Pallet merchandising system for containers

• US 5,330,050 A
• Filed: 11/12/1993
• Issued: 07/19/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kitaru Innovations Inc
• Original Assignee: Cornos Corporation
• Inventors: Stansbury, Benjamin H. Jr., Dickie, Robert G.
• Primary Examiner(s): FIDEI, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US08/150,902
• Time in Patent Office: 249 Days
• Field of Search: 206/196, 206/386, 206/430, 206/520, 206/593, 206/597, 206/595, 206/821, 206/592, 220/23.6
• US Class Current: 206/386
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2571/00043 Intermediate plates or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 71/70 Trays provided with projections or recesses in order to assemble multiple articles, e.g. intermediate elements for stacking
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 206/821 Stacking member

Abstract

A palletized merchandising system comprises a pallet, a plurality of like containers stacked in layers on the pallet and a divider sheet interposed between the layers of like containers. The like containers comprise a unitary blow molded body of a generally parallelepiped shape. The like containers have a top face, bottom face, a front face and side walls and a diagonally extending parting line. A pour spout in the top face is spaced along the parting line towards one corner of the top face. A handle on the top face extends upwardly from the top face and is spaced along the parting line. A recess in the bottom face extends upwardly therefrom and is spaced along the parting line. The recess is sized to receive a handle of a like container in a stacking relation. The divider sheets have a plurality of apertures adapted to receive the handles of the like containers and to orient the front face of the like containers when an upper layer of like containers is stacked over a lower layer of like containers.

Claims

1. A palletized merchandising system comprising

a pallet,

a plurality of like containers stacked in layers on said pallet,

a divider sheet interposed between said layers of like containers, wherein the improvement is characterized by

said like containers comprising

a unitary blow molded body of a generally parallelepiped shape, said like containers having a top face, bottom face, a front face and side walls and a diagonally extending parting line,

a pour spout in said top face spaced along said parting line towards one corner of said top face,

a handle on the top face extending upwardly therefrom and spaced along the parting line,

a recess in said bottom face extending upwardly therefrom and spaced along the parting line, said recess sized to receive a handle of a like container in a stacking relation, and

said divider sheets having a plurality of apertures adapted to receive said handles of said like containers and to orient the front face of said like containers when an upper layer of like containers is stacked over a lower layer of like containers.