Product accessible display container
AssigneeJoan Steinfels
InventorVictor E. Steinfels, III
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Abstract
A packaging container is disclosed which is adapted for accessibly displaying an article packaged therewithin. The container is provided as having a floating deck portion with an opening therethrough for receiving the base of an annular article, and a retainer assembly extending from the lid of the container downwardly into the article. The retainer assembly and floating deck portion cooperate to retain the article laterally within the container while allowing for the direct visual and tactual inspection of the article by a potential purchaser.
Claims26
A container for accessibly displaying an article having an article base and a generally annular wall extending therefrom, said container comprising:
- a lid;
- an oppositely disposed bottom;
- a pair of oppositely disposed side walls extending between said lid and said bottom;
- a rear wall extending between said lid and said bottom adjacent said side walls;
- a retainer assembly extending downwardly from said lid into said article for retaining the top of said article laterally within said container;
- a spacer assembly extending upwardly from said bottom for spacing said article a preselected vertical distance from said bottom;
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- a base assembly having:
- a floating deck portion disposed generally parallel to said bottom intermediate said spacer assembly and said lid, said floating deck portion having an opening therethrough configured to receive said article base;
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- a front wall portion extending generally orthogonally from said floating deck portion to said bottom to locate said floating deck portion a predetermined distance above said spacer assembly, said floating deck being inwardly folded about said front wall portion to be generally upwardly biased for retaining said article base laterally within said floating deck portion opening.
The container of 3 wherein said retainer assembly comprises a pair of spaced-apart, oppositely disposed side retaining tabs.
A packaged article comprising a container for accessibly displaying an article packaged therewithin, said article having an article base and a generally annular wall extending therefrom, said container comprising:
- a lid;
- an oppositely disposed bottom;
- a pair of oppositely disposed side walls extending between said lid and said bottom;
- a rear wall extending between said lid and said bottom adjacent said side walls;
- a retainer assembly extending downwardly from said lid into said article for retaining the top of said article laterally within said container;
- a spacer assembly extending upwardly from said bottom for spacing said article a preselected vertical distance from said bottom;
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- a base assembly having:
- a floating deck portion disposed generally parallel to said bottom intermediate said spacer assembly and said lid, said floating deck portion having an opening therethrough receiving said article base therewithin;
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- a front wall portion extending generally orthogonally from said floating deck portion to said bottom to locate said floating deck portion a predetermined distance above said spacer assembly, said floating deck being inwardly folded about said front wall portion to be generally upwardly biased for retaining said article base laterally within said floating deck base portion opening.
The packaged article of 15 wherein said retainer assembly comprises a pair of spaced-apart, oppositely disposed side retaining tabs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.