Display shipper
AssigneeFiskars Inc.
InventorsScott M. Niesen, Joseph C. Petersen, Jr., Robert A. Seaton, John F. Ausman
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Abstract
A shipping and display carton which may be used for such applications as merchandising elongated items such as garden shears or garden loppers is formed without using glue, tape, staples, or the like and comprises a display tray and a slidable cover. The display shipper is configured to limit set up time at the point of purchase and provides for attractively displaying all items contained therein. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the display shipper comprises a tray having cut out portion configured to receive a pair of oppositely facing ramps on which the items are disposed, and a slidable cover. The tray, ramp, and cover, are each made from a blank of folding carton stock.
Claims24
A shipping and display carton having a width, depth, and height, for containing a plurality of elongated items each having a tip and a distal end, the carton comprising in combination:
- a. a display tray including a bottom, two opposed side walls, a front wall, and a rear wall;
- b. at least one ramp removably received widthwise within said display tray, said ramp comprising an upper surface having opposite upper and lower margins and opposite front and rear sides, said margins extending substantially parallel to the side walls of said tray, said upper margin being elevated with respect to said lower margin by a distance that is less than the height of said carton thereby forming an incline plane to support said items thereon;
- c. an upper telescoping cover dimensioned to overlie said display tray, said upper cover having a top, oppositely facing side panels, a front panel and a rear panel, said front and rear panels being hingedly connected to said top;
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- d. a plurality of securing elements releasably maintaining said front panel and said rear panel against said front and rear walls, respectively, thereby preventing inadvertent sliding of said cover during shipment of said carton;
- whereby after removal of said securing elements, said cover may slide off said display tray in the direction of the depth of said carton to permit access to said items.
A display shipper for elongated items, said shipper having a width, depth, and height, and comprising a display tray and at least one ramp removably received within said tray, said ramp having an upper surface and opposite upper and lower margins, said margins extending substantially in the direction of the depth of said carton, said upper margin being elevated with respect to said lower margin by a distance that is less than the height of said carton thereby forming an incline plane to support said items thereon, said display tray being formed from an elongate blank having a plurality of panels hingedly joined by score lines, said blank comprising:
- a. a full-width, full-depth, bottom panel for forming the bottom of the tray;
- b. first and second full-depth, full-height, outer panels on either side of the bottom panel;
- c. first and second full-depth web panels adjoining each of the first and second outer panels, respectively;
- d. first and second full-depth, full-height, inner panels at either end of said blank, each of said inner panels adjoining a respective one of said web panels to define a channel when folded oppositely facing a respective one of said outer panels;
- e. full-width, full height, front and rear wall panels joined to said bottom panel along the sides of said blank;
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- f. first and second full height tuck flaps on either end of said front and rear wall panels, said tuck flaps being received within a respective one of said channels when said tray is erected.
A shipping and display carton having a width, depth, and height, for containing a plurality of elongated items each having a tip and a distal end, the carton comprising in combination:
- a. a display tray including a bottom, two opposed side walls, a front wall, and a rear wall, said front and rear walls having cut out sections;
- b. at least one supporting surface removably received within said display tray, said supporting surface having a plurality of receiving seats at spaced positions, each of said seats being adapted to engage one of said items to maintain suitable separation between said items and hold said items in front of said cut out sections;
- c. an upper cover dimensioned to overlie said display tray, said upper cover having a top, oppositely facing side panels, a front panel and a rear panel, said front and rear panels being hingedly connected to said top and overlying said cut out sections;
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- d. a plurality of securing elements releasably maintaining said front panel and said rear panel against said front and rear walls, respectively, thereby preventing inadvertent sliding of said cover during shipment of said carton;
- whereby after removal of said securing elements, said cover may slide off said display tray in the direction of the depth of said carton to permit viewing of, and access to, said items.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.