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US 2021/0261285 A1Published application
Stackable shelf tray
AssigneeSonoco Development, Inc.
InventorGlen Bersamin
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Abstract
A shelf tray for shipping and displaying palletized products is provided. The shelf tray is made from a single folded blank and includes horizontal top ledges to support trays mounted on top without caving.
Claims12
A shelf tray made from a single folded blank, the shelf tray configured to support one or more shelf trays stacked on top, the shelf tray comprising:
- a load bearing surface for supporting one or more products, the load bearing surface comprising a bottom panel having a substantially rectangular periphery comprising two opposing end fold lines and two opposing side fold lines;
- two ends, each end comprising a horizontally elongated outer end panel, two outer facing panels, each outer facing panel foldably connected to an inner facing panel along a wing fold line, the outer end panel extending upward from the bottom panel and terminating in a first fold line, each of the outer facing panels extending toward each other from respective corner fold lines and terminating in a free edge, the outer end panel and the outer facing panels defining an end opening through which the one or more products may be accessed;
- two sides, each of the two sides comprising a U-shaped side panel extending upward from the bottom panel to a top fold line and laterally from one corner fold line to another corner fold line;
- and
- a top comprising two top ledges, each of the top ledges having two top ledge ends and being hingedly attached to a corresponding U-shaped side panel along the top fold line and supported at either top ledge end by an outer facing panel, the top ledges extending toward each other from respective top fold lines.
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A blank for making a shelf tray, the blank comprising:
- a bottom panel having a rectangular perimeter defined by parallel, opposing side fold lines and parallel, opposing end fold lines;
- two side wall assemblies, each side wall assembly hingedly attached to the bottom panel along a side fold line, each side wall assembly comprising a U-shaped side panel and an inner facing side panel, the U-shaped side panel comprising a horizontal base panel and two leg panels extending from opposite ends of the horizontal base panel, the inner facing side panel hingedly attached to the horizontal base panel along a second fold line;
- four end wing assemblies, each end wing assembly comprising an outer facing panel hingedly attached to one of the leg panels along a corner fold line, an inner facing panel hingedly attached to the outer facing panel along a wing fold line, and a top flap hingedly attached to the outer facing panel along a top flap fold line, each end wing assembly defining a slot collinear with or adjacent to the top flap fold line, each inner facing panel defining a notch located along and in communication with a top edge of the inner facing panel;
- two end panel assemblies, each end panel assembly comprising an outer end panel hingedly attached to the bottom panel along one of the end fold lines and an inner end panel hingedly attached to the outer end panel along a first fold line;
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- two top assemblies, each top assembly comprising a top ledge having two top ledge ends and two locking tabs, each locking tab foldably attached to one of the ends, the top ledge hingedly attached to two leg panels that form one of the U-shaped side panels along a top fold line;
- wherein:
- the blank is foldable into a three-dimensional shelf tray wherein the top ledges form a top upon which a second shelf tray may be supported, each top ledge is supported at either top ledge end by one of the outer facing panels, and each locking tab extends through one of the slots and into one of the notches.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.