Retail ready packages for multi-sided products
AssigneeWestRock Shared Services, LLC
InventorDavid G. Couture
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Abstract
A retail ready package (100) for shipping and displaying products, which includes front (18) and rear panels (14) each having at least six sides and being spaced apart from one another along a longitudinal axis of the package when the package is in a shipping condition, wherein the front and rear panels each have a perforation line (90) associated therewith that facilitate a conversion of the package into an open-topped product display tray having a generally hexagonal shaped cross-section, which extends in a plane that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the package.
Claims19
A blank for forming a retail ready package, comprising:
- a) a top panel having a rectangular center portion, a first top side flap foldably connected to a first side edge of the rectangular center portion, and a second top side flap foldably connected to a second side edge of the rectangular center portion;
- b) a rear panel having a center portion with at least six sides foldably connected to a top rear edge of the rectangular center portion of the top panel, a first rear side flap foldably connected to a first side edge of the center portion of the rear panel, and second rear side flap foldably connected to a second side edge of the center portion of the rear panel;
- c) a bottom panel having a rectangular center portion foldably connected to a bottom rear edge of the center portion of the rear panel, a first inner side bottom portion foldably connected to a first side edge of the rectangular center portion of the bottom panel, a first outer side bottom portion foldably connected to the first inner side bottom portion, a second inner side bottom portion connected to a second side edge of the rectangular center portion of the bottom panel, and a second outer side bottom portion foldably connected to the second inner side bottom portion;
- and d) a front panel having a center portion with at least six sides foldably connected to a bottom front edge of the rectangular center portion of the bottom panel, a first front side flap foldably connected to a first edge of the center portion of the front panel, a second front side flap foldably connected to a second edge of the center portion of the front panel, and a front flap foldably connected to a top front edge the center portion of the front panel, wherein a perforation line extends across the front panel through the first side flap, the center portion and the second side flap thereof, to define a removable part of the front panel and a remaining part of the front panel, and wherein the center portion of the rear panel is foldably connected to the top rear edge of the rectangular center portion of the top panel along a top perforation line to facilitate a separation of the top panel from the rear panel together with the removable part of the front panel.
A retail ready package for shipping and displaying products, comprising:
- front and rear panels each having at least six sides and being spaced apart from one another along a longitudinal axis of the package when the package is in a shipping condition, wherein the front and rear panels each have a perforation line associated therewith that facilitate a conversion of the package into an open-topped product display tray having a generally hexagonal shaped cross-section, which extends in a plane that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the package, wherein the package further includes a bottom panel that has a longitudinal perforation line to facilitate a separation of the product display tray into two separate open-topped trays.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.