross support comprising (A) two cross support flaps attached to a cross support ridge at an angle of about 90° relative to the cross support ridge and having at least one cross support slot configured such that the at least one cross support slot mates with the at least one spine at one of the spine slots, wherein the two cross support flaps and the cross support ridge remain rigid when the display tier is loaded with product and stacked;
- b) a portable platform, wherein the base tray of each display tier rests on or is in contact with the portable platform or another display tier of the stack.
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Portable display container blanks for forming a portable display container, the blanks comprising,
- a) A plurality of base tray blanks, each base tray blank comprising (i) a bottom panel, (ii) two side panels, and (iii) two end panels, wherein the two end panels are attached to the bottom panel at respective first fold lines, and the two side panels are attached to the bottom panel at respective second fold lines;
- wherein each base tray blank is configured to be folded at the first fold lines and the second fold lines to form a base tray;
- b) at least one spine blank, each of the at least one spine blank comprising (i) two spine flaps, (ii) spine center portions, and (iii) spine cutouts in each of the two spine flaps, wherein the two spine flaps are attached to the spine center portions at respective spine parallel fold lines and are configured to be folded at an angle of 90° relative to the spine center portions to form a spine having a spine ridge;
- c) at least two cross support blanks, each of the cross support blanks comprising (i) two cross support flaps, (ii) a cross support center portion, and (iii) at least one cross support cutout in each of the two cross support flaps, wherein the two cross support flaps are attached to the cross support center portion at respective cross support parallel fold lines and are configured to be folded at an angle of about 90° relative to the cross support center portion to form a cross support having a cross support ridge;
- wherein the base tray, spine(s) and cross supports are configured to be assembled to form a display tier of a stack;
- and wherein the spine flaps, spine ridge(s), cross support flaps and cross support ridges of each display tier remain rigid when the display tier is loaded with product and stacked.
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A portable display container comprising:
- a) a plurality of display tiers in a stack, each display tier comprising:
- i) a base tray comprising (A) a bottom panel, (B) two side panels, each of the side panels attached to the bottom panel at an angle of about 90° relative to the bottom panel, and (C) two end panels, each of the end panels attached to the bottom panel at an angle of about 90° relative to the bottom panel;
- ii) a spine comprising two spine flaps, each spine flap attached to a spine ridge at an angle of about 90° relative to the spine ridge and having three spine slots, wherein the two spine flaps and the spine ridge remain rigid when the display tier is loaded with product and stacked;
- iii) three cross supports, each cross support comprising (A) two cross support flaps attached to a cross support ridge at an angle of about 90° relative to the cross support ridge and having one cross support slot configured such that the one cross support slot mates with the at least one spine at one of the spine slots, wherein the two cross support flaps and the cross support ridge remain rigid when the display tier is loaded with product and stacked;
- b) a portable platform, wherein the base tray of each display tier rests on or is in contact with the portable platform or another display tier of the stack.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.