Corrugated shelving display system with two-piece shelves

• US 8,857,633 B2
• Filed: 06/14/2013
• Issued: 10/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Menasha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Menasha Corporation
• Inventors: Dewhurst, Doug
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Korie H
• Application Number:
  US13/918,086
• Publication Number:
  US 20130277324A1
• Time in Patent Office: 487 Days
• Field of Search: 211/126.16, 211/149, 211/135, 211/72, 211/73, 211/153, 248/152, 248/174, 248/346.4, 229/120.08, 229/120.32, 229/120.21, 229/120.29, 220/4.29, 108/51.11, 108/51.3, 108/179
• US Class Current: 211/135
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0018 Display racks with shelves or receptables racks per se A47B; storage devices for warehouses B65G1/02
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/116 Shelving racks
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24694 Parallel corrugations

Abstract

A shelving display system formed from a single blank of corrugated material. The display system including a plurality of shelves formed from a first shelf component and a second shelf component.

Claims

1. A shelving display system formed from a single contiguous blank of material comprising:

a first side wall panel;

a second side wall panel;

a first shelf panel having a plurality of horizontal first shelf components, each of the plurality of horizontal first shelf components forming a first portion of a shelf;

a second shelf panel having a plurality of horizontal second shelf components, each of the plurality of horizontal second shelf components aligning with a corresponding one of the plurality of first shelf components and forming a second portion of the shelf; and

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a support panel having a plurality of slots, each slot aligning with one of the plurality of second shelf components on the second shelf panel and the corresponding one of the plurality of first shelf components on the first shelf panel.

2. The shelving display system of claim 1 wherein each panel is formed from a corrugated material.

3. The shelving display system of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of first shelf components includes a slot.

4. The shelving display system of claim 3 wherein each of the plurality of second shelf components include a tab configured to interlock with the slot in the corresponding first shelf component to secure each second shelf component to the corresponding first shelf component.

5. The shelving display system of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of bottom flaps forming a base of the system.

6. The shelving display system of claim 1 further comprising a positioning panel connected to the support panel on a first side of the positioning panel and the first shelf panel on a second side of the positioning panel.

7. The shelving display system of claim 6 further comprising a glue panel.

8. The shelving display system of claim 6 wherein an interior surface of one of the first and second side wall panels is glued to an exterior surface of the positioning panel.

9. The shelving display system of claim 1 wherein the blank of material is formed from plastic.

10. The shelving display system of claim 1 wherein the first shelving component includes a vertically positioned panel.

11. A shelving display system comprising:

a first side wall panel;

a second side wall panel;

a first shelf panel having a plurality of first horizontal shelf components, each of the first horizontal shelf components having a slot;

a second shelf panel having a plurality of second horizontal shelf components, each second horizontal shelf component substantially aligned with a corresponding one of the plurality of first horizontal shelf components of the first shelf panel, each second horizontal shelf component including a tab interlocked with the slot of the corresponding first horizontal shelf component; and

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a support panel having a plurality of slots, each slot aligning with one of the plurality of second shelf components on the second shelf panel and the corresponding one of the plurality of first shelf components on the first shelf panel.

12. The shelving display of claim 11 further comprising a plurality of bottom flaps forming a base.

13. The shelving display system of claim 11 further comprising a positioning panel connected to a first side of the first shelf panel.

14. The shelving display system of claim 13 further comprising a glue panel.

15. The shelving display system of claim 13 wherein an interior surface of one of the first and second side wall panels is glued to an exterior surface of the positioning panel.

16. The shelving display system of claim 11 wherein the first shelving component includes a vertically positioned panel.

17. The shelving display system of claim 11 further comprising a plurality of top flaps for forming a top wall.

18. The shelving display system of claim 11 wherein the shelving display system is formed from a corrugated material.

19. The shelving display system of claim 18 wherein the shelving display system is formed from a single blank of material.

20. The shelving display system of claim 11 wherein the shelving display system is formed from plastic.

21. A shelving display system formed from a single contiguous blank of material comprising:

a first side wall panel;

a second side wall panel;

a first shelf panel having a plurality of first shelf components, each of the plurality of first shelf components including a slot;

a second shelf panel having a plurality of second shelf components, each of the plurality of second shelf components aligning with a corresponding one of the plurality of first shelf components and each of the plurality of second shelf components including a tab configured to interlock with the slot in the corresponding first shelf component to secure each second shelf component to the corresponding first shelf component; and

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a support panel having a plurality of slots, each slot aligning with one of the plurality of second shelf components on the second shelf panel and the corresponding one of the plurality of first shelf components on the first shelf panel.