Patent ID: 7823725
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A pallet type of shipping and display assembly for containing frangible, lightweight packaged food comprising an upright stack of pallets having a vertical axis, each pallet having a rectangular floor formed with a peripheral upstanding rectangular rim having a shoulder on its inner surface, wherein said floor is comprised of rectangular sheet material, each said pallet further having a spacer nested on said floor within the confines of said rim and having a radially extending array of spacer arms having end portions engaging said shoulder to prevent angular movement about said axis between said floor and said spacer to thereby retain the configuration integrity of said assembly resisting twisting torque during transport or handling of the loaded assembly, locking tabs on upper edge portions of said spacer and inserted thru slots in an adjacent floor of an upper pallet to prevent angular movement about said axis between said spacer and said adjacent floor, whereby the combination of said tabs, slots, arm end portions and rim provides a pallet assembly having resistance to twisting deformation, wherein said spacer has a height to space said pallets vertically sufficiently to contain packages of said items on the pallet floors and to display said items to the viewing public, wherein each spacer and an upper floor attached thereto are readily disassembled from the stack by lifting said spacer out of the associated rim, wherein each said spacer is of uniform height, wherein said end portions of each said spacer arm are formed into a polygon in lateral cross-section, wherein said polygon is triangular in lateral cross-section, wherein an apex of each said polygon is contiguous to each a side portion of said rim which lies adjacent to a different corner of said rim, wherein each of said floors and each said spacer is formed from a blank of corrugated board, and wherein the bottom floor of said stack is provided with downwardly extending foot members adjacent each corner of said floors, wherein each said foot member is formed from a blank of corrugated board which is formed into a generally polygonal lateral cross-section, and wherein each said foot member is fastened to said bottom floor by means of tabs which extend upwardly from each said foot member and up through said bottom floor and which are bent over onto an upper surface of said bottom floor and secured to said bottom floor.