Weekender style floor display

#The present invention relates generally to point of purchase merchandise displays. More specifically, the present invention is concerned with a corrugated, paperboard display that is manufactured in a fold and/or glue assembly process and that is traditionally provided to an end user in a collapsed or knockdown configuration for setup.

#Corrugated displays and containers are often made from pieces of flat paperboard stock material that are die cut into shapes that define various panels. The shapes are folded along predefined lines between the panels, often with at least one overlapping strip or panel that is glued, taped or otherwise affixed to another panel to form an enclosed boundary. The panels are folded and/or glued into place to become the walls of the display or container. The displays or containers are traditionally provided to product manufacturers and/or retailers in a collapsed or knockdown configuration for storage, handling and shipping. The manufacturer and/or retailers open the knockdown containers and fold appropriately to utilize the assembled display or container for display and/or packing products therein.

#The knockdown displays or containers are typically manufactured by feeding flat die cut sheets through a fold-and-glue machine. The fold-and-glue machine applies adhesive and folds over select panels so that the panels are in the knockdown configuration. One common knockdown display is a weekender style display. A corrugated weekender display is typically used to display products to consumers at a point-of-sale location. In some instances, several weekender displays are utilized at a single location, often requiring significant resources to purchase, erect, locate, and load the same. Such problems are compounded when weekender displays are specialized displays, such as displays that are designed for a specific limited-time promotion, such as for a seasonal promotion, a product promotion (such as on a release date, during a sale, or other times during which demand is higher than normal), a product clearance event (or other circumstance during which temporary display options are desired), and/or the like. Consequently, it is desirable to minimize the time and effort necessary to manufacture the weekender display and/or to erect the display from its knockdown configuration.

#A preferred embodiment of the invention, illustrative of the best mode in which the applicant has contemplated applying the principles, is set forth in the following description and is shown in the drawings and is particularly and distinctly pointed out and set forth in the appended claims.

#FIG. 1 is a plan view of a weekender style display according to embodiments of the present invention, the display shown in a knockdown configuration.

#FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the weekender style display of FIG. 1, the display shown in an erected configuration.

#The present invention comprises a display having a base and a plurality of shelf assemblies, each formed from a single piece of material. The base includes a plurality of panels separated by respective fold lines so as to facilitate moving the display from a knockdown configuration to an erected configuration. Each shelf assembly includes a shelf member flanked by opposed side support panels, the shelf assembly being moved between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration as the display is moved between the knockdown configuration and the erected configuration, respectively. In some embodiments, the display is moveable to one or more flat configurations, such as by folding and gluing one or more panel together such that the display maintains a relatively low profile to facilitate shipping and storage while being readily moveable to an erected configuration.

#Referring to FIG. 2, embodiments of the present invention include a weekender style display 10 having a base 100 and a plurality of shelf assemblies 200 for accommodating and displaying products such as, for instance, bagged snacks, pouches, or the like. In certain embodiments, the display 10 is formed from corrugated material, such as paperboard. However, other embodiments provide for the corrugated material to include other similar type materials, such as cardboard, fiberboard, or the like. The display is operable to be provided in a knockdown configuration (i.e., a generally flat, two-dimensional form), such as illustrated in FIGS. 1, 8, 9, 11, and 14. From the knockdown configuration, the display is operable to be transformed into an erected configuration, such as shown in FIGS. 2, 10, 12, and 13.

#Referring to FIG. 1, an embodiment of the present invention is shown in a knockdown configuration that is substantially flat and convenient for shipping and/or storing. The embodiment shown includes a plurality of panels of the base 100, each panel being separated by one or more fold and/or cut line. From left to right, the panels of the base 100 include a first rear panel 130a separated by a fold line 132a from a first side panel 120a, a front panel 110 separated by a fold line 124a from the first side panel 120a, a second side panel 120b separated by a fold line 124b from the front panel 110, and a second rear panel 130b separated by a fold line 132b from the second side panel 120b. The first 130a and second 130b rear panels define a plurality of support apertures 150 sized and shaped to engage with respective shelve assemblies 200 of the display 10, such as by receiving respective tab members 255 of respective shelf assemblies 200. In some embodiments, each side panel 120a, 120b is segmented into respective front 121a, 121b and rear 122a, 122b portions, thereby facilitating folding of the same onto each other. In some embodiments, the display comprises a plurality of bottom panels 140, each bottom panel extending from a bottom edge of a respective rear panel, side panel, front panel, or the like.