Filler tray and unitary blank for assembling same

Abstract

A filler tray and a unitary blank for assembling the filler tray are provided. The filler tray generally includes a bottom filler, a back filler, and two side fillers that assemble together to define an opened top enclosure adapted to contain one or more high cost product packages. The products contained in the filler tray are accessible from the open top enclosure. The filler trays may be palletized in standard configuration and may be assembled from the unitary blank cut from a single sheet of corrugated fiberboard.

1 . A filler tray comprising:
 a bottom filler   a first side filler foldably connected to said bottom filler;   a second side filler foldably connected to said bottom filler; and   a back filler foldably connected to said bottom filler and said first side filler, and fixedly connected to said second side filler.   
     
     
         2 . The filler tray of Claim  1  wherein said bottom filler, said first side filler; said second side filler, and said back filler together define an open top enclosure adapted to contain one or more product packages. 
     
     
         3 . The filler tray of  claim 1  wherein said filler tray comprises corrugated fiberboard. 
     
     
         4 . The filler tray of  claim 1  wherein said filler tray is assembled from a single sheet of planar corrugated fiberboard. 
     
     
         5 . The filler tray of  claim 1  wherein said back filler is fixed connected to said second side filler by adhesive. 
     
     
         6 . The filler tray of  claim 1  further comprising perimeter panels comprising:
 an outer back panel;   a first outer side panel foldably connected to said outer back panel;   a front panel foldably connected to said first outer panel; and   a second outer side panel foldably connected to said front panel.   
     
     
         7 . The filler tray of  claim 1  wherein said bottom filler comprises a bottom assembly foldably connected to a front panel, and;
 a bottom platform foldably connected to said front panel.   
     
     
         8 . The filler tray of  claim 1  wherein said back filler comprises an outer back panel;
 a back filler top panel foldably connected to said back outer panel;   an inner back panel foldably connected to said back filler top panel, and;   an inner back panel bottom flap foldably connected to inner back panel.   
     
     
         9 . The filler tray of  claim 8  further comprising:
 a first inner back panel side flap foldably connected to said inner back panel, and;   a second inner back panel side flap foldably connected to said inner back panel.   
     
     
         10 . The filler tray of  claim 1  wherein said first side filler comprises:
 an outer side panel;   a outer side panel top flap foldably connected to said outer side panel;   an inner side panel foldably connected to said outer side panel top flap;   a inner side panel bottom flap foldably connected to said inner side panel, and;   an inner side panel front flap foldably connected to said inner side panel.   
     
     
         11 . A unitary blank foldable into a filler tray of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         12 . The unitary blank of  claim 11  wherein said unitary blank comprises corrugated fiberboard. 
     
     
         13 . The unitary blank of  claim 1  The unitary blank of  claim 11  is formed from a single sheet of planar corrugated fiberboard. 
     
     
         14 . The unitary blank of  claim 11  wherein said unitary blank is pre-assembled into a flat.