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US 4,919,270 AGranted
Pallet assembly for promotional display use and method of making same
AssigneeThe Stanley Works
InventorsJames A. Govang, Mark E. Goldstein
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Abstract
A transport and merchandising assembly consists of a multiplicity of package modules stacked upon pallets, several of which are in turn disposed upon the support surface of a skid. The stacks are independently secured to provide separate subassemblies, which are in turn also secured to the skid. The carton of each package module consists of a tray-like base component and a sidewall component, the latter being readily removable to expose the produce units, which are stably supported by a stand inserted within the recess of the base component.
Claims8
An integrated assembly of package modules, comprising a rectangular skid having an upper, normally horizontal support surface;
- a plurality of rectangular pallets arranged in side-by-side relationship upon said support surface;
- a multiplicity of package modules arranged as a plurality of stacks upon said pallets, each of said stacks comprising a multiplicity of vertically disposed package modules disposed upon a pallet, horizontally adjacent package modules being elements of different stacks, each of said stacks including first synthetic resin film means extending vertically along all four sides of each of the modules and the associated pallet and engaged with all four sides of the modules of a stack and with all four sides of its associated pallet to separately secure each of said stacks of modules to be associated one of said pallets to provide a plurality of independent subassemblies separately removable from said skid with said first film means thereof substantially intact;
- vertically extending, relatively rigid corner protectors on the four corners of the assembly of said subassemblies on said skid extending along the corners of said pallets and skid and along the outer surface of said first film means;
- horizontally extending corner protectors extending about the upper periphery of said assembly;
- and second resin film means for extending about and engaged with and securing all of said subassemblies to said skid to provide said integrated assembly, said second film means also covering said corner protectors, said second means and corner protectors being disengageable from said subassemblies without injury to said first film means, so as to maintain said subassemblies intact and to permit their individual removal from substantially within the periphery of said skid support surface, said pallets having support surfaces which are dimensioned and configured to cumulatively occupy substantially the same area as said skid support surface.
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A method for the assembly and bulk transport of a multiplicity of package modules, comprising the steps:
- (a) stacking vertically a plurality of package modules upon each of a plurality of pallets and within the lateral bounds of the support surfaces thereof, as defined by the periphery of the pallet to produce a series of stacks;
- horizontally adjacent package modules being elements of different stacks;
- (b) separately applying first securing means to each of said stacks to extend vertically along all four sides thereof and to secure said modules to all four sides of the associated pallet and to thereby provide a plurality of independent subassemblies;
- (c) disposing said subassemblies upon the support surface of a skid within the periphery thereof, said subassemblies cumulatively substantially occupying the support surface of said skid and lying within the periphery thereof;
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- (d) placing vertically extending, relatively rigid corner protectors on the four corners of the assembled subassemblies on said skid with said corner protectors extending along the corners of said pallets and skid, and horizontally extending corner protectors along the upper periphery of said assembled subassemblies;
- (e) applying second securing means over said subassemblies, said corner protectors and skid to engage all of said subassemblies and to secure all of said subassemblies to said skid and to thereby provide said integrated assembly, said second securing means being disengageable from said subassemblies and corner protectors without injury to said first means, said subassemblies being removable from said skid while leaving said first securing means substantially intact.
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The method of 6 including as further steps:
- providing decorative skirt means adjacent the lower end of each of said stacks of modules, said skirt means including a covering element extending outwardly beyond the periphery of said associated pallet from between said pallet and the lowermost module in said stack, said covering element normally being disposed against one side of said lowermost module and being held in place by said first securing means;
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- displacing said covering element to a position along an underlying side surface of said pallet following said first securing means removal step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.