Patents Assigned to Menasha Corporation
  • Patent number: 10745171
    Abstract: A stackable pallet display system includes a tray portion having a rectangular bottom wall, corner posts extending upward from corners of the tray portion and an interior divider panel extending upward from the tray portion. The tray, corner posts and interior divider wall of the system can be folded from blanks of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: Menasha Corporation, PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Pfeifer, William Garrett Ehlebracht, Sunitha Nair, Daniel Lee Mathews, Roberto Carlos Guerrero Kees
  • Patent number: 10633142
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-cased box that can be used to transport and then display the goods being transported. The box can be formed from a single blank of material that is folded and glued into a box shape. The box includes a frangible line that—when broken—allows for removal of a portion of the box. The box also includes divider panels that form two or more compartments in the interior of the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventor: Chad Michael Lilja
  • Patent number: 10568422
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hutch having a pair of opposed sidewalls and a back wall and a shelf having a first planar surface extending between the sidewalls supported by four support panels each having a second planar surface transverse to the first planar surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventors: Chris Alan Gibbons, Jr., Hector Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 10524589
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fold flat assembly capable of being erected into a display hutch having a shell and a tray assembly attached to an inner surface of the shell. The shell has opposed side walls spaced from one another and each having a front edge and a rear edge. A back panel connects the rear edges and a plurality slats connect portions of the front edges of the opposing side walls and are spaced from one another defining gaps between adjacent slats. The shell is moveable between a flat position and an erect position. The tray assembly has a peripheral wall and a bottom wall. The peripheral wall is connected to the back panel, the opposed side walls and one of the slats of the plurality of slats. The bottom wall is connected by a first hinge to a segment of the peripheral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventor: Michael P. Donegan
  • Patent number: 10364064
    Abstract: A skirt system for use with a pallet carrying goods is provided. The skirt system includes a rectangular support pad that is positioned on a stack of pallets and a skirt having a rectangular opening. The skirt interacts with features on the support pad for quick and easy set up. The skirt covers the stack of pallets which supports goods and provides a visually pleasing display for such goods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas W. McCarthy, Brad L. Clark
  • Patent number: 10315798
    Abstract: A stackable pallet display system includes a tray portion having a rectangular bottom wall, corner posts extending upward from corners of the tray portion and an interior divider panel extending upward from the tray portion. The tray, corner posts and interior divider wall of the system can be folded from blanks of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: Menasha Corporation, PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Pfeifer, William Garrett Ehlebracht, Sunitha Nair, Daniel Lee Mathews, Roberto Carlos Guerrero Kees
  • Patent number: 10252832
    Abstract: A reusable plastic container is provided. The container includes a plastic container body having opposing side panels and opposing end panels. The container body also includes top side panel flaps attached to a top portion of each side panel, and bottom side panel flaps attached to a bottom portion of each side panel. The container body has top end panel flaps attached to a top portion of each end panel, and bottom end panel flaps attached to a bottom portion of each end panel. The top and bottom side panel flaps are each defined with respect to the side panels by a fold line. The fold lines including at least one scored portion and at least one welded portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventor: William F. McMahon
  • Patent number: 10181273
    Abstract: A shelf clip having a first display holder and a second display holder is provided. The clip is configured to clip onto the lip of a shelf of shelving display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Norman, Mike Pfeifer
  • Patent number: 10123635
    Abstract: A shelving display system having a support structure that automatically moves into place when setting up the display. The support structure includes a shelf support panel that includes a portion glued to the back panel and a plurality of shelf bottom support braces that extend from the back panel and are glued to the front panel. Opening the glued system from a flat folded state to a useable state automatically causes the support structure move partially or completely into place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventor: Chad Michael Lilja
  • Patent number: 10058195
    Abstract: The present invention provides a can dispenser for storing, moving, displaying and dispensing of cans while in the upright, as opposed to side, position. In one embodiment, the can dispenser includes a first inclined passageway, a drop section communicating with the first inclined passageway, and a second inclined passageway inclined in a direction opposite to the first inclined passageway and communicating with the drop section. The dispenser also includes a dispensing area communicating with the second inclined passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventors: Ferdinand Wayne Bernard, John William Robinson
  • Patent number: 9938038
    Abstract: A shipping and display container includes, for example, a first tray element and a second tray element, each tray element having a tray element bottom panel and a tray element back panel, a bridge element disposed between the first and second tray elements, the bridge element having a first center panel and a second center panel. The first and second center panels are accordion-foldable between a first position confronting one another and a second position extending in a common plane. The shipping and display container further includes a cover element for covering a space between the first and second tray elements. The first tray element, the second tray element, the bridge element and the cover element are interconnected as a single unit, and no adhesive materials are required for assembling the container, and wherein all of the elements are integrally formed in a single blank or sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventors: Mike Pfeifer, James L. Einstein
  • Patent number: 9889984
