Point-of-purchase display system and method for formation thereof

A point-of-purchase display system for shipping and displaying articles therewithin, the display system employing facilitated articulation while maximizing display area, the display system comprising:

• at least one modular tray member;
• said at least one modular tray member including a self-erecting, collapsible outer tray having a bottom panel, a back panel, and at least one side panel, said at least one side panel having an exposed side panel edge;
• said at least one side panel including a biasable flap, which, upon articulation of a portion of said at least one side panel over a remaining portion of said at least one side panel, conceals said at least one exposed side panel edge of the outer tray, said biasable flap including a locking tab for operably engaging a tab locking slot on the bottom panel to secure the biasable flap therein;
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• said outer tray being substantially self-erecting and collapsible upon articulated orientation of at least a portion of said at least one side panel relative to said back panel.

A point-of-purchase display system for shipping and displaying articles therewithin, the display system employing facilitated articulation while maximizing display area, the display system comprising:

• at least one modular tray member:
• said at least one modular tray member including a self-erecting, collapsible outer tray having a bottom panel, a back panel, and at least one side panel, said at least one side panel having an exposed side panel edge:
• said at least one side panel including a biasable flap, which, upon articulation of a portion of said at least one side panel over a remaining portion of said at least one side panel, conceals said at least one exposed side panel edge of the outer tray, said biasable flap including a locking tab for operably engaging a tab locking slot on the bottom panel to secure the biasable flap therein;
• and
• said outer tray being substantially self-erecting and collapsible upon articulated orientation of at least a portion of said at least one side panel relative to said back panel;
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• the outer tray further includes at least one stacking tab for operably engaging a tab stacking slot on a successively higher one of the at least one modular tray member.

A point-of-purchase display system for shipping and displaying articles therewithin, the display system utilizing facilitated articulation while maximizing display area, the display system comprising:

• at least one modular tray member;
• said at least one modular tray member including a modular tray having a bottom panel, a back panel, and at least one side panel, said at least one side panel having an exposed side panel edge;
• said at least one side panel including a side-back flap, said side-back flap providing substantial structural support to the back panel of the modular tray and being operably associated with the back panel, to substantially span and reinforce the height of the back panel;
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• said at least one side panel including a biasable flap, which, upon articulation, conceals said at least one exposed side panel edge of the modular tray, said biasable flap including a locking tab for operably engaging a tab locking slot on the bottom panel to secure the biasable flap therein.

A method for forming a point-of-purchase display system for shipping and displaying articles therewithin, the display system utilizing facilitated articulation while maximizing display area, the method for forming said point-of-purchase display system comprising the steps of:

• forming a plurality of modular tray members, each modular tray member including an inner liner which includes a tray support member having a middle region, at least one side region, said at least one side region having an exposed side wall edge, and a tray divider member for securing and displaying articles therewithin, the tray divider member further including at least one divider panel;
• and an outer tray operably associated with the inner liner, the outer tray having a bottom panel, a back panel, and at least one side panel, said at least one side panel and said back panel having a height substantially equal to the height of the inner liner to form integrated side and back walls respectively, to impart additional stacking strength to the plurality of modular tray members, said at least one side panel including at least one biasable flap, which, upon articulation, covers the exposed side wall edge of said inner liner, said at least one biasable flap includes a locking tab for operably engaging a tab locking slot on the bottom panel to secure the biasable flap therein;
• positioning the outer tray;
• placing the inner tray into said outer tray;
• articulating each biasable flap and inserting the locking tabs into the tab locking slots to secure the biasable flaps therein;
• inwardly articulating the side-front flaps;
• inwardly articulating the front panel and inserting the locking tabs into the tab locking slots to operably engage the side-front flaps and to secure the front panel to the bottom panel;
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• vertically stacking ones of said plurality of modular tray members onto the modular tray member until a desired height is achieved.