Retail ready packaging for carded items
AssigneeWestRock Shared Services, LLC
InventorsDavid G. Couture, Jesus A. Padilla
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Abstract
A retail ready packaging system includes a convertible carton with a first plurality of slots are defined in a bottom wall adjacent a first side wall, and a second plurality of slots defined in the bottom wall adjacent a second side wall. A plurality of cards are included, wherein each card is seated in one of the slots of the first plurality of slots and in an opposed one of the slots of the second plurality of slots. Each card has a respective foot panel foldably attached to a main panel of the card, wherein the foot panel sits adjacent the bottom wall, and wherein the main panel of the card extends upward from the foot panel toward a top wall of the carton.
Claims13
1-9. (canceled)
A blank for a retail ready packaging system comprising:
- a plurality of panels foldably connected together, with a plurality of flaps foldably connected to the panels, wherein the panels and flaps are configured to be formed into a convertible carton with a bottom wall, a top wall opposed to the bottom wall, a first side wall connecting between the bottom wall and the top wall, a second side wall opposed to the first side wall and connecting between the bottom wall and the top wall, a front wall, and a back wall opposed to the front wall, wherein each of the front and back walls connects to the bottom wall, the top wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall;
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- wherein a first plurality of slots are defined in the bottom wall adjacent the first side wall, and a second plurality of slots are defined in the bottom wall adjacent the second side wall.
A blank for a carded item comprising:
- a main panel defining a top edge and two opposed side edges extending from the top edge;
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- a foot panel foldably connected to the main panel along a fold line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.