US 11,685,583 B2
Caseless tier sheet
Suzanne Whitfield Clark, Santa Monica, CA (US)
Assigned to Rehrig Pacific Company, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Rehrig Pacific Company, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/389,285.
Application 17/389,285 is a continuation of application No. 14/599,846, filed on Jan. 19, 2015, granted, now 11,111,064.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/928,985, filed on Jan. 17, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0041355 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 71/70 (2006.01); B65D 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 71/70 (2013.01) [B65D 21/0224 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tier sheet comprising:
a deck having a support surface a plurality of annular upper recesses formed in the deck;
a pair of opposed flat side walls extending upward from the deck and a pair of opposed flat end walls extending upward from the deck, wherein the pair of side walls and the pair of end walls angle outward as they extend upward from the deck, such that an empty identical tier sheet could be nested therein;
a plurality of columns extending downward of the deck to define lower recesses for receiving the upper ends of containers therebelow, wherein each of the plurality of annular upper recesses is defined between one of the plurality of columns and one of a plurality of outer walls; and
a first plurality of recessed channels connecting each of the plurality of annular upper recesses to one of the pair of opposed flat side walls or one of the pair of opposed flat end walls.