Folding blank, vehicle simulating display
AssigneeHopkins Manufacturing Corporation
InventorTheron T. Mayhew
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Abstract
A one piece folding blank has front, side and rear panel groups that each fold towards a central floor panel to form a vehicle simulating display. A tab lock formed in the front panel engages an underlying portion of the side panels that is spaced from the floor panel to secure the front panel in the folded, vehicle simulating position. When folded, the panel groups form the walls of a box-like rear container portion of the display with at least the side and rear walls having a double wall construction. In one embodiment, the rear container portion is secured in the folded condition by locking tabs and tuck flaps formed on the periphery of the panel groups that engage, respectively, slots formed in the floor panel and spacings between the double wall panels.
Claims17
A blank foldable to form a vehicle simulating display comprising,
- a generally rectangular floor panel,
- a front panel group foldably secured to a first edge of said floor panel,
- a pair of side panel groups each foldably secured to second and third edges of said floor panel, each side panel group including inner and outer side wall panels,
- a rear panel group foldably secured to a fourth edge of said floor panel opposite said first edge including inner and outer rear wall panels,
- said front, side and rear panels groups being foldable towards said floor panel to a vehicle simulating position in which said inner and outer rear wall panels are each generally perpendicular to said floor panel and together with said floor panel from a generally rectangular open-top container, and the inner wall panel and the outer wall panel of each side and rear panel group are in a mutually parallel relationship, and
- means formed in said blank for securing said front, side and rear panel groups in said vehicle simulating folded position including tab means in locking engagement with a portion of said front panel group and a portion of at least one of said side panel groups at a point spaced above said floor panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.