Shipper display unit
AssigneePackaging Corporation of America
InventorMichael W. Hostad
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Abstract
A shipper display unit is provided having a removable outer protective member in encompassing relation with an inner member in which are disposed a plurality of products arranged in a substantially stacked relation. When the outer member is removed, substantial portions of the accommodated products are exposed for price making or the like without having to be removed from the inner member.
Claims7
A shipper display unit for accommodating and retaining therein a plurality of products in a predetermined arrangement, said unit comprising an inner member and an outer member for disposition in either a shipping mode or a display mode without mutilation of said members, said outer member being of tubular configuration and closed at one end;
- said members, when in a shipping mode, having the outer member in a substantially telescoping, snugly embracing relation with the inner member and concealing the accommodated products, and when in a display mode, having the inner member exposed and subtended and supported by the outer member;
- said inner member including a base panel, a pair of opposed upright wall panels foldably connected to first peripheral segments of said base panel, and at least one pair of flange members foldably connected to corresponding upright edges of said wall panels and each corresponding pair of flange members extending angularly therefrom towards one another and forming a substantial gap therebetween, one pair of flange members being provided with means for supporting an insert piece when said unit is in a display mode, and means disposed intermediate said wall panels and foldably connected to a second peripheral segment of said base panel and interlockingly engaging said flange members and fixedly retaining same in said gap-forming relation;
- said base panel, said wall panels, said flange members and the interlocking means therefor coacting to form an open top compartment of fixed dimension for the accommodated products whereby substantial exterior portions of the accommodated products are aligned with the said gap, removal of the accommodated products from the compartment being through the top only when said members are not in said shipping mode.
A blank for use in forming the inner member of a shipper display unit, said blank comprising a base panel which is adapted to subtend and engage a plurality of products disposed in a predetermined arrangement, a pair of wall panels disposed on opposite sides of said base panel and foldably connected thereto, a first pair of flange members disposed on one side of said wall panels and foldably connected to first corresponding edges of said wall panels, a second pair of flange members disposed on the opposite side of said wall panels and foldably connected to second corresponding edges of said wall panels, the folding axes of said flange members being angularly disposed relative to the axes of folding of said wall panels relative to said base panel, the combined widths of each pair of flange members measured perpendicular to the folding axes thereof with the wall panels being substantially less than the distance between the folding axes connecting said wall panels to said base panel, and locking flaps disposed on opposite sides of said base panel and foldably connected thereto, each flap being disposed intermediate the wall panels for interlockingly engaging protruding peripheral portions of a pair of said flange members when said blank is set up to form the inner member, at least one pair of flange members being provided with means for supporting an insert piece, when said blank is set up to form said inner member.
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