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US 10,815,022 B2Granted
Retail ready package for carded products
AssigneeWestRock Shared Services, LLC
InventorsPinocchio Z. Cline, Kenneth C. Smith
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Abstract
A retail ready cardboard package for shipping and displaying carded products is disclosed, which includes interior support struts having longitudinally extending lateral rail portions that have a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart transverse slots formed therein for accommodating and retaining the carded products.
Claims20
A die cut cardboard blank for constructing a retail ready package comprising:
- a) a bottom panel having opposed front and rear edges, and opposed first and second side edges;
- b) a front panel foldably connected to the front edge of the bottom panel and having opposed first and second side edges and a top edge, wherein a first front interior side panel is foldably connected to the first side edge of the front panel and a second front interior side panel is foldably connected to the second side edge of the front panel;
- c) a rear panel foldably connected to the rear edge of the bottom panel and having opposed first and second side edges and a top edge, wherein a first rear interior side panel is foldably connected to the first side edge of the rear panel and a second rear interior side panel is foldably connected to the second side edge of the rear panel;
- d) a front top panel foldably connected to the top edge of the front panel, wherein a first front exterior side panel is foldably connected to a first side edge of the front top panel, and a second front exterior side panel is foldably connected to a second side edge of the front top panel;
- e) a rear top panel foldably connected to the top edge of the rear panel, wherein a first rear exterior side panel is foldably connected to a first side edge of the rear top panel, and a second rear exterior side panel is foldably connected to a second side edge of the rear top panel;
- f) a first interior support strut having a first longitudinally extending lateral rail portion, the first lateral rail portion being foldably connected to the first interior support strut along a lateral crease and also to the first side edge of bottom panel, the first lateral rail portion including a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart transverse slots;
- g) a second interior support strut having a second longitudinally extending lateral rail portion, the second lateral rail portion being foldably connected to the second interior support strut along a lateral crease and also to the second side edge of bottom panel, the second lateral rail portion including a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart transverse slots, wherein the longitudinally spaced apart transverse slots in the first lateral rail portion are laterally aligned with the longitudinally spaced apart transverse slots in the second lateral rail portion to accommodate a plurality of carded products in spaced apart relationship;
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- h) at least one separable portion defined by a perforated tear line, wherein a set-up package formed from the blank is configured to be transitioned from a shipping configuration to a retail-ready open configuration via separation of the at least one separable portion from a remaining portion of the set-up package.
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A retail ready package formed from a cardboard blank comprising:
- a) a bottom panel having opposed front and rear edges, and opposed first and second side edges;
- b) a front panel foldably connected to the front edge of the bottom panel and having opposed first and second side edges and a top edge, wherein a first front interior side panel is foldably connected to the first side edge of the front panel and a second front interior side panel is foldably connected to the second side edge of the front panel;
- c) a rear panel foldably connected to the rear edge of the bottom panel and having opposed first and second side edges and a top edge, wherein a first rear interior side panel is foldably connected to the first side edge of the rear panel and a second rear interior side panel is foldably connected to the second side edge of the rear panel;
- d) a front top panel foldably connected to the top edge of the front panel, wherein a first front exterior side panel is foldably connected to a first side edge of the front top panel, and a second front exterior side panel is foldably connected to a second side edge of the front top panel;
- e) a rear top panel foldably connected to the top edge of the rear panel, wherein a first rear exterior side panel is foldably connected to a first side edge of the rear top panel, and a second rear exterior side panel is foldably connected to a second side edge of the rear top panel;
- f) a first interior support strut having a first longitudinally extending lateral rail portion, the first lateral rail portion being foldably connected to the first interior support strut along a lateral crease and also to the first side edge of bottom panel, the first lateral rail portion including a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart transverse slots;
- g) a second interior support strut having a second longitudinally extending lateral rail portion, the second lateral rail portion being foldably connected to the second interior support strut along a lateral crease and also to the second side edge of bottom panel, the second lateral rail portion including a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart transverse slots, wherein the longitudinally spaced apart transverse slots in the first lateral rail portion are laterally aligned with the longitudinally spaced apart transverse slots in the second lateral rail portion to accommodate a plurality of carded products in spaced apart relationship;
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- h) at least one separable portion defined by a perforated tear line, wherein the package is configured to be transitioned from a shipping configuration to a retail-ready open configuration via separation of the at least one separable portion from a remaining portion of the package.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.