US 5,372,299 A · Combined product shipping and display box

Abstract

A combined shipping and display box is provided which is formed from a one-piece blank of box-board material configured such that, when erected, the box will include bottom, front and rear walls as well as an opposed pair of side walls. The side walls are each formed from respective side panels having a central sub-panel and a pair of divider sub-panels extending in opposite directions from the central sub-panel. These divider sub-panels are inwardly foldable onto their respective central sub-panel along predetermined fold lines so as to not only be positioned in adjacent contact with the central sub-panel, but also to establish protruding interior dividers for the shipping/display box. When erected, therefore, the terminal edges of each respective pair of divider sub-panels will abut one another such that each of the interior dividers is paired with a similar interior divider associated with the opposite side wall. In such a manner, therefore, the paired dividers will establish box positions adapted to hold a selected number of prepackaged product containers in a desired array. The dividers, moreover, protect the prepackaged product containers held thereby against movement (and hence potential damage) during shipping.

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Dependent claims

A combined shipping and display box for prepackaged product containers comprising:

a bottom wall, opposed front and rear walls joined to said bottom wall along respective front and rear fold lines, and an opposed pair of side walls each joined to said bottom wall along a respective lateral fold line;
wherein
said side walls include number of spaced-apart inwardly protruding product container dividers such that said dividers of one said side walls are in opposition to said dividers of the other said side wall to thereby establish a space for receiving at least one prepackaged product container therebetween;
and wherein
each said side wall includes a central sub-panel and a pair of divider sub-panels each of which has a terminal edge at one end thereof, and is joined to and extends outwardly from said central sub-panel at another end thereof along one of forward and rearward fold lines which linearly coincide with said front and rear fold lines, respectively;
said divider sub-panels also having a series of parallel fold lines so as to form respective ones of said product container dividers;
wherein
each said divider sub-panel being folded inwardly along said respective forward and rearward fold lines so as to be disposed against said central sub-panel in such a manner that said terminal edges thereof abut one another.

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A one-piece box-board blank which erected forms a box holding a number of prepackaged product containers, said blank comprising:

a bottom wall panel;
front and rear wall panels attached to said bottom wall panel along respective longitudinally spaced-apart parallel front and rear fold lines;
and
an opposed pair of side wall panels attached to said bottom wall panel along respective latitudinally spaced-apart side fold lines;
wherein said pair of side wall panels each include,
a central sub-panel connected to said bottom panel along a respective one of said side fold lines;
and
a pair of divider sub-panels which have a terminal edge at one end thereof, and are joined to and extend outwardly from said central sub-panel at another end thereof along forward and rearward fold lines which linearly coincide with said front and rear fold lines, respectively, wherein;
a. said divider sub-panels include a series of fold lines disposed between and parallel to said forward and rearward fold lines;
and wherein
b. said divider sub-panels are foldable along said forward, rearward and series of fold lines so as to (i) allow said divider sub-panels to be folded inwardly against their respective said central sub-panel such that said terminal edges of said opposed pair of divider sub-panels abut one another, and (ii) form a number of product container dividers which protrude inwardly from a respective said side wall and are opposed to corresponding product container dividers protruding inwardly from the other said side wall, whereby the product containers may be held thereby.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Combined product shipping and display box

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Combined product shipping and display box

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