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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1993
Filed:
May. 12, 1992
Kirk A Vlastakis, Clemmons, NC (US);
Alliance Display and Packaging Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
A tray or shelf fabricated from corrugated board and designed for use in a merchandise display device is disclosed. The tray includes a folded section that forms the front wall and opposing side walls of the tray and provides improved strength. The bottom panel member of the tray which supports the merchandise being displayed is also strengthened by a bottom-reinforcing panel disposed beneath the bottom panel member. The tray may be optionally provided with one or more dividers for merchandise display purposes and in a preferred embodiment, a tray divider is provided by modifying the unitary blank from which the tray is formed. Two or more trays are preferably installed in suitable support means designed to hold the trays in a vertically spaced manner.