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US 12,075,928 B2Granted
Divided shelf for modular greeting card rack
AssigneeVanguard Packaging, Inc.
InventorApryl McGill
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Abstract
A divided shelf for a display rack and related methods are provided. The divided shelf transforms from a knockdown configuration to an erected configuration. The divided shelf includes divider panels to divide the shelf into more than one separate compartments. The divided shelf is affixed to a display rack base.
Claims11
A divided shelf comprising:
- an outer panel connected to an inner panel;
- said inner panel comprising one or more divider panels;
- first and second side panels connected to opposed ends of said outer panel;
- a tab panel connected to said outer panel, said tab panel comprising one or more horizontal tabs extending from an outer edge of said tab panel;
- and
- a vertical tab extending from an outer edge of each of said side panels;
- wherein said inner panel further comprises a distal inner panel and a proximal inner panel, wherein said proximal inner panel is connected to said outer panel;
- and
- wherein the tab panel is orthogonal to the outer panel, each side panel is orthogonal to the outer panel, the proximal inner panel is orthogonal to each of said one or more divider panels, and the distal inner panel is orthogonal to each of said one or more divider panels in an erected configuration.
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A display rack comprising:
- a display rack base comprising two or more vertical slots and two or more horizontal slots;
- and
- a divided shelf member comprising
- an outer panel connected to an inner panel;
- said inner panel comprising one or more divider panels:
- side panels connected to opposed ends of said outer panel;
- a tab panel connected to said outer panel, said tab panel comprising one or more horizontal tabs extending from an outer edge of said tab panel;
- and
- a vertical tab extending from an outer edge of each of said side panels:
- wherein each vertical tab is inserted into one of said two or more vertical slots, and each of said one or more horizontal tabs is inserted into one of said two or more horizontal slots;
- wherein said inner panel further comprises a distal inner panel and a proximal inner panel, wherein said proximal inner panel is connected to said outer panel;
- and
- wherein the tab panel is orthogonal to the outer panel, each side panel is orthogonal to the outer panel, the proximal inner panel is orthogonal to each of said one or more divider panels, and the distal inner panel is orthogonal to each of said one or more divider panels in an erected configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.