One piece convertible packages and display systems
AssigneeWestRock Shared Services, LLC
InventorDouglas Shaffer
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Abstract
A package for a gravity feed rack display system that is shipped with product includes a plurality of panels connected together at fold lines configured for extending at least partially around an interior space. The plurality of panels includes a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel, a top panel, a second side panel and a bottom panel. The interior space is configured to receive at least one product. The package includes a first extension flap foldably connected to a first side of the front panel and a second extension flap foldably connected to a second side of the front panel. The plurality of panels and the first and second extension flaps define a first depth in a first position for shipping, and a second depth in a second position for display.
Claims16
A package comprising:
- a plurality of panels connected together at fold lines configured for extending at least partially around an interior space, including a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel, a second side panel and a bottom panel, wherein the interior space is configured to receive at least one product, wherein at least one of the first side panel or the second side panel includes a respective side flap foldably connected only to a portion of the respective first side panel or the second side panel and not the entire length of the respective first side panel or the second side panel and
- a first extension flap foldably connected to a first side of the front panel and a second extension flap foldably connected to a second side of the front panel, wherein the plurality of panels and the first and second extension flaps define a first depth in a first position for shipping, and a second depth in a second position for display, wherein the first extension flap includes a first panel and a second panel, the second panel of the first extension flap is foldably connected to the first panel of the first extension flap, wherein the second extension flap includes a first panel and a second panel, wherein the second panel of the second extension flap is foldably connected to the first panel of the second extension flap wherein, in the second position, the second panel of the first extension flap is folded relative to the first panel of the first extension flap towards the back panel, and the second panel of the second extension flap is folded relative to the first panel of the second extension flap towards the back panel, wherein the second panel of the first extension flap is spaced apart from the second panel of the second extension flap in the second position.
A blank for a package comprising:
- a plurality of panels connected together at respective fold lines, including a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel, a second side panel and a bottom panel, wherein at least one of the first side panel or the second side panel includes a respective side flap foldably connected at a respective fold line only to a portion of the first side panel or the second side panel and not an entire length of the first side panel or the second side panel;
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- first and second extension flaps connected to the front panel at respective fold lines, wherein the plurality of panels and the first and second extension flaps are configured to define a first depth in a first position for shipping, and a second depth in a second position for display, wherein the first extension flap includes a first panel and a second panel, the second panel of the first extension flap is configured to be foldably connected to the first panel of the first extension flap, wherein the second extension flap includes a first panel and a second panel, wherein the second panel of the second extension flap is configured to be foldably connected to the first panel of the second extension flap wherein, the second panel of the first extension flap is configured to be folded relative to the first panel of the first extension flap towards the back panel, and the second panel of the second extension flap is configured to be folded relative to the first panel of the second extension flap towards the back panel when the package is formed and wherein the back panel includes at least one divider flap connected to the back panel via a respective fold line and a line of weakness, wherein at least one divider flap is configured and adapted to be partially broken away from the back panel and folded back towards an interior surface of the front panel when the package is formed.
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