Corrugated Paperboard Laminate Trays and Displays

Abstract

A stackable display tray made of laminated plies of paperboard includes first and second vertical walls extending upwardly from a base wall. First and second upper ends of the walls have first and second tips in line with first and second channels in a bottom of the tray. The upper ends may be tapered. The tips may include tip cross sections and the channels may include channel cross sections with the tip cross sections generally conforming in size and shape to the channel cross sections. The paperboard may be double walled corrugated paperboard including flutes of a first one of each pair of adjacent ones of the plies angled with respect the flutes of a second one of the pair such as at 90 degrees. Product such as bottles may loaded in the tray wrapped with plastic shrink wrap film.

1 . A stackable display tray comprising:
 a base wall and spaced apart first and second vertical walls extending upwardly from the base wall,   the first and second vertical walls including first and second upper ends having first and second tips respectively,   open first and second channels in a bottom of the tray and in line with the first and second tips respectively, and   laminated plies of paperboard forming the base wall and the spaced apart first and second vertical walls.   
     
     
         2 . The tray as claimed in  claim 1  further comprising:
 the first and second upper ends being tapered, 
 the first and second tips having flat tops, and 
 the open first and second channels having flat inner surfaces. 
 
     
     
         3 . The tray as claimed in  claim 1  further comprising:
 the first and second tips including first and second tip cross sections, 
 the open first and second channels including first and second channel cross sections, and 
 the first and second tip cross sections generally conforming in size and shape to the first and second channel cross sections. 
 
     
     
         4 . The tray as claimed in  claim 1  further comprising the paperboard being double walled corrugated paperboard. 
     
     
         5 . The tray as claimed in  claim 4  further comprising the corrugated paperboard including flutes of a first one of each pair of adjacent ones of the plies angled with respect the flutes of a second one of the pair. 
     
     
         6 . The tray as claimed in  claim 4  further comprising the corrugated paperboard including flutes of a first one of each pair of adjacent ones of the plies extending in a direction at a right angle to the flutes of a second one of the pair. 
     
     
         7 . The tray as claimed in  claim 6  further comprising signage or placards attached to an outside surface of one or both of the first and second vertical walls. 
     
     
         8 . The tray as claimed in  claim 4  further comprising:
 the first and second upper ends being tapered, 
 the first and second tips having flat tops, and 
 the open first and second channels having flat inner surfaces. 
 
     
     
         9 . The tray as claimed in  claim 8  further comprising the corrugated paperboard including flutes of a first one of each pair of adjacent ones of the plies angled with respect the flutes of a second one of the pair. 
     
     
         10 . The tray as claimed in  claim 8  further comprising the corrugated paperboard including flutes of a first one of each pair of adjacent ones of the plies extending in a direction at a right angle to the flutes of a second one of the pair. 
     
     
         11 . The tray as claimed in  claim 4  further comprising:
 the first and second tips including first and second tip cross sections, 
 the open first and second channels including first and second channel cross sections, and 
 the first and second tip cross sections generally conforming in size and shape to the first and second channel cross sections. 
 
     
     
         12 . The tray as claimed in  claim 11  further comprising the corrugated paperboard including flutes of a first one of each pair of adjacent ones of the plies angled with respect the flutes of a second one of the pair or extending in a direction at a right angle to the flutes of the second one of the pair. 
     
     
         13 . The tray as claimed in  claim 12  further comprising product loaded in the tray and the tray wrapped with plastic shrink wrap film. 
     
     
         14 . The tray as claimed in  claim 12  further comprising bottles loaded in the tray and the tray wrapped with plastic shrink wrap film. 
     
     
         15 . A display comprising:
 stacked display trays,   each of the stacked display trays including a base wall and spaced apart first and second vertical walls extending upwardly from the base wall,   the first and second vertical walls including first and second upper ends having first and second tips respectively,   open first and second channels in a bottom of the tray and in line with the first and second tips respectively, and   laminated plies of double walled corrugated paperboard forming the base wall and the spaced apart first and second vertical walls.   
     
     
         16 . The display as claimed in  claim 15  further comprising flutes of a first one of each pair of adjacent ones of the plies angled with respect the flutes of a second one of the pair or extending in a direction at a right angle to the flutes of the second one of the pair. 
     
     
         17 . The display as claimed in  claim 16  further comprising:
 the first and second upper ends being tapered, 
 the first and second tips having flat tops, and 
 the open first and second channels having flat inner surfaces. 
 
     
     
         18 . The display as claimed in  claim 15  further comprising:
 the first and second tips including first and second tip cross sections, 
 the open first and second channels including first and second channel cross sections, and 
 the first and second tip cross sections generally conforming in size and shape to the first and second channel cross sections. 
 
     
     
         19 . The display as claimed in  claim 18  further comprising a base supporting the stacked display trays. 
     
     
         20 . The display as claimed in  claim 19  further comprising the base being metallic. 
     
     
         21 . The display as claimed in  claim 19  further comprising the base being a bottommost one of the trays. 
     
     
         22 . The display as claimed in  claim 15  further comprising at least a first one of the trays having a first height different from a second height of the first and second vertical walls of at least a second one of the trays. 
     
     
         23 . The display as claimed in  claim 22  further comprising a base supporting the stacked display trays. 
     
     
         24 . The display as claimed in  claim 23  further comprising the base being metallic. 
     
     
         25 . The display as claimed in  claim 23  further comprising the base being a bottommost one of the trays. 
     
     
         26 . The display as claimed in  claim 22  further comprising flutes of a first one of each pair of adjacent ones of the plies angled with respect the flutes of a second one of the pair or extending in a direction at a right angle to the flutes of the second one of the pair.