Display carton with adjustable divider

A display system comprising plural elongate articles of merchandise and an open-top display carton with an adjustable divider for display of said articles in upright disposition, said display carton including:

• a corrugated cardboard box including a bottom wall, a pair of side walls and front and back walls, at least said front and back walls including adjacent outer and inner corrugated cardboard panels, and said inner panels of said front and back walls each including therein spaced-apart through slots strategically located along the width of the box and paired with respective through slots in the other inner panel across the depth of the box;
• at least one female connector selectively and removably receivable in any one of said slots in the inner panel of said front wall and at least one other female connector selectively and removably receivable in any one of said slots in the inner panel of said back wall, each female connector including a thin planar flange portion and a receiving portion extending substantially perpendicularly from said flange portion a distance greater than the thickness of the respective inner panel of said front and back walls, and receiving portion defining therein an open-end slot and being transversely dimensioned for passage through and locating engagement in any one of the through slots in the respective inner panel with the open-end slot located inwardly of the inner panel, and said flange portion extending transversely beyond said receiving portion for trapped engagement between the inner and outer panels adjacent the selected slot through which said receiving portion extends;
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• a divider wall including a corrugated cardboard divider panel extendable between said front and back walls and male connection means at respective opposite side edges of said divider panel receivable in the open-end slots of respective female connectors received in through slots of a selected pair thereof for holding the divider panel upright and in selected position;
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• said articles individually having a height greater than that of said carton and being supported on end atop said bottom wall whereby said articles extend above said walls of said carton.

A open-top display carton with adjustable divider for display of merchandise in upright disposition, comprising:

• a corrugated cardboard box including a bottom wall, a pair of side walls and front and back walls, at least said front and back walls including adjacent outer and inner corrugated cardboard panels, said inner panels of said front and back walls each including therein spaced-apart through slots strategically located along the width of the box and paired with respective through slots in the other inner panel across the depth of the box, and said box having a height of at least 15 inches and a length of at least 3 feet;
• at least one female connector selectively and removably receivable in any one of said slots in the inner panel of said front wall and at least one other female connector selectively and removably receivable in any one of said slots in the inner panel of said back wall, each female connector including a thin planar flange portion and a receiving portion extending substantially perpendicularly from said flange portion a distance greater than the thickness of the respective inner panel of said front and back walls, said receiving portion defining therein an open-end slot and being transversely dimensioned for passage through and locating engagement in any one of the through slots in the respective inner panel with the open-end slot located inwardly of the inner panel, and said flange portion extending transversely beyond said receiving portion for trapped engagement between the inner and outer panels adjacent the selected slot through which said receiving portion extends;
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• a divider wall including a corrugated cardboard divider panel extendable between said front and back walls and male connection means at respective opposite side edges of said divider panel receivable in the open-end slots of respective female connectors received in through slots of a selected pair thereof for holding the divider panel upright and in selected position.