Commodities package

US7677389B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE STANLEY WORKS LTD · US

Inventors

• Edmund J. Czopor, Jr. · Burlington, US
• Richard Hart · Burlington, US
• Timothy Lebeau · Avon, US
• Susan Lapadula · Canton, US
• Thomas Pelletier · Wallingford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 26, 2006
• Grant date: Mar 16, 2010
• Expiry date: May 8, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S206/806
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A commodities package is provided for containing commodities, such as staples. The package includes a base container and a cover, the base container and cover having interengaging structure in order to hold them together. The base container and cover are wrapped with shrink wrap to provide a sealed package. An outer package contains a plurality of commodity packages and facilitates loading of the commodity packages onto a display structure. The outer package is manually alterable so that it supports each of the plurality of commodity packages while the display structure is received by hanger members provided on the commodity packages. Once the commodity packages are loaded onto the display structure, the outer package is pulled away.