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AssigneesThe Procter & Gamble Company, Stone Container Corporation
InventorsRobert Blake Leftwich, Linda Susan Matthews, Timothy Paul Burda
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The present invention provides a shipping/display container which includes a tray portion having a bottom panel, two opposed end panels, and two opposed side panels One of the side panels comprises a float side panel and the other of the side panels comprises a rear side panel. The container further includes a cover portion attached to the container and disposed so as to engage the end panels and the side panels. More particularly, the front side panel includes a line of weakness defining a severable portion of the front side panel which extends in at least an intermediate portion downward to the lowermost edge of the front side panel. The severable portion includes a preformed aperture located adjacent to the lowermost edge of the front panel for initiating removable of the severable portion. Because the severable portion, at least in its center region, is preferably completely removed down to the bottom panel, products may be extracted from the resulting opening even though other containers or articles may be stacked both above and below the subject container limiting the ability to extract packages at an angle. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the lower edge of the cover portion is disposed in overlying relation to the aperture to facilitate simultaneous grasping of the severable portion and lower edge of the cover portion.
An improved shipping/display container, said container including a tray portion having a bottom panel with two end edges and two side edges, two opposed end panels each being associated with one of said end edges of said bottom panel, and two opposed side panels each being associated with one of said side edges of said bottom panel, one of said side panels comprising a front side panel and the other of said side panels comprising a rear side panel, said front side panel having an upper edge and a lower edge adjacent to said bottom panel, said container further including a cover portion attached to said container, said cover portion being disposed so as to engage said end panels and said side panels, said cover portion having a lower edge adjacent to said lower edge of said front side panel, the improvement comprising:
An improved shipping/display container, said container including a tray portion having a bottom panel with two end edges and two side edges, two opposed end panels each being associated with one of said end edges of said bottom panel, and two opposed side panels each being associated with one of said side edges of said bottom panel, one of said side panels comprising a front side panel and the other of said side panels comprising a rear side panel, said front side panel having an upper edge and a lower edge adjacent to said bottom panel, the improvement comprising:
An improved shipping/display container, said container including a tray portion having a bottom panel with two end edges and two side edges, two opposed end panels each being associated with one of said end edges of said bottom panel, and two opposed side panels each being associated with one of said side edges of said bottom panel, one of said side panels comprising a front side panel and the other of said side panels comprising a rear side panel, said front side panel having an upper edge and a lower edge adjacent to said bottom panel, said container further including a cover portion attached to said container, said cover portion being disposed so as to engage said end panels and said side panels, said cover portion having a lower edge adjacent to said lower edge of said front side panel, the improvement comprising:
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