Display bin

• US 8,944,311 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2012
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Target Brands Inc. (Target Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Target Brands Inc. (Target Corporation)
• Inventors: Dougherty, Kristin A., Hawkins, Laura L., Miehe, Leslie E.
• Primary Examiner(s): HAWN, PATRICK D
• Application Number:
  US13/472,196
• Publication Number:
  US 20130306516A1
• Time in Patent Office: 994 Days
• Field of Search: 211/85.18, 220/23.4, 220/23.83, 220/23.86, 220/23.88, 220/507, 220/23.89, 206/736, 206769-771, 229/125.28, 229/125.38, 229/116.1, 229/4.5, 229/162.1
• US Class Current: 229/4.5
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 3/14 Display trays or containers combined with racks A47F5/0025; tray partitions A47F5/005; as racks and transportable with merchandise A47F5/108; made of cardboard A47F5/11; stackable A47B87/02; packing boxes used subsequently as display trays B65D
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/11 made of cardboard, paper or the like racks or cabinets made of cardboard, paper or the like A47B43/02, A47B47/06; stands for packaging and displaying B65D5/52
• CPC Class Codes: B31B 2105/00 Rigid or semi-rigid containers made by assembling separate sheets, blanks or webs
• CPC Class Codes: B31B 2110/20 having a curved cross section, e.g. circular
• CPC Class Codes: B31B 2120/30 collapsible; temporarily collapsed during manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: B31B 2120/501 by applying wrapping material only on the side wall part of a box
• CPC Class Codes: B31B 2247/00 Manual operations for making bags or boxes
• CPC Class Codes: B31C 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

A display bin includes a tubular body and a multi-part bottom assembly. The tubular body includes an open base end and an open top end. The multi-part bottom assembly includes an annular structure having an inner edge, an outer edge and a plurality of evenly spaced wings projecting outwardly from the outer edge and terminating at distal ends. The annular structure is capable of being inserted through the open base end of the tubular body. A plurality of fasteners couple each of the plurality of wings of the annular structure to the base end of the tubular body.

Claims

1. A retail display unit comprising:

a transparent sheet material formed into a tubular body having an open base end and an open top end, the transparent sheet material having a plurality of base openings located proximal to the open base end and spaced apart from each other;

a multi-part bottom assembly comprising;

an annular structure having an inner edge, an outer edge and a plurality of evenly spaced wings projecting outwardly from the outer edge and terminating at distal ends, wherein the annular structure is inserted through the open base end of the tubular body, and

a plurality of fasteners coupling each of the plurality of wings of the annular structure to the open base end of the tubular body, wherein each fastener is inserted through one of the plurality of spaced apart base openings; and

a band surrounding an outer surface of the tubular body and including a bottom edge placed in alignment with and adjacent to the open base end of the tubular body and a top edge, wherein a height of the band is less than a height of the tubular body; and

an insert capable of being inserted through the open top end of the tubular body, wherein a bottom surface of the insert is configured to contact a top surface of the annular structure.

2. The retail display unit of claim 1, wherein the band surrounding the outer surface of the tubular body comprises a fibrous opaque sheet material.

3. The retail display unit of claim 1, wherein the plurality of wings of the annular structure are bent along bend lines such that the distal end of each wing faces in a substantially upward direction.

4. The retail display unit of claim 3, wherein each of the plurality of wings comprises an opening through which each of the plurality of wings receives one of the plurality of fasteners.

5. The retail display unit of claim 1, wherein:

each of the plurality of wings comprises an opening though which each of the plurality of wings receives one of the plurality of fasteners, and

the annular structure extends upwardly from the open base end of the tubular body to substantially conceal the plurality of wings and the plurality of fasteners from view through the tubular body.

6. A retail display unit comprising:

a transparent sheet material formed into a tubular body having an open base end and an open top end, the transparent sheet material having a plurality of base openings located proximal to the open base end and spaced apart from each other;

a multi-part bottom assembly comprising;

an annular structure having an inner edge, an outer edge and a plurality of evenly spaced wings projecting outwardly from the outer edge and terminating at distal ends, wherein the annular structure is inserted through the open base end of the tubular body, and

a plurality of fasteners coupling each of the plurality of wings of the annular structure to the base end of the tubular body, wherein each fastener is inserted through one of the plurality of spaced apart base opening; and

an insert capable of being inserted through the open top end of the tubular body, wherein

a bottom surface of the insert is configured to contact a top surface of the annular structure, and the insert comprises a plurality of notches mated with the plurality of wings that are coupled to the tubular body.

7. The retail display unit of claim 6, wherein the insert is a single planar member, and outermost edges of the insert directly abut and terminate at an internal surface of the tubular body.

8. The retail display unit of claim 7, wherein the annular structure is a single piece member having the wings folded upwardly from a remainder of the annular structure to receive a corresponding one of the plurality of fasteners.

9. The retail display unit of claim 8, wherein the annular structure defines a bottom planar surface positioned substantially coplanar with the open base end of the tubular body.

10. A display bin comprising:

a transparent inner sleeve made of plastic sheet material and having an open top end and an open bottom end, the transparent inner sleeve having a plurality of bottom openings located adjacent to the open bottom;

a ring-shaped disk made of fibrous sheet material including an outer diameter and an inner diameter, wherein the ring-shaped disk is configured to be inserted through the open bottom end of the transparent inner sleeve and includes a plurality of tabs projecting outwardly from the outer diameter of the ring-shaped disk and terminating at distal ends;

a plurality of fasteners coupling the ring-shaped disk to the plurality of bottom openings in the transparent inner sleeve;

an outer sleeve made of fibrous sheet material that surrounds an outer surface of the ring-shaped disk and includes a bottom edge placed in alignment with the open bottom end of the transparent inner sleeve and a top edge, wherein a height of the outer sleeve is less than a height of the transparent inner sleeve; and

an insert comprising a plurality of notches for mating with the plurality of tabs that are coupled to the transparent inner sleeve.

11. The display bin of claim 10, wherein each of the plurality of tabs of the ring-shaped disk are bent along bend lines such that the distal end of each tab faces in a substantially upward direction.

12. The display bin of claim 10, wherein each of the plurality of tabs comprises an opening through which one of the plurality of fasteners is received for coupling to one of the bottom openings of the transparent inner sleeve.

13. The display bin of claim 10, wherein the insert is capable of being inserted through the open top end of the transparent inner sleeve, wherein a bottom surface of the insert is configured to contact a top surface of the ring-shaped disk.