    Abstract: A corrugated container for shipping a glass sheet, such as an automotive windshield, is disclosed. The container includes one or more support braces for contacting a first side of the glass sheet and one or more braces for contacting the opposing second side of the glass sheet. Suction cups can be connected to the braces. A cross-brace, generally perpendicular to the other support braces, can be provided for added protection and support of the glass sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventor: Richard B. McDowell
  • Patent number: 9701441
    Abstract: An assembly (10) is disclosed having a pallet or mobile platform (20), restraining blocks (90), a pallet tray (70) and a cover (60) for supporting, transporting, and displaying goods. The goods, preferably in displays or stacking trays (70) are supported on the pallet's base (21). The pallet (20) includes removable wheels or casters (36) and two parallel rails or guides (33) projecting from the bottom surface (26) and a perimeter wall (22,23) projecting from the upper surface (25). To the extent a forklift is used, the guides (33) provide a side-exposed space or opening between the wheels (36) permitting insertion of the forklift tines. The cover (60) and pallet tray (70) include side openings (63,73) to align with the space or openings below the pallet (20) base (21) and between the guides (33) so that forklifts and their tines may be used with the covered assembly (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventor: Matthew J. Slaats
  • Patent number: 9474389
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display unit. The unit includes a hutch formed from corrugated material. The hutch has a back wall, a first side wall extending from a first end of the back wall, and a second side wall extending from a second end of the back wall. The back wall of the hutch includes a plurality of spaced horizontal slots. The hutch also includes a first side wall support attached to the first side wall, and a second side wall support attached to the second side wall. The first and second side wall supports include shelf support tabs. The hutch further includes a plurality of shelves formed from a foldable blank of material, each shelf having a tab insertable into one of the plurality of spaced horizontal slots, and supported by the shelf support tabs. In other embodiments, the display unit further includes a shelf support pad, a bottom tray, and a riser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventors: Mike Pfeifer, Keith Blake
  • Patent number: 9440763
    Abstract: A shipping and display container includes, for example, first and second tray elements, each of which has a tray element bottom panel and a tray element back panel, and each of which tray element back panels has portions defining a sleeve. A bridge element disposed between the first and second tray elements is movable between accordion-folded and extended positions of the bridge element, and a header card element has a back panel with a first portion that is received in the sleeve defined by portions of the first tray element back panel and a second portion that is received in the sleeve defined by portions of the second tray element back panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventor: James L. Einstein
  • Patent number: 8991686
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dispenser tray for eye shield lenses made from a single blank of material. The dispenser tray and blank each include a top panel, a front panel, a first side panel, a second side panel and a bottom panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventor: Bradly Thomas Schultz
  • Patent number: 8985328
    Abstract: An assembly (10) is disclosed having a pallet or mobile platform (20), restraining blocks (90), a pallet tray (70) and a cover (60) for supporting, transporting, and displaying goods. The goods, preferably in displays or stacking trays (70) are supported on the pallet's base (21). The pallet (20) includes removable wheels or casters (36) and two parallel rails or guides (33) projecting from the bottom surface (26) and a perimeter wall (22, 23) projecting from the upper surface (25). To the extent a forklift is used, the guides (33) provide a side-exposed space or opening between the wheels (36) permitting insertion of the forklift tines. The cover (60) and pallet tray (70) include side openings (63, 73) to align with the space or openings below the pallet (20) base (21) and between the guides (33) so that forklifts and their tines may be used with the covered assembly (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventor: Matthew J. Slaats
  • Patent number: 8978280
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the present invention, an arched display unit is provided. The unit includes a pair of display mounts, and a display support attached to each of the pair of display mounts. A side header is attached to each of the display supports, and a center header is located between the pair of side headers. In another embodiment, each of the display mounts, display supports, side headers, and center header are formed from a single blank of corrugated material, such as cardboard or plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas E. Holt, William J. Mertz, II, Christopher Norman
  • Patent number: 8950654
    Abstract: The present invention provides a carton constructed from a single blank of paperboard material featuring an auto-erecting bottom. The carton includes first through eighth sides panels, a glue flap attached along a fold line to a first side edge of the first side panel, a first bottom flap attached along a fold line to a bottom edge of the second side panel, and a second bottom flap attached along a fold line to a bottom edge of the sixth side panel. The carton includes a first bottom folding assembly attached to a bottom edge of the third and fourth side panels, a second bottom folding assembly attached to a bottom edge of the seventh and eighth side panels, a third bottom folding assembly attached to the first side panel, and a fourth bottom folding assembly attached to the fifth side panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventor: Bradly Thomas Schultz
  • Publication number: 20140319205
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gravity fed dispenser. The gravity fed dispenser includes a tower portion including a front wall, a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls, and an insert portion located within the tower portion, the insert portion including a front wall, and a pair side of walls attached to opposite edges of the front wall. The dispenser also includes an opening in a lower portion of the tower portion, and at least one tab located in the opening. The tower portion and insert portion are preferably made from a single blank of material. In another embodiment, the insert portion includes a front wall, and a first wing and a second wing attached to opposite edges of the front wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Menasha Corporation
    Inventor: Bradly Thomas Schultz