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US 4,000,811 AGranted
Shipping-display container
AssigneeLone Star Container Sales Corporation
InventorsJerry C. Hardison, Laverne E. Gray
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Abstract
A shipping container or carton having weakened portions which allow the container to convert to a display dispenser tray capable of vertical stacking.
Claims25
A container for use in shipping and display of a plurality of articles, said container comprising front and rear walls connected together by side walls, top and bottom walls extending from said walls, said top, bottom, front, rear and side walls defining a parallelopiped enclosure for said articles, said top and bottom walls being formed respectively by top and bottom flaps extending from each of said front, rear and side walls;
- conversion means formed in said shipping container for tearing said shipping container and removing a portion of said container to convert said container to a display tray capable of vertical stacking, said conversion means comprising perforated score lines in said shipping container extending along the edge between said rear and top walls along a portion of each of the edges between said side walls and the top wall, across the front portion of the side walls, and across the front wall along a line spaced from and parallel to the bottom wall to remove a portion of said shipping container whereby said container is converted into a display tray having front, rear, bottom and side walls and wherein said articles are visual and can be removed when said tray is positioned with said bottom wall facing downward and said rear wall facing away from said viewing position;
- a divider wall in said container separating said container into two enclosures;
- a tab extending from the front wall top flap and interlocking with the divider wall whereby movement of the front end of the divider wall is restricted, flaps extending from the rear end of the divider wall and engaging the side walls to hold the rear end of the divider wall in position, the upper edge of said center wall lying in a plane with the edges between said side walls and said top wall;
- and said front and rear wall bottom flaps each defining tabs and said side wall bottom flaps each having slots therein which cooperate to engage said tabs to form a bottom.
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A device for use in shipping, display and dispensing of a plurality of articles, said device comprising:
- top, bottom, front, rear and two side walls of sheet material forming a rectangular parallelopiped shipping container for shipping said articles, flaps extending from said front, rear and side walls forming said top and bottom walls;
- weakened tear lines in said sheet for separating said container along the edge between said rear wall and top wall, along at least a portion of each of the edges between said side walls and said top wall and across said front wall along a line spaced from the edge between said front wall and said bottom wall whereby a portion of said shipping container may be removed to convert said container into a display tray having front, rear, bottom and side walls and wherein said articles are visual and can be removed when said tray is positioned with said bottom wall facing downward and said rear wall facing away from the viewing position;
- a removable divider wall extending the length of said container between the front and rear walls dividing the container into two small enclosures;
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- positioning means for retaining the ends of said divider wall in position in said container, said positioning means comprises a tab extending from said front wall top flap for interlocking with said divider wall.
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A device for use in shipping, display and dispensing of a plurality of articles, said device comprising:
- front, rear and two side walls of sheet material, flaps extending from said front, rear and side walls forming top and bottom walls, said top, bottom, front, rear, and side walls forming a shipping container for shipping said articles;
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- tear strip means formed in said container for removing the top wall, and a portion of the front and of each of the side walls, whereby a portion of said shipping container may be removed to convert said container into a display tray having front, rear, bottom and side walls and wherein said articles are visual and can be removed when said tray is positioned with said bottom wall facing downward and said rear wall facing away from the viewing position, said tear strip means formed by spaced weakened tear lines formed in each of said side wall top flaps, each of said side walls and said front wall, one of said tear lines in each of said side wall top flaps extending along at least a portion of the line between said side wall and said side wall top flap, the other of said tear lines in each side wall top flaps being spaced from said one tear line in said side wall top flap, said two spaced tear lines in each of said side walls extending from the line separating said side wall and said side wall top flap to the line separating said side wall and said front wall, each of said tear lines in said side walls intersecting one of said tear lines in said side wall top flap, and said two spaced tear lines in said front wall extending between the lines separating said side walls and said front wall, each of said tear lines in said front wall intersecting one of said tear lines in each of said side walls.
A blank for use in forming a shipping and display container comprising:
- a unitary piece of sheet material having score lines dividing the piece into front, rear, two side walls, and top and bottom wall flaps extending from said side walls and said front and rear walls whereby top and bottom walls may be formed by said flaps when said piece is assembled into a container;
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- a tear strip means formed in said piece for use in tearing said piece when assembled into a container, said tear strip means bordered by two spaced perforated tear lines formed in each of said side wall top flaps, each of said side walls, and said front wall, one of said tear lines in each of said side wall top flaps extending along at least a portion of the score line between said side wall and said side wall top flap, the other of said tear lines in each of said side wall top flaps being spaced from said one tear line in said side wall top flap, said two spaced tear lines in each of said side walls extending from the score line separating said side wall and said side wall top flap to the score line separating said side wall and said front wall, each of said tear lines in said side walls intersecting one of said tear lines in said side wall top flap, and said two spaced tear lines in said front wall extending between the score lines separating said side walls and said front wall, each of said tear lines in said front wall intersecting one of said tear lines in each of said side walls.
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