Patent ID: 9126721
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. An open-ended pallet skirt for covering and obscuring from view a stack of pallets on which product is supported and displayed at a point of sale, said skirt having opposed sidewalls defined by two width panels and two length panels, said width panels comprising an upper width panel and a lower width panel and said length panels comprising an upper length panel and a lower length panel, said width panels and length panels being cut and scored so they can be folded into a shipping configuration in which the perimeter of the skirt is reduced so it rests on top of a pallet around product supported on the pallet, and the height of the skirt is reduced so it has a vertical height approximately the same as the product supported on the pallet, or into a display configuration in which the perimeter of the skirt is reduced so it extends downwardly over the outer margin of the pallet, and the height of the skirt is expanded so that it covers and obscures from view a stack of pallets on which product is supported, wherein: said width panels each comprise an elongate rectangular upper width panel having a top edge defined by a first score, a bottom edge defined by a second score parallel to and spaced from the first score, a first end edge defined by a third score perpendicular to the first and second scores, and a second end edge spaced from and parallel to the third score; a top flange foldably joined along the first score to the top edge of the upper width panel; a first pleat panel foldably joined along the third score to the first end edge of the upper width panel, and a second pleat panel foldably joined to the first pleat panel along a fourth score parallel to and spaced from the third score; a manufacturer's glue flap foldably joined to the second pleat panel along a fifth score parallel to and spaced from the fourth score; and an elongate rectangular bottom width panel foldably joined along the second score to the bottom edge of the upper width panel, said bottom width panel having a bottom edge, a first end edge defined by a sixth score perpendicular to the bottom edge and colinear with the third score, a second end edge parallel to and spaced from the first end edge, a pleat panel foldably joined to the first end edge of the bottom width panel along a seventh score parallel to and spaced from the sixth score, a fastening flap foldably joined to the pleat panel along an eighth score parallel to and spaced from the seventh score, and an elongate cutout in the bottom edge of the bottom width panel.