Combined product shipping and display unit

A combined product shipping and display unit comprising:

• a pallet;
• a pallet skirt disposed on said pallet and having opposed pairs of side walls which are upwardly positioned when in a shipping condition so as to expose corresponding sides of said pallet, and which may be reverse folded so as to be downwardly positioned so as to hide said corresponding sides of said pallet when in a display condition;
• a number of vertically stacked product container layers supported upon said pallet, each said product container layer including (i) a selected number of product containers arranged in a predetermined array, (ii) a horizontal tray defining an interior area for supporting the array of product containers therewithin, and (iii) a vertical divider assembly including interleaved lengthwise and widthwise extending divider boards for separating one product container from another and for establishing said predetermined array of said product containers supported within said interior area of said tray;
• a cap structure covering an uppermost one of said product container layers, wherein a bottom-most one of said product container layers is nestably received within said pallet skirt when in a shipping condition;
• and
• a corner protector assembly disposed at each corner of the shipping and display unit which includes (a) longitudinally folded right angle corner supports vertically extending between adjacent trays of said product container layers, and (b) an elongate longitudinally folded right angle corner post which is positioned exteriorly adjacent said corner supports and extends between said pallet skirt and said cap structure.