Shipping and retail display pallet pack

A pallet pack shipping and retail display for a plurality of articles to be shipped and retailed, comprising:

• a base sized to fit on a shipping pallet, said base having a bottom and side walls defining an interior;
• at least one lower support member disposed in the interior of said base, said lower support member having a plurality of seats for retaining one end of each article to be shipped and displayed;
• a plurality of separators disposed in said base dividing the interior thereof into a plurality of compartments, each compartment of said plurality of compartments being associated with a respective one of said plurality of seats;
• a top retainer vertically separated from said base, said top retainer having a plurality of retainer cavities equal in number to the number of seats in said lower support member, each retainer cavity engageable with a respective one of the ends of said articles opposite said one end;
• at least one lower support member is a plurality of lower support members disposed parallel to each other across said bottom of said base, each lower support member of said plurality of lower support members having a predetermined number of said seats;
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• wherein each lower support member comprises a folded preform, said preform having plural leafs, each leaf having a number of cut outs equal to the predetermined number of seats which align with each other when the leafs are folded against each other.

A pallet pack shipping and retail display for articles to be shipped and retailed, comprising:

• a base sized to fit on a shipping pallet, said base having a bottom and side walls defining an interior;
• at least one lower support member disposed in the interior of said base, said lower support member having a plurality of seats for retaining one end of each article to be shipped and displayed;
• a plurality of separators disposed in said base dividing the interior thereof into a plurality of compartments, each compartment of said plurality of compartments being associated with a respective one of said plurality of seats;
• a top retainer vertically separated from said base, said top retainer having a plurality of retainer cavities equal in number to the number of seats in said lower support member, each retainer cavity engageable with a respective one of the ends of said articles opposite said one end;
• at least one lower support member is a plurality of lower support members disposed parallel to each other across said bottom of said base, each lower support member of said plurality of lower support members having a predetermined number of said seats;
• said lower support members are disposed parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction, said plurality of separators comprises:
• a longitudinal set of separators disposed between adjacent one of said lower support members;
• a transverse set of separators disposed normal to said longitudinal set of separators;
• said longitudinal set of separators has a first plurality of slots for receiving said transverse separators therein;
• said transverse set of separators has a second plurality of slots for receiving said longitudinal separators therein;
• said first and second sets of slots have a vertical depth selected such that the top edges of said longitudinal set of separators are substantially coplanar with the top edges of said transverse set of separators;
• each separator of said transverse set of separators has tabs provided along its lower edge intermediate said second set of slots and wherein each of said support members has slots for receiving said tabs therein.

A pallet pack shipping and retail display for articles to be shipped and retailed, comprising:

• a base sized to fit on a shipping pallet, said base having a bottom and side walls defining an interior;
• at least one lower support member disposed in the interior of said base, said lower support member having a plurality of seats for retaining one end of each article to be shipped and displayed;
• a plurality of separators disposed in said base dividing the interior thereof into a plurality of compartments, each compartment of said plurality of compartments being associated with a respective one of said plurality of seats;
• a top retainer vertically separated from said base, said top retainer having a plurality of retainer cavities equal in number to the number of seats in said lower support member, each retainer cavity engageable with a respective one of the ends of said articles opposite said one end;
• said plurality of compartments includes at least one interior compartment surrounded by a predetermined number of exterior compartments, said pallet pack further including a separator box separating said at least one interior compartment from said predetermined number of exterior compartments, said separator box having a height intermediate the distance said top retainer is separated from said base.

A pallet pack shipping and retail display for articles to be shipped and retailed, comprising:

• a base sized to fit on a shipping pallet, said base having a bottom and side walls defining an interior;
• at least one lower support member disposed in the interior of said base, said lower support member having a plurality of seats for retaining one end of each article to be shipped and displayed;
• a plurality of separators disposed in said base dividing the interior thereof into a plurality of compartments, each compartment of said plurality of compartments being associated with a respective one of said plurality of seats;
• a top retainer vertically separated from said base, said top retainer having a plurality of retainer cavities equal in number to the number of seats in said lower support member, each retainer cavity engageable with a respective one of the ends of said articles opposite said one end;
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• said top retainer comprising a set of inverted U-shaped longitudinal members and a set of inverted "U" shaped transverse members disposed transverse to said longitudinal members, at least one of said longitudinal and transverse members having slots provided thereon to receive the other of said longitudinal and transverse members thereacross to form said plurality of retainer cavities.

