Multiple use plant shipping and display container

A multiple use shipping and display container, comprising:

• a first vertical side tray having a first vertical side panel with a first top side wall connected to the top side of said first vertical side panel, a first bottom side wall connected to the bottom side of said first vertical side panel, and a first pair of end walls connected to the ends of said first vertical side panel, each of said first pair of end walls also including a top side wall engaging flap and a bottom side wall engaging flap connected to the respective ends of said first pair of end walls, wherein said first top side wall includes a first top side wall piece and a first top side wall doubler piece connected to said first top side wall piece, said first top side wall doubler piece being folded around each of said top side wall engaging flaps, and wherein said first bottom side wall includes a first bottom side wall piece and a first bottom side wall doubler piece connected to said first bottom side wall piece;
• a second vertical side tray having a second vertical side panel with a second top side wall connected to the top side of said second vertical side panel, a second bottom side wall connected to the bottom side of said second vertical side panel, and a second pair of end walls connected to the ends of said second vertical side panel, each of said second pair end walls also including a top side wall engaging flap and a bottom side wall engaging flap connected to the respective ends of said second pair of end walls, wherein said second top side wall includes a second top side wall piece and a second top side wall doubler piece connected to said second top side wall piece, said second top side wall doubler piece being folded around each of said top side wall engaging flaps and wherein said second bottom side wall includes a second bottom side wall piece and a second bottom side wall double piece connected to said second bottom side wall piece;
• an elongated floor connected at one end to said first bottom side wall doubler piece and at the other end to said second bottom side wall doubler piece, so that said first and second vertical side trays depend upward from said elongated floor in parallel, spaced-apart relation;
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• means for separating said elongated floor from said first bottom side wall doubler piece and from said second bottom side wall doubler piece, so that each of said first and second bottom side wall doublers can be folded around the respective ones of said bottom side wall engaging flaps, whereby said first and second vertical side trays can be used as carry out trays.

A foldable blank of paperboard material having a plurality of foldably connected panels for erecting a multiple use shipping and display container, comprising:

• an elongated floor;
• a pair of bottom side wall doubler panels disposed on opposite sides of said elongated floor;
• a pair of bottom side wall panels foldably connected to the sides of said bottom side wall doubler panels that are not connected to said elongated floor;
• a first and second side panel foldably connected to the sides of said bottom side wall panels that are not connected to said bottom side wall doubler panels for forming vertical side panels;
• a first and second end panel extending from opposed ends of each of said side panels for forming end walls of each of said vertical side panels;
• a bottom side wall engaging flap extending from a respective end of each of said end panels;
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• a top side wall panel foldably connected to each end of said first and second side panels that are not connected to said bottom side wall panels for forming top side walls of each of said vertical side panels.