Quarter pallet with product tab receiving areas for products carried thereon

A pallet for transporting products thereon and comprising:

• a top comprising a product support surface and an opposing underside, with outer sides extending between the product support surface and the underside;
• and
• a plurality of product tab receiving areas for receiving a plurality of respective product tabs, each product tab receiving area having a slot within the top adjacent a respective outer side of the top, the slot having a pair of spaced apart opposing long sidewalls and a pair of spaced apart opposing short sidewalls adjacent to the pair of long sidewalls, with one of the long sidewalls comprising a laterally extending tongue for engaging an opening in one of the product tabs.

A method of stacking a product on a pallet, the product having a plurality of tabs descending from a bottom edge of the product, and the pallet comprising a top having a product support surface and an opposing underside, with outer sides extending between the product support surface and the underside;

• four feet each extending away from the underside of the top, each foot having a first opening facing out through the product supporting surface of the top, the feet thus allowing stacking of a plurality of such pallets with the feet of a first such pallet extending into the first openings of a second such pallet;
• and a plurality of product tab receiving areas for receiving the plurality of tabs, each product tab receiving area having a slot within the top adjacent a respective outer side of the top, the slot having a pair of spaced apart opposing long sidewalls and a pair of spaced apart opposing short sidewalls adjacent to the pair of long sidewalls, with one of the long sidewalls comprising a laterally extending tongue, the method comprising:
• placing the product on the product support surface of the top such that each tab is inserted into a respective slot, with the tongue in each respective slot engaging an opening in the tab.

A method of attaching a display attachment on a pallet, the pallet comprising a top having a product support surface and an opposing underside, with outer sides extending between the product support surface and the underside;

• four feet each extending away from the underside of the top, each foot having a first opening facing out through the product supporting surface of the top, the feet thus allowing stacking of a plurality of such pallets with the feet of a first such pallet extending into the first openings of a second such pallet;
• and at least one display attachment feature adjacent at least one of the sides of the top, and including a vertically arranged, inwardly recessed, sidewall slot with an open top for receiving a descending tab from a display package on the pallet, the sidewall slot having an inner sidewall and an opposing partial outer sidewall, and a pair of spaced apart opposing end walls adjacent to the inner and partial outer long sidewalls, with the partial outer sidewall being open to expose the inner sidewall except for recessed ends of the sidewall slot, and at least one engagement tooth on the exposed inner sidewall, the method comprising:
• placing a descending tab from the display package into the sidewall slot, with the at least one engagement tooth engaging a backside of the tab.