A pallet pack shipping and retail display for a plurality of string trimmers to be shipped and retailed, each trimmer having a rotary trimmer head, comprising:

• a base sized to fit on a shipping pallet, said base having a bottom and side walls defining an interior;
• at least one lower support member disposed in the interior of said base, said lower support member having a plurality of seats for retaining the string trimmer to be shipped and displayed;
• a plurality of separators disposed in said base dividing the interior thereof into a plurality of compartments, each compartment of said plurality of compartments being associated with a respective one of said plurality of seats;
• a top retainer vertically separated from said base, said top retainer having a plurality of retainer cavities equal in number to the number of seats in said lower support member, each retainer cavity engageable with a respective one of said string trimmers;
• said at least one lower support member is a plurality of lower support members disposed parallel to each other across said bottom of said base, each lower support member of said plurality of lower support members having a predetermined number of said seats;
• said lower support members are disposed parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction, said plurality of separators comprises:
• a longitudinal set of separators disposed between adjacent one of said lower support members;
• a transverse set of separators disposed normal to said longitudinal set of separators;
• said longitudinal set of separators has a first plurality of slots for receiving said transverse separators therein;
• said transverse set of separators has a second plurality of slots for receiving said longitudinal separators therein;
• said first and second sets of slots have a vertical depth selected such that the top edges of said longitudinal set of separators are substantially coplanar with the top edges of said transverse set of separators;
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• each separator of said transverse set of separators has tabs provided along its lower edge intermediate said second set of slots and wherein each of said support members has slots for receiving said tabs therein.

A pallet pack shipping and retail display for a plurality of string trimmers to be shipped and retailed, each trimmer having a rotary trimmer head, comprising:

• a base sized to fit on a shipping pallet, said base having a bottom and side walls defining an interior;
• at least one lower support member disposed in the interior of said base, said lower support member having a plurality of seats for retaining the string trimmer to be shipped and displayed;
• a plurality of separators disposed in said base dividing the interior thereof into a plurality of compartments, each compartment of said plurality of compartments being associated with a respective one of said plurality of seats;
• a top retainer vertically separated from said base, said top retainer having a plurality of retainer cavities equal in number to the number of seats in said lower support member, each retainer cavity engageable with a respective one of said string trimmers;
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• said plurality of compartment includes at least one interior compartment surrounded by a predetermined number of exterior compartments, said pallet pack further including a separator box separating said at least one interior compartment from said predetermined number of exterior compartments, said separator box having a height intermediate the distance said top retainer is separated from said base.

A pallet pack shipping and retail display for gas-powered string trimmers having a gasoline engine provided at one end and a rotary trimmer head provided at the opposite end to be shipped and retailed, comprising:

• a base sized to fit on a shipping pallet, said base having a bottom and side walls defining an interior;
• at least one lower support member disposed in the interior of said base, said lower support member having a plurality of seats for retaining the gasoline engine of each string trimmer to be shipped and displayed;
• a plurality of separators disposed in said base dividing the interior thereof into a plurality of compartments, each compartment of said plurality of compartments being associated with a respective one of said plurality of seats;
• a top retainer vertically separated from said base, said top retainer having a plurality of retainer cavities equal in number to the number of seats in said lower support member, each retainer cavity engageable with a respective one of the rotary trimmer head of said string trimmers;
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• said top retainer comprising a set of inverted U-shaped longitudinal members and a set of inverted "U" shaped transverse members disposed transverse to said longitudinal members, at least one of said longitudinal and transverse members having slots provided thereon to receive the other of said longitudinal and transverse members thereacross to form said plurality of retainer cavities.