US-12616318-B2 - Weekender style floor display

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Abstract

A weekender style display and related methods are provided. The display transforms from a knockdown configuration to an erected configuration. The display includes shelf members that are supported at the front, back, and at each side.

Inventors

Kent Nelson

Assignees

VANGUARD PACKAGING, LLC

Dates

Publication Date: 20260505
Application Date: 20241202

Claims (7)

1 . A method of erecting a display, comprising: (a) providing the display in a knockdown configuration; (b) folding a first rear sub-panel toward a first side panel; (c) folding a second rear sub-panel towards a second side panel; (d) folding said first and second side panels toward a front panel to form a box with an interior, wherein the first and second rear sub-panels form a rear panel opposing said front panel; (e) folding a plurality of bottom panels toward said interior; (f) folding a shelf member away from said interior until (i) two side support panels separate from said side panels at second cut lines, and (ii) tab panels separate from the front panel at first cut lines; (g) folding said shelf member toward said interior; (h) folding said tab panels toward said interior; and (i) mating said tab panels with support apertures in said rear panel.
2 . The method of claim 1 comprising adhering an outer edge of one of said rear sub-panels to an outer edge of the other of said rear sub-panels to form the rear panel.
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein folding said shelf member causes a deformation of the shelf member at a relief hinge.
4 . The method of claim 3 wherein the deformation at said relief hinge facilitates the shelf member simultaneously bending at a side hinge, a support hinge, and a front hinge.
5 . The method of claim 1 further comprising moving the display to a locked configuration.
6 . The method of claim 5 wherein moving to the locked configuration is defined by configuring a support flap on one of the support apertures to restrain one of the tab panels.
7 . The method of claim 1 wherein the display is provided as a single piece of material.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 18/196,233, filed May 11, 2023, now U.S. Pat. No. 12,156,599, which is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/933,487, filed Jul. 20, 2020, now U.S. Pat. No. 11,684,182, which claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/876,478, filed Jul. 19, 2019, and to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/979,191, filed Feb. 20, 2020, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to point of purchase merchandise displays. More specifically, the present invention is concerned with a corrugated, paperboard display that is manufactured in a fold and/or glue assembly process and that is traditionally provided to an end user in a collapsed or knockdown configuration for setup. BACKGROUND Corrugated displays and containers are often made from pieces of flat paperboard stock material that are die cut into shapes that define various panels. The shapes are folded along predefined lines between the panels, often with at least one overlapping strip or panel that is glued, taped or otherwise affixed to another panel to form an enclosed boundary. The panels are folded and/or glued into place to become the walls of the display or container. The displays or containers are traditionally provided to product manufacturers and/or retailers in a collapsed or knockdown configuration for storage, handling and shipping. The manufacturer and/or retailers open the knockdown containers and fold appropriately to utilize the assembled display or container for display and/or packing products therein. The knockdown displays or containers are typically manufactured by feeding flat die cut sheets through a fold-and-glue machine. The fold-and-glue machine applies adhesive and folds over select panels so that the panels are in the knockdown configuration. One common knockdown display is a weekender style display. A corrugated weekender display is typically used to display products to consumers at a point-of-sale location. In some instances, several weekender displays are utilized at a single location, often requiring significant resources to purchase, erect, locate, and load the same. Such problems are compounded when weekender displays are specialized displays, such as displays that are designed for a specific limited-time promotion, such as for a seasonal promotion, a product promotion (such as on a release date, during a sale, or other times during which demand is higher than normal), a product clearance event (or other circumstance during which temporary display options are desired), and/or the like. Consequently, it is desirable to minimize the time and effort necessary to manufacture the weekender display and/or to erect the display from its knockdown configuration. Historically, weekender displays provide support on only the front and back of the shelf. As a result, weekender displays have relatively weak shelves that cannot support much weight, thereby limiting the versatility and/or decreasing their useful life. Thus, it would be beneficial to provide a weekender style display that provides added shelf support, such as shelf support on both sides of the shelf in addition to the traditional support on the front and back of the shelf. Also, it would be beneficial to provide a weekender style display that can be assembled entirely from the front of the display to reduce assembly time. SUMMARY In one aspect, the invention provides a weekender display having a rear panel with support apertures, two side panels, a front panel, and at least two shelf assemblies. In one embodiment, the weekender display has a bottom including several bottom panels. In one embodiment, the weekender display has a top including a top panel and two side panels. In one embodiment, each shelf assembly includes a portion of the front panel, a shelf member panel, two side support panels, and a tab panel with a tab member. Here, each support aperture receives a tab member to support the shelf against the rear panel. In some embodiments, each side support panel is separated from the shelf member panel by a fold line and is separated from each side panels by a fold line and a cut line. In another embodiment, each tab panel is separated from the front panel by a cut line. In another embodiment, the weekender display has two opposed shelving scenes that share a rear panel and two side panels. Here, “rear” means behind each shelf but within the central plane bisecting the display and each side panel. In one embodiment, the opposed shelves are back-to-back or coplanar. In another embodiment, the opposed shelves are off-set or alternating. In one embodiment, the weekender display is in a single-piece knock-down configuration. In one embodiment, the weekender display is made of corrugated card